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November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Events 1333 - Flood of the Arno River, causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Events 764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Events 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor. 762 - Bögü Khan of the Uyghurs, Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the Events 43 BC - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian" later "Caesar Augustus" Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common November 2007 is the eleventh month of that year It began on a Thursday and 30 days later ended on a Friday PortalCurrent events News collections and sources See WikipediaNews collections and sources. November 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September November 15, 2003 November 2003 - please do not remove or delink the the date header November 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - November 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - November 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 46 days remaining until the end of the year.

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays and observances
5 External links

Events

655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Events By Place Europe November 15 — Northumbrian king Oswiu defeats Mercian king Penda in the The Battle of the Winwaed was fought on November 15, 655 (or perhaps in 654, according to one interpretation of the chronology between King Penda (died November 15 655 was a 7th-century King of Mercia, a kingdom in what is today the English Midlands. Oswiu (c 612&ndash 15 February 670) also known as Oswy, was King of Bernicia.
1315 - Battle of Morgarten the Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft ambushes the army of Leopold I. On November 15 1315, the Swiss Confederation thoroughly defeated the soldiers of Duke Leopold I of Austria in an ambush near the Morgarten pass Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Leopold I ( August 4, 1290 - February 28, 1326) was a Duke of Austria and Styria from the Habsburg family
1515 - Thomas Cardinal Wolsey is invested as a Cardinal
1533 - Francisco Pizarro arrives in Cuzco, Peru. Thomas Cardinal Wolsey (c1470–1471 – November 28 or November 29 1530 who was born in Ipswich Suffolk England was an English Statesman and a cardinal A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official usually a bishop, of the Catholic Church. Francisco Pizarro González 1st Marqués de los Atabillos (c 1471 or 1476 &ndash 26 June 1541 was a Spanish Conquistador, conqueror of the Incan Empire ||} Cusco (also spelled Cuzco, and in the local Quechua language as Qusqu 'qos Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America.
1777 - American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of debate the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation. Year 1777 ( MDCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots" The Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that became the governing body of the United States during the The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, also the Articles of Confederation was the governing Constitution of the alliance of thirteen independent and
1791 - The first U. Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common S Catholic college, Georgetown University, opens its doors. Georgetown University is a Jesuit Private university located in Georgetown Washington D
1806 - Pike expedition: Lieutenant Zebulon Pike sees a distant mountain peak while near the Colorado foothills of the Rocky Mountains (it was later named Pikes Peak). Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common United States Army Captain Zebulon Pike led the Pike expedition ( July 15, 1806 &ndash July 1, 1807) to explore the south Zebulon Montgomery Pike Jr ( January 5, 1779 – April 27, 1813) was an American soldier and explorer for whom Pikes Peak The State of Colorado ( or chiefly by nonresidents) is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. Mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains The Rocky Mountains, often called the Rockies, are a Mountain range in western North America. Pikes Peak (originally Pike's Peak, see below) is a Mountain in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, west of Colorado Springs
1854 - In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is given the necessary royal concession. Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. The Suez Canal is a Canal in Egypt. Opened in 1869 it allows Water transportation between Europe and Asia without circumnavigation The Red Sea is a Salt water Inlet of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia.
1864 - American Civil War: Union General William Tecumseh Sherman burns Atlanta, Georgia and starts Sherman's March to the Sea. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Sherman's March to the Sea is the name commonly given to the Savannah Campaign conducted in late 1864 by Maj
1889 - Brazil is declared a republic by Marechal Deodoro da Fonseca and Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Field Marshal Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca, pron. mɐnu'ɛw deo'dɔɾu da fõ'sekɐ ( August 5, 1827 - August 23, 1892 Pedro II, (ˈpedɾu seˈgũdu December 2, 1825 December 5, 1891) was the second and last Emperor of Brazil.
1893 - FC Basel was founded
1920 - First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva. Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Footballclub Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel is a Swiss football club based in Basel. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar The League of Nations was an International organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919–1920 Geneva (Genève is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and is the most populous city of Romandy (the French -speaking
1926 - The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light.
1935 - Manuel Quezon is inaugurated as the first president of the Philippines. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina (b August 19, 1878 in Baler Aurora, Philippines - d The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP
1939 - In Washington, D.C., US President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D The Thomas Jefferson Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington D
1941 - Holocaust: SS chief Heinrich Himmler orders the arrest and deportation to concentration camps of all homosexuals in Germany, with the exception of certain top Nazi officials. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Holocaust (from the Greek el ''ὁλόκαυστον'' (el-Latn holókauston holos, "completely" and kaustos, "burnt" also known as The ( German for "Protective Squadron" abbreviated SS - or ( Runic)- was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the Heinrich Luitpold Himmler ( 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945 was a Nazi German politician and head of the Schutzstaffel (SS. Internment is the imprisonment or confinement of people commonly in large groups without trial Homosexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of the same sex or to a Homosexual orientation. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German
1942 - World War II: First flight of the Heinkel He 219. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
1942 - World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal ends in a decisive Allied victory. The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, sometimes referred to as the Third and Fourth Battles of Savo Island, the Battle of the Solomons or in Japanese sources as The Allies of World War II were the countries officially opposed to the Axis powers during the Second World War.
1943 - Holocaust: German SS leader Heinrich Himmler orders that Gypsies were to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps". Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Holocaust (from the Greek el ''ὁλόκαυστον'' (el-Latn holókauston holos, "completely" and kaustos, "burnt" also known as Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The ( German for "Protective Squadron" abbreviated SS - or ( Runic)- was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the Heinrich Luitpold Himmler ( 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945 was a Nazi German politician and head of the Schutzstaffel (SS. The Romani people (singular Rom, plural Roma as a Noun; also known as Romanies or Roma people) are an ethnic group with origins PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Internment is the imprisonment or confinement of people commonly in large groups without trial (see Porajmos)
1948 - Louis Stephen St. Laurent succeeds William Lyon Mackenzie King as Prime Minister of Canada. The Porajmos (also Porrajmos) literally Devouring, is a term considered to be coined by the Romani people to describe attempts by the regime in Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Louis Stephen St-Laurent PC CC QC ( Saint-Laurent or St-Laurent in French, baptized Louis-Étienne William Lyon Mackenzie King PC OM CMG ( December 17, 1874 – July 22, 1950) was a Canadian The Prime Minister of Canada ( French: Premier ministre du Canada) is the primary Minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus King had the longest combined time (3 terms, 22 years in total) as Premier in Commonwealth of Nations history.
