This is our day guide for Thursday October 15th 2015 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?
Holidays on October 15th 2015
International: Hijri New Year's Day
Marks Islamic New Year and the Prophet's journey from Mecca to Medina in 622AD.
Cambodia: Commemoration Day of King's Father
Norodom Sihanouk
Tunisia: Evacuation Day
Commemorates the retreat of last French soldiers from Bizerte on October 15th 1963Go to Today | October 16th 2015
| Choose a Day |
|---|
| General Information for October 15th 2015 | |
|---|---|
| There are 3 public holidays today. | |
| Day 288 of 2015 | |
| 77 days left in 2015 | |
| Week 42 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 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. | |
| 1979 - Black Monday in Malta. The Building of the Times of Malta, the residence of the opposition leader Eddie Fenech Adami and several Nationalist Party clubs are ransacked and destroyed by supporters of the Malta Labour Party. | |
| 1951 – Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes conducts the very last step of the first synthesis of norethisterone, the progestin that would later be used in one of the first three oral contraceptives. | |
| 1888 – The "From Hell" letter sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators. |
Office Holidays provides calendars with dates and information on public holidays and bank holidays in key countries around the world.
Newsletter
Sign up to receive a weekly email update on forthcoming public holidays around the world in your inbox every Friday.