EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com 🐯
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
October 15
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Day 287 of 2026 | Week 42 | 72 days until Christmas 🎅
HISTORIC EVENTS
13-year-old American girl, Jayme Closs, is kidnapped from her Barron, Wisconsin home after her parents were both murdered.
One hundred and ninety-seven nations amend the Montreal Protocol to include a phase-out of hydrofluorocarbons.
The 7.2 Mw Bohol earthquake strikes the Philippines. At least 215 were killed.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes down 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the second worst percentage drop in the Dow's history.
Seventeen activists in New Zealand are arrested in the country's first post-9/11 anti-terrorism raids.
The 6.7 Mw Kiholo Bay earthquake rocks Hawaii, causing property damage, injuries, landslides, power outages, and the closure of Honolulu International Airport.
China launches Shenzhou 5, its first crewed space mission.
NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles (180 km) of Jupiter's moon Io.
The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn.
The United States, under the Clinton administration, returns Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, to the island.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
American jazz pianist (Phil Woods; Tony Bennett; Sandy Stewart)
British pop drummer (The Beautiful South - "A Little Time")
American 10k runner
Korean-Swedish jazz pianist and composer
Italian air force officer and ESA astronaut
Surinamese-Dutch soccer goalkeeper (Ajax/PSV)
British-American composer (Ghostly Psalms)
American cyclist (Olympic bronze 1996)
American chef (Emeril Live)
English Duchess of York
American film director (Welcome to the Dollhouse
American actress (Nurse Hooter-Trauma Center)
Chilean soccer goalkeeper
Indian-American filmmaker (Monsoon Wedding)
American film director (Dogtown and Z-Boys)
🎯 yow.com Connection
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