1949 - Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte are executed for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nathuram Vinayak Godse (नथूराम विनायक गोडसे (May 19 1910 – November 15 1949 was the Narayan Dattatraya Apte was born in 1911 In 1932 he graduated from Bombay University with a Bachelor of Science Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ( Gujarati: મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી moɦən̪d̪äs kəɾəmʧən̪d̪ gän̪d̪ʱi (2 October 1869 – 30 January
1959 - Four members of the Herbert Clutter Family are murdered at their farm outside Holcomb, Kansas. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In Cold Blood is a 1966 book by American author Truman Capote. Holcomb is a city in Finney County, Kansas, United States. The population was 2026 at the 2000 census.
1960 - The Polaris missile is test launched. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Polaris missile was a submarine-launched two-stage solid-fuel nuclear-armed ballistic missile ( SLBM) built during the Cold War by Lockheed for
1966 - Gemini program: Gemini 12 splashes down safely in the Atlantic Ocean. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Team The Gemini program was managed by the Manned Spacecraft Center Houston Texas under direction of the Office of Manned Space Flight NASA Headquarters Washington Gemini 12 (officially Gemini XII) was a 1966 Manned spaceflight in NASA 's Gemini program.
1966 - A Boeing 727 carrying Pan Am Flight 708 crashes near Berlin, Germany, killing all three people on board. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Pan Am Flight 708 was a cargo flight that crashed less than 10 miles west-southwest of Tegel Airport in Berlin, Germany, in the early morning hours Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
1967 - The only fatality of the X-15 program occurs during the 191st flight when Air Force test pilot Michael J. Adams loses control of his aircraft which is destroyed mid-air over the Mojave Desert. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Mission parameters Mass unknown kg fueled unknown kg burnout Maximum Altitude 266000 feet (50 Michael James Adams ( May 5, 1930 - November 15, 1967) was an American Aviator and USAF Astronaut
1969 - Cold War: The Soviet submarine K-19 collides with the American submarine USS Gato in the Barents Sea. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the The Barents Sea (Barentshavet Баренцево море is a part of the Arctic Ocean located north of Norway and Russia.
1969 - Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 250,000-500,000 protesters staged a peaceful demonstration against the war, including a symbolic "March Against Death". The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D
1970 - The Soviet Lunokhod 1 moon rover lands on the moon. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lunokhod 1 ( Луноход, moon walker in Russian) was the first of two unmanned lunar rovers landed on the Moon by the
1971 - Intel releases world's first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. A microprocessor incorporates most or all of the functions of a Central processing unit (CPU on a single Integrated The Intel 4004 is a 4-bit Central processing unit (CPU released by Intel Corporation in 1971
1976 - René Lévesque and the Parti Québécois take power to become the first Quebec government of the 20th century clearly in favour of independence. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Parti Québécois ' is a Sovereignist Political party that advocates national sovereignty for the Canadian province of Quebec and The Quebec general election of 1976 was held on November 15, 1976 to elect members to National Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk The twentieth century of the Common Era began on The Quebec sovereignty movement ( Mouvement souverainiste du Québec) is a political movement aimed at either attaining independent statehood ( Sovereignty) or some
1978 - A chartered DC-8 crashes near Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 183. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) An aviation accident is defined in the International Civil Aviation Organization Annex 13 Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island
1979 - A package from the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski begins smoking in the cargo hold of a flight from Chicago to Washington, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D
1983 - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is founded. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus ( TRNC) (Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti KKTC) commonly called Northern Cyprus (Kuzey Kıbrıs though its Recognised only by Turkey
1985 - A research assistant is injured when a package from the Unabomber addressed to a University of Michigan professor explodes. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) The University of Michigan Ann Arbor ( U of M, U-M, UM or simply Michigan) is a top-ranked Coeducational public research
1985 - The Anglo-Irish Agreement is signed at Hillsborough Castle by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Irish Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald. The Anglo-Irish Agreement was an agreement between the United Kingdom and Ireland which aimed to bring an end to The Troubles in Northern Ireland Hillsborough ( Cromghlinn in Irish, Cromlyn in anglicized Gaelic) is an attractive Village in County Down, Northern The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom Margaret Hilda Thatcher Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925 Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world The Taoiseach (ˈtiːʃəx in English t̪ˠiːʃʲəx (plural Taoisigh ( or) in Irish) also referred to as An Taoiseach ( t̪ˠiːʃʲəx is the the Garret FitzGerald (Gearóid Mac Gearailt born 9 February 1926 was the seventh Taoiseach of Ireland, serving two terms in office (July 1981 to February 1982 December
1987 - Continental Airlines Flight 1713, a Douglas DC-9-14 jetliner, crashes in a snowstorm at Denver, Colorado Stapleton International Airport, killing 28 occupants, while 54 survive the crash. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Continental Airlines Flight 1713, a Douglas Aircraft DC-9-14 aircraft departed from Denver en route to Boise but crashed on take-off WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The City and County of Denver (pronounced /ˈdɛnvɚ/ is the Capital and the most populous city of Colorado, in the United States Stapleton International Airport was Denver, Colorado 's primary Airport from 1929 to 1995
1988 - In the Soviet Union, the unmanned Shuttle Buran is launched on her first and last space flight. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 The Buran spacecraft ( Буран "Snowstorm" or "Blizzard") GRAU index 11F35 K1, was the only fully completed and operational
1988 - Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: An independent State of Palestine is proclaimed by the Palestinian National Council. Proposals for a Palestinian state (دولة فلسطين refer to the proposed establishment of an independent state for the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, which is currently The Palestinian National Council (PNC is the legislative body of the Palestine Liberation Organization and elects its Executive Committee which assumes leadership of the
1988 - The first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, is launched in the Netherlands. Fairtrade (one word redirects here For the more general article on the fair trade movement see Fair trade (two words Stichting Max Havelaar (or the Max Havelaar Foundation in English is the Dutch member of FLO International, which unites 23 Fairtrade producer The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands
1990 - Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis launches with flight STS-38. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) NASA 's Space Shuttle, officially called Space Transportation System ( STS) is the United States government's current manned Launch Space Shuttle Atlantis ( Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-104 is one of the three currently operational orbiters in the Space Shuttle fleet of STS-38 was a Space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Atlantis.
1993 - 13 Cuban refugees land in Florida after stealing a crop-duster in Cuba. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Cubans (Cubanos are people inhabiting or originating from Cuba.
