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 - Cole Porter
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1964: Composer Cole Porter, whose musicals include "Anything Goes" and "Kiss Me, Kate," and whose numerous hit songs include "Night and Day," "I Get a Kick out of You" and "I've Got You Under My Skin," dies of kidney failure at age 73 in Santa Monica, Calif.

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