| 15/10/2006 | Panagiotis Fasoulas, who was an MP during the period 2000-2004, is elected Mayor of Piraeus and Antonis Aronis, former water polo player of Ethnikos and Olympiacos is elected town councillor |
| 15/10/2000 | Lee Tod of Cross Farm Park Celtic is sent off 2 seconds after kick-off when he curses the referee for whistling kick-off in his ear. Goalkeeper Kevin Pressman of Sheffield Wednesday was the previous record holder (17 seconds) |
| 15/10/1997 | RAF pilot Andy Greene sets jet-powered car record in Black Rock Desert (763.035m/h) |
| 15/10/1990 | 50 year-old Pele announces that he intends to run for president of Brazil in the upcoming elections |
| 15/10/1983 | The Chicago Black Hawks and the Toronto Maple Leafs score 5 goals in 1:24 (NHL record) |
| 15/10/1980 | Greece defeat Denmark 1-0 in Copenhagen. Greek goalkeeper Nikos Sarganis performs great saves and gets the nickname ''Phantom'' |
| 15/10/1980 | Apostolos Nikolaidis, former president of SEGAS, ELPA and Panathinaikos dies. As an athlete he had competed in decathlon at the Antwerp 1920 Olympics |
| 15/10/1969 | The greek television covers for the first time a football match held in Greece. The national team beat Switzerland 4-1 for the World Cup qualifying round. Koudas, Botinos (2) and Sideris score the goals |
| 15/10/1968 | Al Oerter wins the gold medal in discus (64.78m) at the Mexico Olympics. It is his fourth gold olympic medal |
| 15/10/1967 | Vicky Mosholiou gives birth to Mimis Domazos’ daughter while Panathinaikos loses to Aris 2-1 at Harilaou |
| 15/10/1967 | Gigi Meroni of Torino, the Italian ''George Best'', is killed in a car accident |
| 15/10/1924 | Major Hugo Hekner lands ''Zeppellin 126'' in New York after crossing the Atlantic in 81 hours and 17 minutes (starting from Friedrichshafen) |
| 15/10/1919 | 14 horses start for a 300 miles race from Vermont to Massachusetts ($1.000 prize) |
| 15/10/1887 | Preston set british football record by beating Hyde United 26-0 |
| 15/10/1881 | ''American Angler'', the first magazine about fishing in USA, is published |
| 15/10/1520 | King Henry VIII sets bowling rules in Whitehead |