2000 - A chartered Antonov AN-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola killing more than 40 people. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. An aviation accident is defined in the International Civil Aviation Organization Annex 13 Angola, officially the Republic of Angola (República de Angola Pronounced ʁɛˈpublikɐ dɨ ɐ̃ˈgɔlɐ Repubilika ya Ngola is a country in south-central New Jharkhand state came into existence in India. Jharkhand ( Hindi: झारखंड Bengali: ঝাড়খণ্ডdʒʰaːɽkʰəɳɖ is a state in eastern India. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country
2002 - Hu Jintao becomes general secretary of the Communist Party of China. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Hu Jintao ( born 21 December 1942 is currently the Paramount Leader of the People's Republic of China, holding the titles of General Secretary of the Communist The Communist Party of China ( CPC) ( also known as the Chinese Communist Party ( CCP) is the founding and ruling political party of the
2003 - The first day of the 2003 Istanbul Bombings takes place, to be followed by additional bombings on November 20. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The 2003 Istanbul bombings were four truck bomb attacks carried out on November 15, 2003 and November 20, 2003, in Istanbul, Events 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor. 762 - Bögü Khan of the Uyghurs,
2005 - Boeing formally launches the stretched Boeing 747-8 variant with orders from Cargolux and Nippon Cargo Airlines. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Boeing Company is a major Aerospace and defense corporation originally founded by William E The Boeing 747-8 is the latest variant of the Boeing 747, officially announced in 2005 Cargolux Airlines International SA, Trading as Cargolux, is a Cargo airline based in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. or NCA, is a Cargo airline based in Tokyo, Japan. It operates scheduled cargo services in Asia and to Europe and the North
2007 - A devastating Cyclone named Sidr hit Bangladesh, killing an estimated 5000 people and destroyed the world's largest mangrove forest, Sundarbans. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Cyclone Sidr ( JTWC designation 06B, also known as Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Sidr) was the ( Bengali: বাংলাদেশ inc-Latn Bangladesh) officially The Sundarbans (সুন্দরবন Shundorbôn) is the largest single block of tidal halophytic Mangrove forest in the world

Births

1316 - John I of France (d. John I ( 15 November 1316 &ndash 20 November 1316) called the Posthumous, was King of France and Navarre 1316)
1397 - Pope Nicholas V (d. See also Antipope Nicholas V. Pope Nicholas V (Italian Niccolò V; November 15, 1397 &ndash March 1455)
1498 - Eleonore of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (d. 1558)
1511 - Johannes Secundus, Dutch poet (d. Johannes Secundus (also Janus Secundus) ( 15 November, 1511 &ndash 25 September, 1536) was a Renaissance Latin poet 1536)
1556 - Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (d. Jacques-Davy Duperron ( November 15, 1556 - December 6, 1618) was a French cardinal. 1618)
1559 - Archduke Albert of Austria, Governor of the Low Countries (d. Albert VII Archduke of Austria (sometimes called Albrecht of Austria) ( 15 November 1559 &ndash 13 July 1621) was together 1621)
1607 - Madeleine de Scudéry, French writer (d. Madeleine de Scudéry (15 November 1607 - 2 June 1701 often known simply as Mademoiselle de Scudéry was a French Writer. 1701)
1660 - Hermann von der Hardt, German historian (d. Hermann von der Hardt ( November 15, 1660 - February 28, 1746) was a German Historian and orientalist 1746)
1661 - Christoph von Graffenried, Swiss settler in Americas (d. Year 1746 ( MDCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Christoph von Graffenried (1661-1743 led a group of Swiss and Palatine Germans to North Carolina in 1710 and later authored Relation of My American Project, an account 1743)
1688 - Louis Bertrand Castel, French mathematician (d. Year 1743 ( MDCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Louis Bertrand Castel ( 15 November 1688 – 9 January 1757) was a French Mathematician born in Montpellier, 1757)
1692 - Eusebius Amort, German Catholic theologian (d. Year 1757 ( MDCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Eusebius Amort ( November 15, 1692 - February 5, 1775) was a German Roman Catholic theologian. 1775)
1708 - William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. Year 1775 ( MDCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1708 ( MDCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a William Pitt 1st Earl of Chatham PC (15 November 1708 &ndash 11 May 1778 was a British Whig Statesman who achieved his greatest fame as The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom 1778)
1738 - William Herschel, German-born astronomer (d. Year 1778 ( MDCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1738 ( MDCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Sir Frederick William Herschel FRS KH ( 15 November 1738 – 25 August 1822) was a German -born British 1822)
1741 - Johann Kaspar Lavater, German philosopher (d. Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the Year 1741 ( MDCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Johann Kaspar Lavater ( November 15, 1741 - January 2, 1801) was a Swiss Poet and Physiognomist. 1801)
1746 - Joseph Quesnel, French Canadian composer and playwright (d. Year 1801 ( MDCCCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Tuesday Year 1746 ( MDCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Joseph Quesnel ( 15 November 1746 &ndash 3 July 1809) was a French Canadian Composer, Poet, and Playwright 1809)
1757 - Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon (d. Year 1809 ( MDCCCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1757 ( MDCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher ( November 15, 1757 in Glückstadt, Holstein – December 9, 1830) was a 1830)
1784 - Jerome Bonaparte, King of Westphalia (d. For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display Year 1784 ( MDCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Jérôme-Napoléon Bonaparte French Prince King of Westphalia, 1st Prince of Montfort ( November 15, 1784 &ndash June 24, 1860 1860)
1793 - Michel Chasles, French mathematician (d. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1793 ( MDCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Michel Chasles (15 November 1793 &ndash 18 December 1880 was a French Mathematician. 1880)
1852 - Tewfik Pasha, Khedive of Egypt (d. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1852 ( MDCCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Tewfik Pasha (Tawfiq of Egypt (1852-1892 (محمد توفيق باشا was Khedive of Egypt and Sudan, and the sixth ruler from the 1892)
1859 - Christopher Hornsrud, Prime Minister of Norway (d. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Christopher Andersen Hornsrud (15 November 1859 &ndash 13 December 1960 served as Prime Minister of Norway from January to February 1928 This is a list of viceroys ( visekonge) governors ( rigsstatholder) first ministers ( førstestatsråd) and Prime ministers ( statsminister) of 1960)
1862 - Gerhart Hauptmann, German dramatist, Nobel laureate (d. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Gerhart Hauptmann ( November 15, 1862 — June 6, 1946) was a German Dramatist who received the Nobel Prize in Literature The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1946)
