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On this day: October 15

POSTED: 09:59 PM PDT Oct 11, 2012 UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Oct 14, 2012

Napoleon goes into exile, "I Love Lucy" debuts, vice-presidential candidates debate for the first time, Wayne Gretzky sets the NHL's points record, and the nation meets "Balloon Boy" and his family, all on this day.

OTD October 15 - Penny Marshall — 13 / 39

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1942: Actress and film director Penny Marshall, best known for playing Laverne DeFazio on the sitcom "Laverne and Shirley," is born in The Bronx, N.Y. Marshall is also known for directing such movies as "Big," "Awakenings" and "A League of Their Own."

OTD October 15 - balloon

OTD October 15 - Napoleon Saint Helene

OTD October 15 - Nietzsche

OTD October 15 - Lincoln letter

OTD October 15 - HL Hunley

OTD October 15 - PG Wodehouse

OTD October 15 - From Hell Letter

OTD October 15 - Mata Hari

OTD October 15 - Mario Puzo

OTD October 15 - Lee Iacocca

OTD October 15 - Graf Zeppelin

OTD October 15 - To Have or Have Not

OTD October 15 - Penny Marshall

OTD October 15 - Jim Palmer

OTD October 15 - Goering

OTD October 15 - I Love Lucy

OTD October 15 - Tito Jackson

OTD October 15 - Tanya Roberts

OTD October 15 - William Brennan

OTD October 15 - Sarah Ferguson

OTD October 15 - Emeril Lagasse

OTD October 15 - Nikita Khrushchev

OTD October 15 - Cole Porter

OTD October 15 - draft cards

OTD October 15 - Black Panthers

OTD October 15 - Department of Transportation

OTD October 15 - For Once In My Life

OTD October 15 - Rick Nelson

OTD October 15 - vice-presidential debate

OTD October 15 - Paul Simon

OTD October 15 - Wayne Gretzky

OTD October 15 - Mikhail Gorbachev

OTD October 15 - Clarence Thomas

OTD October 15 - Mandela de Klerk

OTD October 15 - ThrustSSC

OTD October 15 - Fight Club

OTD October 15 - Shenzhou 5

OTD October 15 - Alex Rodriguez

OTD October 15 - balloon boy

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