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November 15th


- Earliest day on which Great American Smokeout can fall, while November 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Thursday in November (United States)
- America Recycles Day (United States)
- Christian Feast Day
- Day of the German-speaking Community of Belgium (German-speaking Community of Belgium)
- Independence Day, unilaterally declared in 1988. (Palestine)
- King's Feast (Belgium)
- Republic Proclamation Day (Brazil)
- Shichi-Go-San (Japan)
- The beginning of Winter Lent (Eastern Orthodox)

November 15th


- 2007 - Cyclone Sidr hit Bangladesh, killing an estimated 5000 people and destroyed the world's largest mangrove forest, Sundarbans.
- 2005 - Boeing formally launches the stretched Boeing 747-8 variant with orders from Cargolux and Nippon Cargo Airlines.
- 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.
- 2000 - A chartered Antonov An-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola killing more than 40 people.
- 2000 - Jharkhand state comes into existence in India.
- 1990 - Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis launches with flight STS-38.
- 1989 - Sachin Tendulkar makes his debut as an international cricketer.
- 1988 - In the Soviet Union, the unmanned Shuttle Buran is launched on her first and last space flight.
- 1988 - Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: An independent State of Palestine is proclaimed by the Palestinian National Council.
- 1988 - The first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, is launched in the Netherlands.
- 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.
- 1987 - In Bra?ov, Romania, workers rebel against the communist regime of Nicolae Ceau?escu.
- 1985 - A research assistant is injured when a package from the Unabomber addressed to a University of Michigan professor explodes.
- 1985 - The Anglo-Irish Agreement is signed at Hillsborough Castle by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Irish Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald.
- 1983 - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is founded. Recognised only by Turkey.
- 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.
- 1978 - A chartered Douglas DC-8 crashes near Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 183.
- 1976 - René Lévesque and the Parti Québécois take power to become the first Quebec government of the 20th century clearly in favour of independence.
- 1971 - Intel releases world's first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004.
- 1969 - In Columbus, Ohio, Dave Thomas opens the first Wendy's restaurant.
- 1969 - Cold War: The Soviet submarine K-19 collides with the American submarine USS Gato in the Barents Sea.
- 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".
- 1968 - The US Air Force launches Operation Commando Hunt, a large-scale bombing campaign against the Ho Chi Minh trail.
- 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.
- 1966 - Gemini program: Gemini 12 splashes down safely in the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1966 - A Boeing 727 carrying Pan Am Flight 708 crashes near Berlin, Germany, killing all three people on board.
- 1959 - Four members of the Herbert Clutter Family are murdered at their farm outside Holcomb, Kansas.
- 1951 - Greek resistance leader Nikos Beloyannis, along with 11 resistance members, is sentenced to death by the court-martial.
- 1949 - Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte are executed for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi.
- 1948 - Louis Stephen St. Laurent succeeds William Lyon Mackenzie King as Prime Minister of Canada. King had the longest combined time (3 terms, 22 years in total) as Premier in Commonwealth of Nations history.
- 1945 - Venezuela joins the United Nations.
- 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)
- 1942 - World War II: First flight of the Heinkel He 219.
- 1942 - World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal ends in a decisive Allied victory.
- 1939 - In Washington, D.C., US President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial.
- 1935 - Manuel L. Quezon is inaugurated as the second president of the Philippines.
- 1926 - The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.
- 1923 - The German Rentenmark is introduced in Germany to counter Inflation in the Weimar Republic.
- 1920 - First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva.
- 1889 - Brazil is declared a republic by Marechal Deodoro da Fonseca and Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.
- 1864 - American Civil War: Union General William Tecumseh Sherman burns Atlanta, Georgia and starts Sherman's March to the Sea.
- 1859 - The first modern revival of the Olympic Games takes place in Athens, Greece.
- 1854 - In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is given the necessary royal concession.
- 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).
- 1791 - The first U.S Catholic college, Georgetown University, opens its doors.
- 1777 - American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of debate the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation.
- 1533 - Francisco Pizarro arrives in Cuzco, the capital of the Inca Empire.
- 1532 - Commanded by Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistadors under Hernando de Soto meet Inca leader Atahualpa for the first time outside Cajamarca, arranging a meeting on the city plaza the following day
- 1515 - Thomas Wolsey is invested as a Cardinal
- 1315 - Battle of Morgarten the Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft ambushes the army of Leopold I.
- 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria.