1874 - August Krogh, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (d. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Schack August Steenberg Krogh ( November 15, 1874 &ndash September 13, 1949) was a Danish professor with partly Romani The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1949)
1874 - Dimitrios Golemis, Greek athlete (d. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dimitrios (or Demetrius P Golemis ( Greek:Δημήτριος Γολέμης November 15, 1874 in Lefkada - January 9 1941)
1879 - Lewis Stone, American actor (d. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Lewis Shepard Stone ( November 15, 1879 - September 12, 1953) was an American actor 1953)
1881 - Franklin Pierce Adams, American newspaper columnist (d. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Franklin Pierce Adams ( November 15, 1881, Chicago Illinois – March 23, 1960, New York City New York) was an American 1960)
1882 - Felix Frankfurter, U. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Felix Frankfurter ( November 15, 1882 – February 22, 1965) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1965)
1886 - René Guénon, French-Egyptian author (d. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common René Guénon ( November 15 1886 – January 7 1951) was a French author and intellectual who remains an influential figure in the 1951)
1887 - Marianne Moore, American poet (d. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Marianne Moore ( November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was a Modernist American Poet and Writer 1972)
1887 - Georgia O'Keeffe, American painter (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Georgia Totto O'Keeffe (November 15 1887—March 6 1986 was an American Artist She is associated with the American Southwest where she found artistic inspiration 1986)
1889 - Manuel II of Portugal (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Manuel II (mɐnuˈɛɫ Emanuel II the Patriot ( Port o Patriota) or the Missed King ( Port 1932)
1890 - Richmal Crompton, British author (d. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Richmal Crompton Lamburn ( 15 November 1890 &ndash 11 January 1969) was a 1969)
1891 - Averell Harriman, American businessman (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common William Averell Harriman ( November 15 1891 July 26 1986) was an American Democratic Party politician businessman 1986)
1891 - Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (d. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel ( ( 15 November 1891 – 14 October 1944) (also known as the " Desert Fox " Wüstenfuchs 1944)
1895 - Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (d. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia ( Olga Nikolaevna Romanova) (in Russian Великая Княжна Ольга Николаевна &ndash 1918)
1895 - Antoni Słonimski, Polish writer (d. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Antoni Słonimski ( November 15, 1895 &ndash July 4, 1976) was a Polish Poet and Writer. 1976)
1897 - Aneurin Bevan, British politician (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Aneurin Bevan, usually known as Nye Bevan ( 15 November 1897 &ndash 6 July 1960) was a Welsh Labour 1960)
1897 - Sacheverell Sitwell, English writer (d. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sir Sacheverell Sitwell 6th Baronet CH ( 15 November 1897 &ndash 1 October 1988) was an English writer best known 1988)
1899 - Avdy Andresson, Estonian statesman (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Avdy Andresson ( November 15, 1899 – August 27, 1990) was the Estonian Minister of War in exile from April 3, 1973 1990)
1899 - Iskander Mirza, first President of Pakistan (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Major-General Sahibzada Sayyid Iskander Ali Mirza, CIE, OBE ( Urdu: اسکندر مرزا) (13 November 1899 The President of Pakistan ( Urdū: صدر Sadr-e-Mumlikat) is the Head of state of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. 1969)
1903 - Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricketer (d. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Charles Stewart 'Stewie' Dempster (born November 15, 1903 in Wellington, died February 14, 1974 in Wellington was a former New 1974)
1905 - Mantovani, Italian-born composer (d. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Annunzio Paolo Mantovani ( November 15, 1905 &ndash March 29, 1980) known by the Mononym Mantovani was a popular conductor 1980)
1906 - Curtis LeMay, U. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Curtis Emerson LeMay (15 November 1906–3 October 1990 was a General in the United States Air Force and the vice presidential running mate of American Independent S. Air Force general (d. 1990)
1907 - Claus von Stauffenberg, German, leader of failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler (d. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Claus Philipp Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg ( 15 November 1907 &ndash 21 July 1944) was a German army officer AssassiNation is the sixth album by Krisiun, released in 2006 on Century Media. Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately 1944, by execution)
1913 - Guy Green, English film director (d. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the Killing of a person by judicial process as Punishment. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Guy Green OBE ( November 15, 1913 – September 15, 2005) was an English film director screenwriter and cinematographer 2005)
1913 - Arthur Haulot, Belgian journalist (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Baron Arthur Haulot ( Angleur near Liège, November 15, 1913 - May 24, 2005) was a Belgian Journalist 2005)
1919 - Joseph Wapner, American judge
1925 - Howard Baker, American political advisor
1925 - Yuli Daniel, Russian writer (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Joseph Albert Wapner (born November 15, 1919 in Los Angeles California) is a former American Judge and TV personality Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Howard Henry Baker Jr (born November 15, 1925) is a former Senate Majority Leader, Republican U Yuli Markovich Daniel (Юлий Маркович Даниэль November 15, 1925 — December 30, 1988) was a Soviet Dissident 1988)
1927 - Gregor Mackenzie, British politician (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. (James Gregor Mackenzie ( 15 November 1927 &ndash 4 May 1992) was a British Labour Party politician 1992)
1928 - C.W. McCall, American singer
1928 - John Orchard, British actor (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. CW McCall is the Pseudonym of William Dale Fries Jr (born November 15 1928, Audubon, Iowa, United States John Orchard (born November 15, 1928 - November 3, 1995) played anesthesiologist Ugly John Black in the earlier episodes of 1995)
1929 - Ed Asner, American actor
1930 - J. G. Ballard, British author
1931 - Mwai Kibaki, President of Kenya
1931 - Pascal Lissouba, Congo politician
1932 - Petula Clark, English singer
1932 - Clyde McPhatter, American singer (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edward Asner (born November 15, 1929) is an American Actor primarily known for his Emmy -winning role as Lou Grant on Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Graham Ballard (born 15 November in the International Settlement in Shanghai, China) is a British Novelist and Short Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mwai Kibaki (born November 15, 1931) is the President of Kenya. List of the heads of state of Kenya Dominion of Kenya (1963 – 1964 Republic of Kenya (1964 – present Latest election "Notes from Professor Pascal Lissouba (born November 15, 1931) was President of the Republic of the Congo from August 31, 1992 to Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Petula Clark, CBE (born 15 November 1932 is an English singer actress and Composer best known for her upbeat popular international hits Clyde McPhatter ( November 15, 1932 – June 13, 1972) was an influential American R&B singer 1972)
