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What happend on 15. November in History

In our data base we found 327 events happened on 15. November:
  • 459: B'utz Aj Sak Chiik, Mayan king (d. 501) [category: Births]
  • 655: Penda of Mercia [category: Deaths]
  • 655: Battle of the Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. [category: Events]
  • 986: Le Long Dinh, the last king of the Anterior Lê Dynasty of Vietnam (d. 1009) [category: Births]
  • 1136: Leopold III, Margrave of Austria (b. 1073) [category: Deaths]

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  • 1210: Ly Cao Tong, the seventh king of the Lý dynasty of Vietnam (b. 1173) [category: Deaths]
  • 1280: Albertus Magnus, German bishop, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1193) [category: Deaths]
  • 1315: Battle of Morgarten: the Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft ambushes the army of Leopold I. [category: Events]
  • 1316: John I of France (d. 1316) [category: Births]
  • 1397: Pope Nicholas V (d. 1455) [category: Births]
  • 1463: Giovanni Antonio Del Balzo Orsini, Italian son of Mary of Enghien (b. 1386) [category: Deaths]
  • 1498: Eleanor of Austria (d. 1558) [category: Births]
  • 1511: Johannes Secundus, Dutch poet (d. 1536) [category: Births]
  • 1532: Commanded by Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistadors under Hernando de Soto meet Inca Empire leader Atahualpa for the first time outside Cajamarca, arranging a meeting on the city plaza the following day [category: Events]
  • 1533: Francisco Pizarro arrives in Cuzco, the capital of the Inca Empire. [category: Events]
  • 1556: Jacques Davy Duperron, French cardinal (d. 1618) [category: Births]
  • 1559: Albert VII, Archduke of Austria (d. 1621) [category: Births]
  • 1579: Ferenc Dávid, Hungarian preacher, founded the Unitarian Church of Transylvania (b. 1510) [category: Deaths]
  • 1594: Martin Frobisher, English explorer (b. 1539) [category: Deaths]
  • 1607: Madeleine de Scudéry, French author (d. 1701) [category: Births]

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  • 1628: Roque González de Santa Cruz, Paraguayan missionary and martyr (b. 1576) [category: Deaths]
  • 1630: Johannes Kepler, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1571) [category: Deaths]
  • 1660: Hermann von der Hardt, German historian (d. 1746) [category: Births]
  • 1661: Christoph von Graffenried, Swiss-American settler and author (d. 1743) [category: Births]
  • 1670: John Amos Comenius, Czech bishop, educator, and philosopher (b. 1592) [category: Deaths]
  • 1688: Louis Bertrand Castel, French mathematician (d. 1757) [category: Births]
  • 1688: The Glorious Revolution begins: William of Orange lands at Brixham. [category: Events]
  • 1691: Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (b. 1620) [category: Deaths]
  • 1692: Eusebius Amort, German theologian (d. 1775) [category: Births]
  • 1705: Battle of Zsibó - Austrian-Danish victory above the Kurucs (Hungarians) [category: Events]
  • 1706: 6th Dalai Lama (b. 1683) [category: Deaths]
  • 1708: William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1778) [category: Births]
  • 1712: Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun, English politician (b. 1675) [category: Deaths]
  • 1712: James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish politician (b. 1658) [category: Deaths]
  • 1738: William Herschel, German-English astronomer (d. 1822) [category: Births]
  • 1741: Johann Kaspar Lavater, German philosopher (d. 1801) [category: Births]
  • 1746: Joseph Quesnel, French-Canadian composer and playwright (d. 1809) [category: Births]
  • 1757: Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon (d. 1830) [category: Births]
  • 1777: American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of debate the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation. [category: Events]
  • 1784: Jérôme Bonaparte, French husband of Catharina of Württemberg (d. 1860) [category: Births]
  • 1787: Christoph Willibald Gluck, German composer (b. 1714) [category: Deaths]
  • 1791: Friedrich Ernst Scheller, German jurist and politician (d. 1869) [category: Births]
  • 1791: The first U.S Catholic college, Georgetown University, opens its doors. [category: Events]
  • 1793: Michel Chasles, French mathematician (d. 1880) [category: Births]
  • 1794: John Witherspoon, Scottish-American minister and academic, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (b. 1723) [category: Deaths]
  • 1795: Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, French painter (b. 1719) [category: Deaths]
  • 1806: Pike expedition: Lieutenant Zebulon Pike sees a distant mountain peak while near the Colorado foothills of the Rocky Mountains (it is later named Pikes Peak). [category: Events]
  • 1819: Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (b. 1749) [category: Deaths]
  • 1832: Jean-Baptiste Say, French economist (b. 1767) [category: Deaths]
  • 1852: Tewfik Pasha, Egyptian ruler (d. 1892) [category: Births]
