Here's a quick look at our top stories for Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025:
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TOP HEADLINES:
Montana prison water leak enters fifth day with no fix
Manhattan Senior Center faces funding uncertainty amid government shutdown
Play ball! Bozeman high schools to launch baseball teams in spring 2026
Bozeman bears enter fall feeding frenzy before hibernation
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Here are some fascinating historical facts about October 15:
Major Historical Events
1582 - The Gregorian Calendar was officially adopted in Italy, France, Spain, and Portugal, with the preceding 10 days literally disappearing from history (October 4 was followed by October 15).
1066 - Following the death of Harold II at the Battle of Hastings, Edgar the Ætheling was proclaimed King of England by the Witan, though he was never crowned and conceded power to William the Conqueror two months later.
1793 - Queen Marie Antoinette of France was tried, convicted, and condemned to death (she was executed the following day).
1917 - Famous World War I spy Mata Hari was executed by firing squad in France.
1965 - Major antiwar demonstrations across the United States drew 100,000 people in 40 cities, including the first legal consequences for draft card burning.
1987 - The Great Storm of 1987 hit the UK after a BBC weather forecaster famously told viewers not to worry about it—now considered the most spectacular weather mis-forecast in history.
2008 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted 733.08 points (7.87%), the second-worst percentage drop in the Dow's history.
Notable Births
70 BC - Virgil, Roman poet (author of the Aeneid)
1844 - Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (wrote his autobiography "Ecce Homo" on his 44th birthday in 1888)
1917 - Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Pulitzer Prize-winning historian
1924 - Lee Iacocca, legendary American automobile executive who saved Chrysler Corporation
1926 - Michel Foucault, influential French philosopher and historian
1931 - A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, "People's President" of India and renowned scientist
1943 - Penny Marshall, actress and director
1959 - Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York
Notable Deaths
2018 - Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist
1946 - Hermann Göring, Nazi leader (committed suicide hours before his scheduled execution)
1987 - Thomas Sankara, revolutionary leader of Burkina Faso, assassinated
1993 - Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (announced on this date)
Other Facts
October 15 is also known as Global Handwashing Day and Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day in the United States and Canada.
The date has witnessed everything from the first manned hot air balloon flight (1753) to Thomas Edison forming the Edison Electric Light Company (1878)!
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