1932 - Alvin Plantinga, American philosopher
1936 - Wolf Biermann, German writer
1937 - Little Willie John, American singer (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alvin Carl Plantinga (born 1932 is a contemporary American Philosopher known for his work in Epistemology, Metaphysics, and the Philosophy Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Little Willie John ( November 15, 1937 – May 26, 1968) was an American R&B singer of the 1950s and early 1960s best known for 1968)
1937 - Yaphet Kotto, American actor
1940 - Sam Waterston, American actor
1942 - Daniel Barenboim, Argentine-born conductor and pianist
1945 - Roger Donaldson, Australian producer/director
1945 - Bob Gunton, American actor
1945 - Anni-Frid "Frida" Lyngstad, Norwegian (By Birth) singer (ABBA)
1947 - Bill Richardson, American politician
1951 - Beverly D'Angelo, American actress
1952 - Zoltán Buday, Hungarian born actor
1952 - Randy Savage, American professional wrestler
1954 - Aleksander Kwaśniewski, former President of Poland
1955 - Georgie Born, English academic, anthropologist and musician (Henry Cow)
1955 - Henry Corra, American documentarian
1956 - Michael Hampton, American guitarist (Funkadelic)
1956 - Brian Douglas Wells, American criminal (d. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Prince Yaphet Frederick Kotto (born November 15, 1937) is an American Actor, known for numerous film roles and his starring role in the Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Samuel Atkinson "Sam" Waterston (born November 15 1940) is an American actor noted particularly for his portrayal of Jack McCoy Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Daniel Barenboim (born November 15, 1942) is a pianist and conductor. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Roger Donaldson (born 15 November 1945 is an Australian-born New Zealand film producer, director and writer who has made numerous successful movies Bob Gunton (born November 15 1945) is an American Actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Warden Norton in the 1994 movie The Anni-Frid Princess Reuss von Plauen (born Anni-Frid Lyngstad 15 November 1945 in Bjørkåsen Ballangen, Norway) is a Norwegian Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William Blaine "Bill" Richardson III (born November 15, 1947) is the current Governor of New Mexico and was a candidate for the 2008 Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Beverly D'Angelo (born November 15 1951 is an American Singer and Actress, perhaps best known for her roles as Ellen Griswold in the National Lampoon's Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Zoltán Buday (born November 15, 1952, Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian born Actor. Randall Mario Poffo (born November 15 1952) a 1 time Intercontinental Champion He is a graduate of Downers Grove North High School Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Aleksander Kwaśniewski ( born November 15 1954 is a Polish politician who served as the President of Poland from 1995 to 2005 The President of the Republic of Poland ( Polish: Prezydent Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, shorter form Prezydent RP) is the Polish Head of Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Georgina Born (born 15 November 1955 in Wheatley Oxfordshire) is a British academic, anthropologist and Musician Henry Cow were an English Avant-garde rock group, founded at Cambridge University in 1968 by multi-instrumentalists Fred Henry John Corra (born 11 November 1955) is an American documentary filmmaker and commercial director Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Hampton (born November 15, 1956) is a Funk / rock guitarist. Funkadelic was an African American music band most prominent during the 1970s Brian Douglas Wells ( November 15, 1956 – August 28, 2003) was an American Pizza delivery man who was killed by a time bomb 2003)
1957 - Kevin Eubanks, American jazz guitarist
1957 - Ray McKinnon, American film actor/director
1961 - Ian Reid, Australian educator
1963 - Benny Elias, Australian rugby league footballer
1963 - Andrew Castle, English television presenter and former tennis professional
1965 - Nigel Bond, English snooker player
1965 - Stefan Pfeiffer, German swimmer
1966 - Rachel True, American actress
1967 - Pedro Borbón, Jr., Dominican baseball player
1967 - Greg Anthony, American basketball player
1967 - E-40, American rapper
1967 - François Ozon, French film director
1967 - Gustavo Poyet, Uruguayan footballer
1968 - Jennifer Charles, American singer/songwriter
1968 - Ol' Dirty Bastard, American rapper (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Kevin Tyrone Eubanks (born November 15, 1957 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania) is a Jazz Guitarist who has been the leader of the Ray McKinnon (born November 15, 1957) is an American Actor, Screenwriter, Film director and producer. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dr Ian Reid is an Australian educator who specailises in Online Education Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Benjamin Elias ( لبني الياس in Arabic) (born November 15, 1963, Tripoli, Lebanon) is a former Rugby league Andrew Nicholas Castle (born November 15, 1963 in Epsom, Surrey) is an English retired Tennis professional and now Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Nigel Bond (born 15 November, 1965) is an English professional Snooker player Stefan Pfeiffer (born November 15 1965 in Hamburg) is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Rachel India True (born November 15, 1966) is an American film and television actress. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Pedro Felix Borbón Marte (born November 15, 1967 in Mao Dominican Republic) is a former Major League Baseball Pitcher. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Gregory Carleton Anthony (born November 15, 1967 in Las Vegas Nevada) is an American former NBA Basketball player and current Earl Stevens (born November 15, 1967) best known by his Stage name E-40, is a Bay Area rapper, part of the Bay Area rap François Ozon (born November 15, 1967) is a French Film director and Screenwriter and whose films are usually characterized Gustavo Augusto "Gus" Poyet Domínguez (born November 15, 1967 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a former Uruguay international Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jennifer Charles (b November 15 1968, Washington DC) is a singer musician composer and poet Russell Tyrone Jones ( November 15 1968 – November 13 2004) was an American Rapper who went by the Stage name 2004)
1969 - Shane Mack, American politician
1970 - Jack Ingram, American singer and songwriter
1970 - Patrick Mboma, Cameroonian footballer
1971 - Jay Harrington, American actor
1972 - Jonny Lee Miller, English actor
1973 - Jesse Merz, American actor
1973 - Sydney Tamiia Poitier, American actress
1974 - Chad Kroeger, Canadian singer
1975 - Scott Henshall, British fashion designer
1975 - Yannick Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player
1976 - Brandon DiCamillo, American comedian
1976 - Virginie Ledoyen, French actress
1977 - Sean Murray, American actor
1977 - Peter Phillips, grandson of Queen Elizabeth II