  • 1853: Maria II of Portugal (b. 1819) [category: Deaths]
  • 1859: Christopher Hornsrud, Norwegian politician, Prime Minister of Norway (d. 1960) [category: Births]
  • 1859: The first modern revival of the Olympic Games takes place in Athens, Greece. [category: Events]
  • 1862: Gerhart Hauptmann, German playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1946) [category: Births]
  • 1864: American Civil War: Union General William Tecumseh Sherman burns Atlanta, Georgia and starts Sherman's March to the Sea. [category: Events]
  • 1868: Emil Racovita, Romanian biologist, zoologist, and explorer (d. 1947) [category: Births]
  • 1874: August Krogh, Danish zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1949) [category: Births]
  • 1874: Dimitrios Golemis, Greek runner (d. 1941) [category: Births]
  • 1879: Lewis Stone, American actor (d. 1953) [category: Births]
  • 1881: Franklin Pierce Adams, American columnist (d. 1960) [category: Births]
  • 1882: Felix Frankfurter, Austrian-American jurist (d. 1965) [category: Births]
  • 1886: René Guénon, French-Egyptian author (d. 1951) [category: Births]
  • 1887: Georgia O'Keeffe, American painter (d. 1986) [category: Births]
  • 1887: Marianne Moore, American poet (d. 1972) [category: Births]
  • 1888: Artie Matthews, American songwriter, pianist, and composer (d. 1958) [category: Births]
  • 1889: Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca and Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup. [category: Events]
  • 1890: Richmal Crompton, English author (d. 1969) [category: Births]
  • 1891: Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (d. 1944) [category: Births]
  • 1891: W. Averell Harriman, American politician, 48th Governor of New York (d. 1986) [category: Births]
  • 1895: Antoni Słonimski, Polish journalist, poet, and playwright (d. 1976) [category: Births]
  • 1895: Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918) [category: Births]
  • 1897: Aneurin Bevan, Welsh politician (d. 1960) [category: Births]
  • 1897: Sacheverell Sitwell, English author and critic (d. 1988) [category: Births]
  • 1899: Avdy Andresson, Estonian diplomat (d. 1990) [category: Births]
  • 1903: Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1974) [category: Births]
  • 1905: Mantovani, Italian conductor and composer (d. 1980) [category: Births]
  • 1906: Curtis LeMay, American general (d. 1990) [category: Births]
  • 1907: Claus von Stauffenberg, German army officer, member of the 20 July plot (d. 1944) [category: Births]
  • 1908: Empress Dowager Cixi of China (b. 1835) [category: Deaths]
  • 1910: Wilhelm Raabe, German author (b. 1831) [category: Deaths]
  • 1912: Yi Wu, Korean prince (d. 1945) [category: Births]
  • 1913: Arthur Haulot, Belgian journalist (d. 2005) [category: Births]
  • 1913: Guy Green, English director (d. 2005) [category: Births]
  • 1914: Harry Turner becomes the first player to die from game-related injuries in the "Ohio League", the direct predecessor to the National Football League. [category: Events]
  • 1916: Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846) [category: Deaths]
  • 1917: Émile Durkheim, French sociologist (b. 1858) [category: Deaths]
  • 1919: Joseph Wapner, American judge [category: Births]
  • 1919: Alfred Werner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
  • 1919: Mohammad Farid, Egyptian politician (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
  • 1920: Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Greek actor (d. 1999) [category: Births]
  • 1920: First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva, Switzerland. [category: Events]
  • 1922: David Sidney Feingold, American biochemist [category: Births]
  • 1922: Francis Brunn, German juggler (d. 2004) [category: Births]
  • 1922: Dimitrios Gounaris, Greek politician, 94th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
  • 1922: Georgios Hatzianestis, Greek general (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
  • 1922: Nikolaos Stratos, Greek politician, 106th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
  • 1922: Petros Protopapadakis, Greek politician, 107th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1854) [category: Deaths]
  • 1923: Văn Cao, Vietnamese composer (d. 1995) [category: Births]
  • 1923: The German Rentenmark is introduced in Germany to counter Inflation in the Weimar Republic. [category: Events]
  • 1925: Howard Baker, American politician and diplomat, 12th White House Chief of Staff [category: Births]
  • 1925: Yuli Daniel, Russian poet and author (d. 1988) [category: Births]
  • 1926: The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations. [category: Events]
  • 1927: Gregor Mackenzie, English politician (d. 1992) [category: Births]
  • 1928: C. W. McCall, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
  • 1928: John Orchard, English actor (d. 1995) [category: Births]
  • 1928: Seldon Powell, American saxophonist and flute player (d. 1997) [category: Births]
