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Thursday, 15 October 2026

2007

Seventeen activists in New Zealand are arrested in the country's first post 9/11 anti-terrorism raids.

2005

Iraqi constitution ratification vote.

A riot in Toledo, Ohio breaks out during a National Socialist/Neo-Nazi protest; over 100 are arrested.

2003

The Staten Island Ferry boat ''Andrew J. Barberi'' runs into a pier at the St. George Ferry Terminal in Staten Island, killing 11 people and injuring 43.

China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission.

2001

NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles of Jupiter's moon Io.

1997

The first supersonic land speed record is set by Andy Green in ''ThrustSSC'' (United Kingdom), exactly 50 years and 1 day after Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier in the Earth's atmosphere.

The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn.

1990

Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and open up his nation.

1989

Wayne Gretzky becomes the all-time leading points scorer in the NHL.

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