1977 - Logan Whitehurst, American musician (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Shane Mack (born November 15 1969, US) was the youngest Mayor of Castlewood South Dakota, United States. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jack Owen Ingram (born November 15 1970 is an American Country music artist Henri Patrick Mboma Dem (born November 15, 1970 in Douala, Cameroon) is a former Cameroonian football Striker, the Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Jay Harrington (born November 15, 1971) is an American Actor. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jonathan "Jonny" Lee Miller (born 15 November 1972) is an English actor Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Jesse Merz (born November 15 1973 in Hood River, Oregon) is an American Actor, director, producer Sydney Tamiia Poitier (born November 15, 1973) is an American actress known for her work on television Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Chad Kroeger (born November 15, 1974 in Hanna Alberta) is the Lead singer and Rhythm guitarist for the Canadian rock band Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Scott Henshall (born November 15, 1975 in Hartlepool) is a British Fashion designer. Yannick Tremblay may refer to Yannick Tremblay (ice hockey b 1975, an NHL defenceman Yannick Tremblay (ice hockey b Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brandon Ralph DiCamillo (born November 15, 1976 in West Chester Pennsylvania; also known as "Dico" is an American actor stuntman and screenwriter Virginie Ledoyen (born 15 November, 1976) is a French actress. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Sean Murray (born November 15 1977) is an American actor He is known for playing Timothy McGee on the CBS television drama NCIS Peter Mark Andrew Phillips (born 15 November 1977 is the only son of The Princess Anne The Princess Royal and her first husband Captain Mark Phillips. Logan Whitehurst ( November 15, 1977 – December 3, 2006) was an American Musician. 2006)
1979 - Josemi, Spanish footballer
1979 - Brett Lancaster, Australian cyclist
1980 - Ace Young, American singer
1981 - Lorena Ochoa, Mexican golfer
1981 - Drew Hodgdon, American football player
1982 - D. J. Fitzpatrick, National Football League kicker
1982 - Joe Kowalewski, American football player
1982 - Lofa Tatupu, National Football League
1983 - DJ Skee, American DJ/Personality
1983 - Laura Smet, French actress
1983 - Fernando Verdasco, Spanish tennis player
1986 - Sania Mirza, Indian tennis player
1986 - Jeffree Star, American model, fashion designer, make-up artist and singer-songwriter
1987 - Isaiah Osbourne, English footballer
1988 - Zena Grey, American actress
1990 - Kanata Hongō, Japanese actor
1993 - Saaya Irie, Japanese Actress, singer

Deaths

655 - Penda, King of Mercia
1028 - Constantine VIII Byzantine Emperor (b. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) José Miguel González Rey, commonly known as Josemi (born November 15, 1979 in Torremolinos, Málaga) is a Spanish Brett Lancaster (born 15 November 1979 in Shepparton Victoria) is a professional Racing cyclist from Australia who started cycle racing at the age of 14 in Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Brett Asa "Ace" Young (born November 15 1980 in Denver, Colorado) is an American singer Grammy -nominated songwriter and actor Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Childhood and amateur career Ochoa grew up next door to the Guadalajara Country Club and took up golf at the age of five Lincoln Andrew Hodgdon (born November 15, 1981 in Palo Alto California) is an American football Offensive lineman for the Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Daniel Joseph "D J" Fitzpatrick (born November 15, 1982 in) is an American football punter and Placekicker who is currently Joe Kowalewski (born November 15, 1982) is an American football player Mosiula Mea'alofa Tatupu (born November 15, 1982 in San Diego California) is an American football Linebacker for the NFL Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) DJ Skee (born November 15 1983) is a DJ from Los Angeles. Skee is a multi-focused DJ who performs at clubs worldwide weekly hosts his own Laura Smet, daughter of rock musician Johnny Hallyday and the actress Nathalie Baye, is a French actress born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France Fernando Verdasco Pahima Carmona (born November 15, 1983 in Madrid) is a professional Tennis player from Spain. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Sania Mirza (born November 15, 1986) is an Indian Tennis player Jeffree Star (born Jeffrey Steininger, 15 November 1986 is an American model, Fashion designer Make-up artist and Singer-songwriter Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Isaiah George Osbourne (born November 15, 1987 in Birmingham, West Midlands) is an English professional footballer who Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Zena Lotus Grey (born November 15, 1988) is an American actress. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) (born November 15, 1990) is a Japanese actor and model who has appeared several times in music videos movies TV series and magazines Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) is a Japanese Actress, Seiyū, Junior idol and Singer. Her stage name is simply her given name Saaya. Events By Place Europe November 15 — Northumbrian king Oswiu defeats Mercian king Penda in the Penda (died November 15 655 was a 7th-century King of Mercia, a kingdom in what is today the English Midlands. Mercia (ˈmɝsiə was one of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy. Constantine VIII ( Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Η΄ Kōnstantinos VIII) (960&ndash November 15, 1028) was Byzantine emperor This is a list of the Emperors of the Eastern Roman Empire, commonly known as the Byzantine Empire by modern historians 960)
1136 - Margrave Leopold III of Austria (b. Events By Place Europe Edgar the Peaceable is crowned King of England. Saint Leopold III (1073 &ndash November 15, 1136) was the Margrave of Austria in 1095-1136 1073)
1280 - Albertus Magnus, German theologian, bishop, and philosopher
1463 - Giovanni Antonio del Balzo Orsini, Prince of Taranto and Constable of Naples
1544 - King Jungjong of Joseon (b. Giovanni Antonio (Gianantonio del Balzo Orsini (1386 or 1393 &ndash November 15, 1463) was Prince of Taranto, Duke of Bari, Count of Lecce Jungjong of Joseon (1488 &ndash 1544 r1506&ndash1544 born Yi Yeok, ruled during the 16th century in what is now Korea. 1506)
1579 - Ferenc Dávid, Hungarian religious reformer (b. Ferenc Dávid (occasionally rendered as Francis David; c 1510 &ndash November 15, 1579) was a Transylvanian Nontrinitarian and 1510)
1628 - Roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (b. Father Roque González de Santa Cruz SJ was born in Asunción, Paraguay on 17 November 1576. 1576)
1630 - Johannes Kepler, German astronomer and mathematician (b. Johannes Kepler (ˈkɛplɚ ( December 27 1571 &ndash November 15 1630) was a German Mathematician, Astronomer 1571)
1670 - Comenius, Czech writer (b. John Amos Comenius (Jan Amos Komenský Ján Amos Komenský Johann Amos Comenius Jan Amos Komeński Comenius Ámos János latinized: Iohannes Amos Comenius 1592)
1691 - Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (b. Aelbert Jacobsz Cuyp (October 20 1620 - November 15 1691 was one of the leading Dutch landscape painters of the 17th century 1620)
1706 - Tsangyang Gyatso, 6th Dalai Lama (b. Year 1706 ( MDCCVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Tsangyang Gyatso ( Tibetan: 'ཚངས་དབྱངས་རྒྱ་མཚོ' Wylie transliteration: Tshangs dbyangs Rgya mtsho) (1683 &ndash 1683)
1712 - James Douglas, 4th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish nationalist (b. Year 1712 ( MDCCXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Lieutenant-General James Douglas-Hamilton 4th Duke of Hamilton 1st Duke of Brandon and 1st Baron of Dutton, KG, KT, ( 11 November 1658 – 1658)