  • 1928: The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17 man crew. [category: Events]
  • 1929: Edward Asner, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1929: Joe Hinton, American singer (d. 1968) [category: Births]
  • 1930: J. G. Ballard, English author (d. 2009) [category: Births]
  • 1931: Mwai Kibaki, Kenyan politician, 3rd President of Kenya [category: Births]
  • 1931: Pascal Lissouba, Congolese politician, President of the Republic of the Congo [category: Births]
  • 1932: Alvin Plantinga, American philosopher [category: Births]
  • 1932: Clyde McPhatter, American singer (Billy Ward and His Dominoes and The Drifters) (d. 1972) [category: Births]
  • 1932: Petula Clark, English actress and singer [category: Births]
  • 1933: Theodore Roszak, American scholar and author (d. 2011) [category: Births]
  • 1934: Irén Pavlics, Hungarian author [category: Births]
  • 1934: Joanna Barnes, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1935: Manuel L. Quezon is inaugurated as the second President of the Philippines. [category: Events]
  • 1936: H. B. Bailey, American race car driver (d. 2003) [category: Births]
  • 1936: Tara Singh Hayer, Canadian journalist (d. 1998) [category: Births]
  • 1936: Wolf Biermann, German singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
  • 1937: Little Willie John, American singer-songwriter (d. 1968) [category: Births]
  • 1937: Yaphet Kotto, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1939: W. C. Clark, American singer and guitarist [category: Births]
  • 1939: In Washington, D.C., US President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial. [category: Events]
  • 1940: Roberto Cavalli, Italian fashion designer [category: Births]
  • 1940: Sam Waterston, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1940: Ulf Pilgaard, Danish actor [category: Births]
  • 1941: Daniel Pinkwater, American author [category: Births]
  • 1941: Rick Kemp, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Steeleye Span) [category: Births]
  • 1942: Daniel Barenboim, Argentine-Israeli conductor and pianist [category: Births]
  • 1942: World War II: First flight of the Heinkel He 219. [category: Events]
  • 1942: World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal ends in a decisive Allied victory. [category: Events]
  • 1943: Holocaust: German SS leader Heinrich Himmler orders that Gypsies are to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps". (see Porajmos) [category: Events]
  • 1945: Bob Gunton, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1945: Frida Lyngstad, Norwegian-Swedish singer (ABBA) [category: Births]
  • 1945: Roger Donaldson, Australian director and producer [category: Births]
  • 1945: Frank Chapman, American ornithologist (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
  • 1945: Venezuela joins the United Nations. [category: Events]
  • 1946: Vasilis Goumas, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
  • 1947: Bill Richardson, American politician, 30th Governor of New Mexico [category: Births]
  • 1949: Narayan Apte, Indian activist, assassin of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
  • 1949: Nathuram Godse, Indian assassin of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
  • 1949: Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte are executed for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi. [category: Events]
  • 1950: Egon Vaupel, German politician, Mayor of Marburg [category: Births]
  • 1951: Beverly D'Angelo, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1951: Greek resistance leader Nikos Beloyannis, along with 11 resistance members, is sentenced to death by the court-martial. [category: Events]
  • 1952: Randy Savage, American wrestler and actor (d. 2011) [category: Births]
  • 1952: Zoltán Buday, Hungarian actor [category: Births]
  • 1953: Alexander O'Neal, American singer [category: Births]
  • 1954: Aleksander Kwaśniewski, Polish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Poland [category: Births]
  • 1954: Herbert Heidenreich, German footballer [category: Births]
  • 1954: Randy Thomas, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Sweet Comfort Band and Allies) [category: Births]
  • 1954: Lionel Barrymore, American actor (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
  • 1955: Georgina Born, English bass player and anthropologist (Henry Cow) [category: Births]
  • 1955: Henry Corra, American director and producer [category: Births]
  • 1956: Brian Douglas Wells, American pizza delivery man forced bank robber (d. 2003) [category: Births]
  • 1956: Michael Hampton, American guitarist and producer (Parliament-Funkadelic) [category: Births]
  • 1957: Harold Marcuse, American historian [category: Births]
  • 1957: Kevin Eubanks, American guitarist and composer (The Tonight Show Band) [category: Births]
  • 1957: Michael Woythe, German footballer [category: Births]
  • 1957: Ray McKinnon, American actor and director [category: Births]
