October 15
The Hebrew anniversary of a passing drifts against the civil calendar; these fall on October 15 this year.
- R. Kalonymus Kalman Shapira (Piaseczno Rebbe / Aish Kodesh)d. 1943 CE
Piaseczno Rebbe, author of Aish Kodesh
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- 1582 CEChristian
By the bull Inter gravissimas of Pope Gregory XIII, the calendar advanced directly from 4 October to 15 October, beginning the Gregorian reform.
- 1582 CEChristian · died
Teresa of Ávila, Carmelite reformer and mystical writer, died at Alba de Tormes on the very night the Gregorian calendar began.
- 1918 CEHindu · died
Sai Baba of Shirdi, a saint revered across Hindu and Muslim communities in Maharashtra, died on this day in 1918.
- 1966 CEMesopotamian · died
Adam Falkenstein, a German Sumerologist known for editing early cuneiform tablets from Uruk, died in Heidelberg on this day in 1966.
- 1973 CEEgyptian · died
Jacques Vandier, the French Egyptologist and Louvre curator whose multi-volume manual of Egyptian art remains a standard reference, died on this day in 1973.