1712 - Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun, English politician (b. Charles Mohun 4th Baron Mohun, (c 1675 – 15 November 1712) was an English politician best known for his frequent participation in Duels and 1675)
1787 - Christoph Willibald Gluck, German composer (b. Year 1787 ( MDCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1714)
1794 - John Witherspoon, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. Year 1714 ( MDCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1794 ( MDCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a John Witherspoon ( February 15, 1723 &ndash November 15, 1794) was a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence 1723)
1795 - Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, French painter (b. Year 1723 ( MDCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo ( August 25, 1719 &ndash November 15, 1795) was a French painter of allegorical scenes 1719)
1819 - Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (b. Year 1719 ( MDCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Daniel Rutherford ( 3 November 1749 &ndash 15 November 1819) was a Scottish Chemist and Physician who was most 1749)
1832 - Jean Baptiste Saye, French economist, (b. Year 1749 ( MDCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian 1767)
1853 - Queen Maria II of Portugal (b. Year 1767 ( MDCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Maria II ( April 4, 1819 &ndash November 15, 1853) was Queen of Portugal from 1826 to 1853 1819)
1908 - Empress Dowager Cixi, Chinese ruler (b. Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Empress Dowager Cixi 1 ( ( November 29 1835 – November 15 1908) popularly known in China as the 1835)
1910 - Wilhelm Raabe, German writer (b. Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Wilhelm Raabe ( September 8, 1831 &ndash November 15, 1910) German Novelist, whose early works were published under 1831)
1916 - Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish author, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1846)
1917 - Émile Durkheim, French sociologist (b. For the game see 1846 (board game. Year 1846 ( MDCCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Émile Durkheim ( April 15, 1858 – November 15, 1917) was a French Sociologist whose contributions were instrumental 1858)
1919 - Alfred Werner, German chemist, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Alfred Werner ( December 12, 1866 - November 15, 1919) was a Swiss chemist who was a professor at the University The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1866)
1919 - Mohammad Farid, an influential Egyptian political figure. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Mohammad Farid or Muhammad Farid (محمد فريد (born January 20 1868 in Cairo, died November 15 1919 in Berlin
1949 - Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte, conspirators against Mahatma Gandhi (b. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nathuram Vinayak Godse (नथूराम विनायक गोडसे (May 19 1910 – November 15 1949 was the Narayan Dattatraya Apte was born in 1911 In 1932 he graduated from Bombay University with a Bachelor of Science Narayan Apte - 1911)
1954 - Lionel Barrymore, American actor (b. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Lionel Barrymore ( April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American Academy Award -winning actor of stage radio 1878)
1958 - Tyrone Power, American actor (b. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tyrone Edmund Power Jr (May 5 1914 – November 15 1958 usually credited simply as Tyrone Power and known sometimes as " Ty Power " was an 1914)
1959 - Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physicist, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charles Thomson Rees Wilson CH ( February 14, 1869 &ndash November 15, 1959) was a Scottish Physicist and The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1869)
1961 - Elsie Ferguson, American actress (b. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Elsie Ferguson ( August 19, 1883 - November 15, 1961) was an American stage and film actress. 1883)
1963 - Fritz Reiner, Hungarian conductor (b. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Frederick Martin “Fritz” Reiner ( December 19, 1888 1888)
1965 - Dawn Powell, American poet (b. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Dawn Powell ( November 28, 1896 &ndash November 14, 1965) was an American writer of satirical novels and stories 1896)
1966 - Dimitrios Tofalos, Greek weightlifter (b. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Dimitrios Tofalos (Δημήτριος Τόφαλος 1877 in Patras – November 15, 1966) was a Greek Weightlifter. 1877)
1967 - Michael J. Adams, American test pilot (b. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Michael James Adams ( May 5, 1930 - November 15, 1967) was an American Aviator and USAF Astronaut 1930)
1971 - Rudolf Abel, Soviet spy (b. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Vilyam ("Willie" Genrikhovich (August Fisher (Вильям Генрихович Фишер ( July 11, 1903 &ndash November 15, 1971 1903)
1971 - Edie Sedgwick, American actress and model (b. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Edith Minturn "Edie" Sedgwick ( April 20, 1943 &ndash November 16, 1971) was an American actress Socialite 1943)
1976 - Jean Gabin, French actor (b. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jean Gabin ( May 17, 1904 – November 15, 1976) was a major French actor and war hero 1904)
1978 - Margaret Mead, American anthropologist (b. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Margaret Mead ( December 16, 1901, Philadelphia &ndash November 15, 1978, New York City) was an American 1901)
1982 - Martin De Alzaga, Argentine racing driver (b. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Martín de Álzaga ( 25 January 1901 Mar del Plata &ndash 15 November 1982 Buenos Aires) was an Argentine 1901)
1983 - Charlie Grimm, American baseball player (b. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Charles John Grimm ( August 28 1898 - November 15 1983) nicknamed "Jolly Cholly" was an American First baseman 1898)
1983 - John le Mesurier, English actor (b. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common John Le Mesurier (born John Charles Elton Le Mesurier De Somerys Halliley; 5 April 1912 &ndash 15 November 1983 was a BAFTA Award-winning English actor 1912)
1988 - Billo Frómeta, Dominican orchestra conductor, arranger and composer (b. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Billo Frómeta (b November 15, 1915 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - Caracas May 5, 1988) was a 1915)
1990 - Alydar, American racehorse (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Alydar ( March 23, 1975, Calumet Farm - November 15, 1990) was a chestnut colt and an American Thoroughbred 1975)
1994 - Elizabeth George Speare, American author (b. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Elizabeth George Speare ( November 21, 1908 &ndash November 15, 1994) was an American children's author who won many awards for her Historical 1908)
1996 - Alger Hiss, American government official and alleged spy (b. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Alger Hiss (November 11 1904 – November 15 1996 was a US State Department official involved in the establishment of the United Nations. 1904)
1997 - Saul Chaplin, American composer and musical director (b. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Saul Chaplin ( February 19, 1912 – November 15, 1997) was one of Hollywood 's preeminent composers and Musical directors 1912)
