On This Day for October 15 - Final conference on Antarctic Treaty, John L. Sullivan is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. October 15 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY John L. Sullivan READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1959 Final conference on Antarctic Treaty READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2018: American investor and philanthropist Paul Allen, who cofounded Microsoft, died at age 65. [Test your knowledge of tech companies.] 2003: China became the third country to launch a crewed spaceflight; Shenzhou 5, which was piloted by Yang Liwei, orbited Earth 14 times during the 21-hour flight. [ Take our famous astronauts and cosmonauts quiz.] 1993: South Africans Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk were named the recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize "for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa." [How much do you know about the Nobel Prize?] 1987: A military coup in Burkina Faso overthrew head of state Thomas Sankara, killing him and eight others. [Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about Africa.] 1969: President Cabdirashiid Cali Shermaʾarke (Abdirashid Ali Shermarke) of Somalia was assassinated. [Test your knowledge of African leaders.] 1966: Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party, the mission of which was to protect African Americans from police brutality; it later developed into a Marxist revolutionary group that, among other things, called for the arming of all African Americans and the release of Blacks from jail. [ Learn the answers to five FAQs about the Black Panther Party.] SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1931 A.P.J. Abdul Kalam president of India 1844 Friedrich Nietzsche German philosopher 1542 Akbar Mughal emperor 1926 Michel Foucault French philosopher and historian -70 Virgil Roman poet 1943 Penny Marshall American actress and director SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2020 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help