October 15th.............. 1987 - Late Nite Comic opens at Ritz Theater NYC for 4 performances 1987 - 6th Belgium government of Martens falls 1987 - Coup in Burkina Faso, president Sankara dies 1987 - Lanford Wilsons Burn This, premieres in NYC 1987 - NFL Players Association orders an end to 24 day strike 1987 - The Great Storm of 1987 hits France and England. 1988 - Amnesty Internationals Global Concert Tour ends in Buenos Aires 1988 - NCAA record rushing yardage (768 yards-Oklahoma) 1988 - With 2 outs in bottom of 9th, an injured Kirk Gibson hits dramatic 2 run HR to gives Dodgers a 5-4 win in 1st game of World Series 1989 - Billy Graham is given 1,900th star on Hollywood Blvd 1989 - South Africa president FW de Klerk frees Sisulu & 4 other political prisoners 1989 - South african ANC-founder/leader Walter Sisulu freed NHL all-time top scorer Wayne Gretzky 1989 - Wayne Gretzky passes Gordie Howes as NHLs all time top scorer 1990 - Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev wins Nobel Peace Prize 1991 - Clarence Thomas is confirmed as Supreme Court Justice (52-48) 1992 - Charles Taylor launches an offensive against Monrovia Liberia 1992 - Howard Stern radio show begins broadcasting on WLUP-AM, Chicago 1992 - NYC Subway motorman Robert Ray convicted of manslaughter in death of 5 riders, when he fell asleep drunk while in control of train 1993 - Amstel brewery on Curacao produces 1,000,000,000th bottle 1993 - Guardian Angel Lisa Evers Sliwa files for divorce from Curtis Sliwa 1993 - Nelson Mandela & South Africa president F W de Klerk awarded Nobel Peace Prize 1994 - Botswana Pres Ketumile Masires BDP wins parliamentary election 1994 - Pres Jean-Baptiste Aristide returns to Haiti 1995 - Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA World Championship of Womens Golf 1995 - Carolina Panthers win 1st game ever beating NY Jets 26-15 1997 - Britains Andy Green sets jet-powered car record (763.035 mph) 1997 - Cleve Indians beat Balt Orioles 4 games to 2 in ALCS Anti-apartheid activist/South African President Nelson Mandela 1997 - Former rep Dan Rostenkowski released from custody for mail fraud 1997 - NY jury awards boxer Mitch Green $45,000 in civil lawsuit against Mike Tyson, for street brawl in 1988 1997 - US launches nuclear powered Cassini to Saturn 2001 - NASAs Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles of Jupiters moon Io. 2003 - China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission. 2003 - The Staten Island Ferry boat Andrew J. Barberi collides with a pier at the St. George Ferry Terminal in Staten Island, killing 11 people and injuring 43. 2005 - Iraqi constitution ratification vote 2005 - Riot in Toledo, Ohio breaks out during a National Socialist/Neo-Nazi protest; over 100 are arrested. 2007 - 17 Activists in Aotearoa New Zealand arrested in the countrys first post 9/11 anti-terrorism raids across the country. 2011 - Global protests break out in 951 cities in 82 countries. 2011 - Legoland Florida (the worlds largest Legoland theme park) opens in Winter Haven, Florida. 2012 - Hilary Mantel wins the 2012 Man Booker Prize for her novel Bring Up the Bodies
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