1998 - Stokely Carmichael, American civil rights activist (b. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Stokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael ( June 29, 1941 November 15, 1998) also known as Kwame Ture, was a Trinidadian 1941)
1998 - Ludvik Danek, Czechoslovak discus thrower (b. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ludvík Daněk (ˈludviːk ˈdaɲɛk (born January 6 1937 in Blansko – died November 15 1998 in Hutisko-Solanec near Vsetín 1937)
2002 - Myra Hindley, English murderess (b. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Myra Hindley (23 July 1942 &ndash 15 November 2002 was an English Serial killer convicted along with her lover Ian Brady, of killing four children between 1942)
2003 - Speedy West, Country Music Hall of Fame Steel Guitarist (b. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Wesley Webb "Speedy" West ( January 25, 1924 – November 15, 2003) was an American Pedal steel guitarist 1924)
2003 - Ray Lewis, Canadian athlete (b. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Raymond ("Ray" Gray Lewis, CM ( October 8, 1910 &ndash November 15, 2003) was a Track and field athlete and the 1910)
2003 - Dorothy Loudon, American actress (b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Dorothy Loudon ( September 17, 1933 – November 15, 2003) was an American actress noted for her comedy and belting singing voice which 1933)
2003 - Laurence Tisch, American businessman (b. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Laurence Alan Tisch (born March 5, 1923, died November 15, 2003) was a Jewish American Businessman, Wall Street 1923)
2004 - Elmer L. Andersen, Governor of Minnesota (b. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Elmer Lee Andersen ( June 17, 1909 November 15, 2004) was an American businessman philanthropist and the 30th Governor of Minnesota 1909)
2004 - John Morgan, Canadian comedian (b. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting John Morgan ( September 21, 1930 &ndash November 15, 2004) was a Welsh -born Canadian comedian 1930)
2005 - Dr. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Adrian Rogers, American Southern Baptist Minister and leader (b. Adrian Pierce Rogers ThD ( September 12, 1931 – November 15, 2005) was an American Pastor, author and a three-term 1931)
2005 - Arto Salminen, Finnish writer (b. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Arto Salminen ( 22 October 1959, Helsinki – 15 November 2005, Hausjärvi) was a Finnish writer known for his 1959)
2006 - Ana Carolina Reston, Brazilian model (b. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Ana Carolina Reston Macan (June 4 1985 &ndash November 15 2006 was a Brazilian fashion model of part Lebanese heritage 1985)
2006 - David K. Wyatt, American historian (b. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) David K Wyatt ( September 21 1937 - November 15 2006) was a highly acclaimed American Historian, working on Southeast 1937)
2007 - Joe Nuxhall, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Joseph Henry Nuxhall ( July 30 1928 &ndash November 15 2007) was an American left-handed Pitcher in Major League Baseball 1928)

Holidays and observances

Roman festivals - Festival in honor of Feronia (others say 13 November)
Roman Catholic Saints - Albert the Great, Saint Zechariah, Saint Leopold, Abibus of Edessa, Hugh Faringdon, Saint Malo, Saint Mechell, Didier of Cahors
Eastern Orthodoxy - Feast of Saint Philip the Apostle and the beginning of Winter Lent
Austria - Saint Leopold's day -- no school in Vienna, Lower Austria and Upper Austria
Belgium - King's Feast, not an official holiday, but some state institutions are closed; Day of the German-speaking Community of Belgium, observed only in the German-speaking Community (since 1990), not in the rest of Belgium. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Roman holidays generally were celebrated to worship and celebrate a certain god or mythological occurrence and consisted of religious observances various festival traditions and usually Feronia was a marginal rural Goddess in Roman religion, to whom woods and springs were sacred and a more important goddess among the Latins. Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St The Calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a Liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more Saints Zechariah (Hebrew prophet -->In the Bible, Zechariah Saint Leopold III (1073 &ndash November 15, 1136) was the Margrave of Austria in 1095-1136 Abibus of Edessa (?-316 was a Christian Martyr at Edessa Mesopotamia under Emperor Licinius in 316 Hugh Cook Faringdon (unknown to 15 November 1539) also known as Hugh Faringdon or Hugh Cook of Faringdon where he was Saint Malo (also known as Maclou or Mac'h Low and in Latin, as Maclovius or Machutus) was the mid-6th century founder of Saint-Malo Saint Mechell was the 6th century founder and first Abbot of the clas (a type of early Welsh/Celtic Monastery) of Llanfechell, on Anglesey Saint Didier, also known as Desiderius (c 580 - November 15, traditionally 655 was a Merovingian royal official of aristocratic Gallo-Roman The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian Communion in the world Saint Philip was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. Later Christian traditions describe Philip as the apostle who proselytized in The Nativity Fast, is a period abstinence and penance practiced by the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches, in preparation Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Saint Leopold III (1073 &ndash November 15, 1136) was the Margrave of Austria in 1095-1136 A school (from Greek σχολεῖον - scholeion) is an Institution designed to allow and encourage Students (or "pupils" Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. Lower Austria (Niederösterreich is one of the nine states or Bundesländer in Austria. Upper Austria (Oberösterreich Horní Rakousko is one of the nine states or Bundesländer of Austria. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those The King's Feast (Koningsfeest Fête du Roi Festtag des Königs is celebrated in Belgium on November 15, since 1866. The Day of the German-speaking Community of Belgium is celebrated on November 15 each year The German-speaking Community of Belgium (Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft Belgiens DGB) is one of the three federal communities in Belgium. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar)
Brazil - Republic Proclamation Day (1889)
Palestine - Independence Day (declared 1988)
USA - America Recycles Day
Japan - Shichi-Go-San - traditional rite of passage and festival day for three and seven year-old girls and three and five year-old boys

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Other holidays Dia dos Namorados - not a holiday - celebrated on June 12 as the Brazilian equivalent of St Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Proposals for a Palestinian state (دولة فلسطين refer to the proposed establishment of an independent state for the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, which is currently An Independence Day is an annual celebration commemorating the Anniversary of a Nation 's assumption of independent Statehood, usually after ceasing Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the This article examines recycling in the United States. Due to there not being a national law for recycling mandatory recycling is legislated through state and local governments For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. is a traditional Rite of passage and Festival day in Japan for three and seven year-old girls and three and five year-old boys held annually on November 15

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