| 15/10/2022 | Dimitris Kyrsanidis wins for Greece the first gold medal in the history of the world parkour championships. The 27-year-old champion wins the men's freestyle with 26.0 points in the event final, ahead of China's Deng Gaozheng (25.5) and Italy's Davide Ricci (24.5) at the 1st World Parkour Championships organized by FIG in Tokyo. |
| 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 | Apostolos Nikolaidis, former president of SEGAS, ELPA and Panathinaikos dies. As an athlete he had competed in decathlon at the Antwerp 1920 Olympics |
| 15/10/1980 | Greece defeat Denmark 1-0 in Copenhagen. Greek goalkeeper Nikos Sarganis performs great saves and gets the nickname ''Phantom'' |
| 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 |