  • 1958: Gu Kailai, Chinese lawyer and businesswoman [category: Births]
  • 1958: Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Australian actor and director [category: Births]
  • 1958: Tyrone Power, American actor (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
  • 1959: Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
  • 1959: Four members of the Herbert Clutter Family are murdered at their farm outside Holcomb, Kansas. [category: Events]
  • 1960: Susanne Lothar, German actress (d. 2012) [category: Births]
  • 1960: Robert Raymond Cook, Canadian murderer (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
  • 1961: Metin Kaçan, Turkish author (d. 2013) [category: Births]
  • 1961: Elsie Ferguson, American actress (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
  • 1962: Judy Gold, American comedian, actress, and producer [category: Births]
  • 1962: Mark Acres, American basketball player [category: Births]
  • 1963: Andrew Castle, English tennis player [category: Births]
  • 1963: Benny Elias, Australian rugby player [category: Births]
  • 1963: Fritz Reiner, Hungarian conductor (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
  • 1964: Mikhail Rusyayev, Russian footballer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
  • 1964: Stelios Aposporis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
  • 1965: Nigel Bond, English snooker player [category: Births]
  • 1965: Stefan Pfeiffer, German swimmer [category: Births]
  • 1965: Dawn Powell, American poet (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
  • 1966: Rachel True, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1966: Dimitrios Tofalos, Greek weightlifter (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
  • 1966: A Boeing 727 carrying Pan Am Flight 708 crashes near Berlin, Germany, killing all three people on board. [category: Events]
  • 1966: Project Gemini: Gemini 12 completes the program's final mission, when it splashes down safely in the Atlantic Ocean. [category: Events]
  • 1967: Dom Joly, Lebanese-English comedian and journalist [category: Births]
  • 1967: E-40, American rapper (The Click) [category: Births]
  • 1967: François Ozon, French director [category: Births]
  • 1967: Greg Anthony, American basketball player [category: Births]
  • 1967: Gustavo Poyet, Uruguayan footballer [category: Births]
  • 1967: Pedro Borbón, Jr., Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1967: Michael J. Adams, American pilot (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
  • 1967: The only fatality of the North American 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. [category: Events]
  • 1968: Fausto Brizzi, Italian screenwriter and director [category: Births]
  • 1968: Jennifer Charles, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Elysian Fields, Lovage, and La Mar Enfortuna) [category: Births]
  • 1968: Ol' Dirty Bastard, American rapper and producer (Wu-Tang Clan) (d. 2004) [category: Births]
  • 1968: Uwe Rösler, German footballer [category: Births]
  • 1969: Shane Mack, American politician [category: Births]
  • 1969: Cold War: The Soviet submarine K-19 collides with the American submarine USS Gato in the Barents Sea. [category: Events]
  • 1969: In Columbus, Ohio, Dave Thomas opens the first Wendy's restaurant. [category: Events]
  • 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". [category: Events]
  • 1970: Ilija Aračić, Croatian footballer [category: Births]
  • 1970: Jack Ingram, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
  • 1970: Patrick Mboma, Cameroonian footballer [category: Births]
  • 1971: Jay Harrington, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1971: Martin Pieckenhagen, German footballer [category: Births]
  • 1971: Vilyam Genrikhovich Fisher, Soviet intelligence officer (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
  • 1971: Intel releases world's first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004. [category: Events]
  • 1972: Jonny Lee Miller, English actor [category: Births]
  • 1973: Jesse Merz, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1973: Sydney Tamiia Poitier, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1974: Chad Kroeger, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Nickelback) [category: Births]
  • 1975: Boris Živković, Croatian footballer [category: Births]
  • 1975: Scott Henshall, English fashion designer [category: Births]
  • 1975: Yannick Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
  • 1976: Brandon DiCamillo, American comedian, actor, and stuntman [category: Births]
  • 1976: Virginie Ledoyen, French actress [category: Births]
  • 1976: Jean Gabin, French actor (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
  • 1976: René Lévesque and the Parti Québécois take power to become the first Quebec government of the 20th century clearly in favor of independence. [category: Events]
  • 1977: Logan Whitehurst, American singer-songwriter and drummer (The Velvet Teen) (d. 2006) [category: Births]