November 15th


- 1991 - Shailene Woodley, American actress
- 1990 - Kanata Hong?, Japanese actor
- 1988 - Zena Grey, American actress
- 1988 - Bobby Ray, AKA B.o.B, American recording artist and producer
- 1987 - Isaiah Osbourne, English footballer
- 1986 - Coye Francies, American football player
- 1986 - Sania Mirza, Indian tennis player
- 1984 - Gemma Atkinson, English actress
- 1983 - Sasha Pavlovic, Serbian basketball player
- 1983 - DJ Skee, American DJ/personality
- 1983 - Laura Smet, French actress
- 1983 - Fernando Verdasco, Spanish tennis player
- 1982 - Joe Kowalewski, American football player
- 1982 - Lofa Tatupu, National Football League player
- 1982 - D. J. Fitzpatrick, American Football League kicker
- 1981 - Lorena Ochoa, Mexican golfer
- 1981 - Drew Hodgdon, American football player
- 1981 - Jordan Buckley, American heavy metal guitarist, Every Time I Die
- 1980 - Ace Young, American singer
- 1979 - Josemi, Spanish footballer
- 1979 - Brett Lancaster, Australian cyclist
- 1978 - Floyd Womack, American football player
- 1977 - Sean Murray, American actor
- 1977 - Peter Phillips, grandson of Queen Elizabeth II
- 1977 - Robaire Smith, American football player
- 1977 - Logan Whitehurst, American musician (d. 2006)
- 1976 - Brandon DiCamillo, American comedian
- 1976 - Virginie Ledoyen, French actress
- 1975 - Scott Henshall, British fashion designer
- 1975 - Yannick Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1974 - Chad Kroeger, Canadian singer (Nickelback)
- 1973 - Jesse Merz, American actor
- 1973 - Sydney Tamiia Poitier, American actress
- 1972 - Ngô B?o Châu, Vietnamese mathematician, Fields medalist
- 1972 - Jonny Lee Miller, English actor
- 1971 - Jay Harrington, American actor
- 1970 - Ilija Ara?i?, Croatian footballer
- 1970 - Jack Ingram, American singer and songwriter
- 1970 - Patrick Mboma, Cameroonian footballer
- 1969 - Shane Mack, American politician
- 1968 - Jennifer Charles, American singer/songwriter
- 1968 - Ol' Dirty Bastard, American rapper (d. 2004)
- 1968 - Fausto Brizzi, Italian screenwriter and film director
- 1967 - E-40, American rapper
- 1967 - François Ozon, French film director
- 1967 - Gustavo Poyet, Uruguayan footballer
- 1967 - Pedro Borbón, Jr., Dominican baseball player
- 1967 - Greg Anthony, American basketball player
- 1966 - Rachel True, American actress
- 1965 - Nigel Bond, English snooker player
- 1965 - Stefan Pfeiffer, German swimmer
- 1964 - Stelios Aposporis, Greek footballer
- 1963 - Benny Elias, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1963 - Andrew Castle, English television presenter and former tennis professional
- 1961 - Ian Reid, Australian educator
- 1957 - Kevin Eubanks, American jazz guitarist
- 1957 - Harold Marcuse, American historian
- 1957 - Ray McKinnon, American film actor/director
- 1957 - Michael Woythe, German footballer
- 1956 - Michael Hampton, American guitarist (Funkadelic)
- 1956 - Brian Douglas Wells, American criminal (d. 2003)
- 1955 - Georgie Born, English academic, anthropologist and musician (Henry Cow)
- 1955 - Henry Corra, American documentarian
- 1954 - Aleksander Kwa?niewski, former President of Poland
- 1952 - Zoltán Buday, Hungarian born actor
- 1952 - Randy Savage, American professional wrestler
- 1951 - Beverly D'Angelo, American actress
- 1950 - Egon Vaupel, German politician
- 1947 - Bill Richardson, American politician
