WHAT HAPPENED ON 15. OCTOBER
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The first supersonic land speed record is set by Andy Green in ThrustSSC (United Kingdom), exactly 50 years and 1 day after Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier in the Earth's atmosphere. (15. October 1997)

The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn. (15. October 1997)

NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles of Jupiter's moon Io. (15. October 2001)

China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission. (15. October 2003)

The Staten Island Ferry boat Andrew J. Barberi runs into a pier at the St. George Ferry Terminal in Staten Island, killing 11 people and injuring 43. (15. October 2003)

A riot in Toledo, Ohio breaks out during a National Socialist/Neo-Nazi protest; over 100 are arrested. (15. October 2005)

Seventeen activists in New Zealand are arrested in the country's first post 9/11 anti-terrorism raids. (15. October 2007)

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the second worst day in the Dow's history based on a percentage drop. (15. October 2008)

Global protests break out in 120 cities in 48 countries. (15. October 2011)

British Prime Minister David Cameron and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond agree on a deal setting out the terms of a referendum on Scottish independence at a meeting in Edinburgh. (15. October 2012)

A 7.2-magnitude earthquake strikes the Philippines, resulting in more than 215 deaths. (15. October 2013)