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Novera Ahmed was a Bangladeshi modern sculptor. She was awarded the Ekushey Padak medal by the government of Bangladesh in 1997 and Independence Award in 2025. Artist Zainul Abedin…
Novera Ahmed, Bangladeshi sculptor (born 1930)
On October 1, 2015, heavy rains triggered a major landslide in the village of El Cambray Dos within Santa Catarina Pinula, Guatemala—15 km (9.3 mi) east of Guatemala City, killing …
Heavy rains trigger a major landslide in Guatemala, killing 280 people.
SS El Faro was a United States-flagged, combination of roll-on/roll-off and lift-on/lift-off cargo ship crewed by U.S. merchant mariners. Built in 1975 by Sun Shipbuilding & Drydoc…
The American cargo vessel SS El Faro sinks with all of its 33 crew after steaming into the eyewall of Hurricane Joaquin.
On 3 October 2015, a United States Air Force AC-130U gunship attacked the Kunduz Trauma Centre operated by Médecins Sans Frontières in the city of Kunduz, in the eponymous province…
Forty-two people are killed and 33 go missing in the Kunduz hospital airstrike in Afghanistan.
On 10 October 2015 at 10:04 local time (EEST) in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey, two bombs were detonated outside Ankara Central railway station. With a death toll of 109 civil…
Twin bomb blasts in the Turkish capital Ankara kill 109 and injure 500+.
On 14 October 2015, a suicide bombing killed at least 7 people and injured thirteen others in Tonsa, Punjab, Pakistan. The attack took place inside the political office of Pakistan…
A suicide bomb attack in Tonsa, Pakistan kills at least seven people and injures 13 others.
Atmospheric pressure, also known as air pressure or barometric pressure, is the pressure within the atmosphere of Earth. The standard atmosphere is a unit of pressure defined as 10…
The lowest sea-level pressure in the Western Hemisphere, and the highest reliably-measured non-tornadic sustained…
James Claude Wright Jr. was a liberal American politician who served as the 48th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 1989. He represented Texas' 12th…
Jim Wright, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 56th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (born 1
John Dixon was an Australian comic book artist and writer, best known for his comic strip creation, Air Hawk and the Flying Doctors.
John Dixon, Australian-American author and illustrator (born 1929)
Zeki Alasya was a Turkish actor and film director. Alasya was of Turkish Cypriot descent and was related to Kıbrıslı Mehmed Kamil Pasha.
Zeki Alasya, Turkish actor and director (born 1943)
On October 24, 2015, a vehicle-ramming attack took place during a parade in Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States. The local campus of Oklahoma State University was holding a homecom…
A driver deliberately crashes into the Oklahoma State Homecoming parade, killing four people and injuring 34.
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is divided into 33 province-level divisions, including two special administrative regions. Bei…
China announces the end of its one-child policy after 35 years.
On 30 October 2015, a nightclub fire which occurred in Bucharest, Romania, killed 64 people and injured 146 others. The fire was caused by a fireworks accident and is the deadliest…
A fire in a nightclub in the Romanian capital of Bucharest kills sixty-four people and leaves more than 147 injured.
Robert Paul Griffin was an American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. A member of the Republican Party, he served in both chambers of the United States Congress as a Repr…
Robert P
Władysław Bartoszewski was a Polish professor of History, politician, social activist, journalist, writer, historian and insurgent. A former Auschwitz concentration camp prisoner, …
Władysław Bartoszewski, Polish journalist and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1922)
Joseph Mwepu Ilunga was a football defender from Zaire. His name is also written as Alunga Mwepu.
Mwepu Ilunga, Congolese footballer (born 1949)
Juan Schwanner, János Schwanner was a Hungarian–Chilean football player and manager.
Juan Schwanner, Hungarian-Chilean footballer and manager (born 1921)
Edward Walker Estlow was a journalist and businessman, best known as CEO at the E. W. Scripps Company from 1976 to 1985. The Edward W. and Charlotte A. Estlow International Center …
Edward W
Ahmet Kenan Evren was a Turkish military officer who served as the 7th president of Turkey from 1982 to 1989. He assumed the post by leading the 1980 military coup.
Kenan Evren, Turkish general and politician, 7th President of Turkey (born 1917)
Elizabeth Welter Wilson was an American actress whose career spanned nearly 60 years in film and television. In 1972 she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for …
Elizabeth Wilson, American actress (born 1921)
William James Fanning was an American-Canadian catcher, manager and front office executive in Major League Baseball. Often called "Gentleman Jim", Fanning was the first general man…
Jim Fanning, American-Canadian baseball player and manager (born 1927)
Joseph René Marcel Pronovost was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. He played in 1,206 games over 20 National Hockey League (NHL) seasons for the Detroit Red Wing…
Marcel Pronovost, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1930)
Antônio Abujamra was a Brazilian theatre and television director and actor. Having majored in journalism and philosophy at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul…
Antônio Abujamra, Brazilian actor and director (born 1932)
Marcia Joan Brown was an American writer and illustrator of more than 30 children's books. She won three annual Caldecott Medals from the American Library Association, six Caldecot…
Marcia Brown, American author and illustrator (born 1918)