Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/October 15

October 15: Simchat Torah in Judaism ends at sunset (2006); White Cane Safety Day in the United States.

Mata Hari

• 1582 - The Gregorian calendar was implemented to replace the Julian calendar, in use since 45 BC.

• 1894 - The Dreyfus affair: Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish artillery officer in the French military, was wrongly arrested for treason.

• 1917 - Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari (pictured) was executed by a firing squad for spying for Germany.

• 1987 - The Great Storm of 1987 hit France and England.

• 2003 - Chinese space program: Shenzhou 5, China's first manned space mission was launched, carrying astronaut Yang Liwei.

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