  • 1977: Peter Phillips, English son of Anne, Princess Royal [category: Births]
  • 1977: Robaire Smith, American football player [category: Births]
  • 1977: Sean Murray, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1978: Floyd Womack, American football player [category: Births]
  • 1978: Margaret Mead, American anthropologist (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
  • 1978: A chartered Douglas DC-8 crashes near Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 183. [category: Events]
  • 1979: Brett Lancaster, Australian cyclist [category: Births]
  • 1979: Brooks Bollinger, American football player [category: Births]
  • 1979: Josemi, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
  • 1979: A package from the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski begins smoking in the cargo hold of a flight from Chicago, Illinois to Washington, D.C., forcing the plane to make an emergency landing. [category: Events]
  • 1980: Ace Young, American singer-songwriter and actor [category: Births]
  • 1981: Drew Hodgdon, American football player [category: Births]
  • 1981: Lorena Ochoa, Mexican golfer [category: Births]
  • 1981: Enid Markey, American actress (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
  • 1981: Khawar Rizvi, Pakistani poet and scholar (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
  • 1981: Steve Macko, American baseball player (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
  • 1982: Benjamin Krause, German rugby player [category: Births]
  • 1982: D. J. Fitzpatrick, American football player [category: Births]
  • 1982: Joe Kowalewski, American football player [category: Births]
  • 1982: Kalu Uche, Nigerian footballer [category: Births]
  • 1982: Lofa Tatupu, American football player [category: Births]
  • 1982: Martín de Álzaga, Argentine race car driver (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
  • 1982: Vinoba Bhave, Indian actvist (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
  • 1983: DJ Skee, American DJ and producer [category: Births]
  • 1983: Dominic Carroll, Gibraltarian runner [category: Births]
  • 1983: Fernando Verdasco, Spanish tennis player [category: Births]
  • 1983: Laura Smet, French actress [category: Births]
  • 1983: Sasha Pavlovic, Serbian basketball player [category: Births]
  • 1983: Charlie Grimm, American baseball player (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
  • 1983: John Le Mesurier, English actor (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
  • 1983: Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is founded. Recognized only by Turkey. [category: Events]
  • 1985: Casnel Bushay, Vincentian sprinter [category: Births]
  • 1985: Lily Aldridge, American model [category: Births]
  • 1985: A research assistant is injured when a package from the Unabomber addressed to a University of Michigan professor explodes. [category: Events]
  • 1985: The Anglo-Irish Agreement is signed at Hillsborough Castle by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Irish Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald. [category: Events]
  • 1986: Coye Francies, American football player [category: Births]
  • 1986: Jerry Roush, American singer-songwriter (Of Mice & Men, Sky Eats Airplane, and Glass Cloud) [category: Births]
  • 1986: Sania Mirza, Indian tennis player [category: Births]
  • 1987: Isaiah Osbourne, English footballer [category: Births]
  • 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. [category: Events]
  • 1987: In Brașov, Romania, workers rebel against the communist regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu. [category: Events]
  • 1988: B.o.B, American rapper and producer [category: Births]
  • 1988: Morgan Parra, French rugby player [category: Births]
  • 1988: Zena Grey, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1988: Archbishop Ieronymos I of Athens (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
  • 1988: Billo Frómeta, Dominican conductor and composer (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
  • 1988: In the Soviet Union, the unmanned Shuttle Buran makes its only space flight. [category: Events]
  • 1988: Israeli–Palestinian conflict: An independent State of Palestine is proclaimed by the Palestinian National Council. [category: Events]
  • 1988: The first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, is launched in the Netherlands. [category: Events]
  • 1989: Jonalyn Viray, Filipino singer and actress [category: Births]
  • 1990: Kanata Hongō, Japanese actor [category: Births]
  • 1990: Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis launches with flight STS-38. [category: Events]
  • 1990: The People's Republic of Bulgaria is disestablished and a new republican government is instituted. [category: Events]
  • 1991: Shailene Woodley, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1992: Minami Minegishi, Japanese singer and actress (AKB48 and no3b) [category: Births]
