October 15: a gift to the Kiev Brotherhood, the shooting of Mata Hari and the "Great Dictator" Chaplin

On October 15, 1615, a nobleman from Kiev Galka Gulevichevna, with numerous witnesses, presented her hereditary land with a manor on Podol to the Kiev Brotherhood. The condition of the deed of gift was the construction of a monastery in this land, a hospital, a refuge for pilgrims, as well as a school for children of the nobility and burghers. Over time, the Kiev brotherly school grew into the famous Kiev-Mohyla Academy.

1880 - 632 years after the laying of the first stone, the construction of the Cologne Cathedral was completed - the Roman Catholic Gothic cathedral, which now ranks third in the list of the highest churches in the world and is listed as a World Cultural Heritage Site.

1917 - near Paris, the French shot 41-year-old Dutch dancer Mata Hari, accused of spying for Germany. Before being shot, she refused to put on a bandage and sent a kiss to her executioners.

1928 - German airship "Graf Zeppelin" made its first commercial flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Over 9 years of operation, he spent about 17,200 hours in the air, made 590 flights to various countries of the world, carried 13110 passengers and about 70 tons of cargo.

1940 - Charlie Chaplin’s film The Great Dictator appeared on cinema screens - a classic movie of Charlie Chaplin, a political satire on Nazism, and especially on Hitler.

1989 - Canadian ice hockey player from “Los Angeles Kings” Wayne Gretzky, gaining 1,850 points, breaking the record of the legendary Gordie Howe, against his former team “Edmonton Oilers”. Gretzky retired from big sport in 1999, setting three new records - 894 goals, 1963 assists (2857 points).