  • 1993: Saaya Irie, Japanese actress and singer [category: Births]
  • 1994: Elizabeth George Speare, American author (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
  • 1996: Alger Hiss, American lawyer, diplomat, and author (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
  • 1997: Saul Chaplin, American composer and director (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
  • 1998: Ludvik Danek, Czech discus thrower (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
  • 1998: Stokely Carmichael, Trinidadian-American activist (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
  • 2000: A chartered Antonov An-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola killing more than 40 people. [category: Events]
  • 2000: Jharkhand state comes into existence in India. [category: Events]
  • 2002: Myra Hindley, English murderer (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
  • 2002: Hu Jintao becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and a new 9-members Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated. [category: Events]
  • 2003: Dorothy Loudon, American actress (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
  • 2003: Laurence Tisch, American businessman (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
  • 2003: Ray Lewis, Canadian runner (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
  • 2003: Speedy West, American guitarist and producer (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
  • 2003: The first day of the 2003 Istanbul bombings, in which two car bombs, targeting two synagogues, explode, killing 25 people and wounding about 300. Additional bombings follow on November 20. [category: Events]
  • 2004: Elmer L. Andersen, American politician, 30th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
  • 2004: John Morgan, Welsh-Canadian comedian and actor (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
  • 2005: Adrian Rogers, American pastor and author (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
  • 2005: Arto Salminen, Finnish journalist and author (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
  • 2005: Boeing formally launches the stretched Boeing 747-8 variant with orders from Cargolux and Nippon Cargo Airlines. [category: Events]
  • 2006: Ana Carolina Reston, Brazilian model (b. 1985) [category: Deaths]
  • 2006: David K. Wyatt, American historian and author (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
  • 2007: Joe Nuxhall, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
  • 2007: Cyclone Sidr hit Bangladesh, killing an estimated 5000 people and destroyed the world's largest mangrove forest, Sundarbans. [category: Events]
  • 2009: Patriarch Pavle of Serbia (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
  • 2010: Ed Kirkpatrick, American baseball player (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
  • 2010: Larry Evans, American chess player and journalist (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
  • 2010: William Edwin Self, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Frode Thingnæs, Norwegian trombone player, composer, and conductor (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: José Song Sui-Wan, Chinese-Brazilian bishop (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: K. C. Pant, Indian politician (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Keith Ripley, English footballer (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Khin Maung Toe, Burmese singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Luis Carreira, Portuguese motorcycle racer (b. 1976) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Maleli Kunavore, Fijian rugby player (b. 1983) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Théophile Abega, Cameroonian footballer (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
  • _: Abibus of Edessa [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Albert the Great [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Blessed Hugh Faringdon [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Day of the German-speaking Community of Belgium (German-speaking Community of Belgium) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Didier of Cahors [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Independence Day, unilaterally declared in 1988. (Palestine) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: King's Feast (Belgium) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Leopold III, a public holiday in Lower Austria and Vienna. [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Malo [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Mechell [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: November 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Republic Proclamation Day (Brazil) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Shichi-Go-San (Japan) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: The beginning of Winter Lent (Eastern Orthodox) [category: Holidays and observances]