- 1945 - Roger Donaldson, Australian producer/director
- 1945 - Bob Gunton, American actor
- 1945 - Anni-Frid "Frida" Lyngstad, Norwegian (By Birth) singer (ABBA)
- 1942 - Daniel Barenboim, Argentine-born conductor and pianist
- 1940 - Ulf Pilgaard, Danish actor
- 1940 - Sam Waterston, American actor
- 1937 - Little Willie John, American singer (d. 1968)
- 1937 - Yaphet Kotto, American actor
- 1936 - H. B. Bailey, American NASCAR driver (d. 2003)
- 1936 - Wolf Biermann, German writer
- 1932 - Petula Clark, English singer
- 1932 - Clyde McPhatter, American singer (d. 1972)
- 1932 - Alvin Plantinga, American philosopher
- 1931 - Mwai Kibaki, President of Kenya
- 1931 - Pascal Lissouba, Congo politician
- 1930 - J. G. Ballard, British author (d. 2009)
- 1929 - Ed Asner, American actor
- 1928 - C. W. McCall, American singer
- 1928 - John Orchard, British actor (d. 1995)
- 1927 - Gregor Mackenzie, British politician (d. 1992)
- 1925 - Howard Baker, American political advisor
- 1925 - Yuli Daniel, Russian writer (d. 1988)
- 1922 - Francis Brunn, German juggler (d. 2004)
- 1922 - David Sidney Feingold, American biochemist
- 1920 - Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Greek actor (d. 1999)
- 1919 - Joseph Wapner, American judge
- 1913 - Guy Green, English film director (d. 2005)
- 1913 - Arthur Haulot, Belgian journalist (d. 2005)
- 1907 - Claus von Stauffenberg, German, leader of failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler (d. 1944)
- 1906 - Curtis LeMay, U.S. Air Force general (d. 1990)
- 1905 - Mantovani, Italian-born composer (d. 1980)
- 1903 - Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1974)
- 1899 - Avdy Andresson, Estonian statesman (d. 1990)
- 1897 - Aneurin Bevan, British politician (d. 1960)
- 1897 - Sacheverell Sitwell, English writer (d. 1988)
- 1895 - Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918)
- 1895 - Antoni S?onimski, Polish writer (d. 1976)
- 1891 - Averell Harriman, American businessman (d. 1986)
- 1891 - Erwin Rommel, German field marshal, "The Desert Fox" (d. 1944)
- 1890 - Richmal Crompton, British author (d. 1969)
- 1887 - Georgia O'Keeffe, American painter (d. 1986)
- 1887 - Marianne Moore, American poet (d. 1972)
- 1886 - René Guénon, French-Egyptian author (d. 1951)
- 1882 - Felix Frankfurter, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1965)
- 1881 - Franklin Pierce Adams, American newspaper columnist (d. 1960)
- 1879 - Lewis Stone, American actor (d. 1953)
- 1874 - August Krogh, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (d. 1949)
- 1874 - Dimitrios Golemis, Greek athlete (d. 1941)
- 1868 - Emil Racovita, Romanian biologist, zoologist, speleologist and explorer of Antarctica (d. 1947)
- 1862 - Gerhart Hauptmann, German dramatist, Nobel laureate (d. 1946)
- 1859 - Christopher Hornsrud, Prime Minister of Norway (d. 1960)
- 1852 - Tewfik Pasha, Khedive of Egypt (d. 1892)
- 1835 - Sakamoto Ry?ma, Japanese revolutionary (d. 1867)
- 1793 - Michel Chasles, French mathematician (d. 1880)
- 1791 - Friedrich Ernst Scheller, German jurist and politician (d. 1869)
- 1784 - Jerome Bonaparte, King of Westphalia (d. 1860)
- 1757 - Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon (d. 1830)
- 1746 - Joseph Quesnel, French Canadian composer and playwright (d. 1809)
- 1741 - Johann Kaspar Lavater, German philosopher (d. 1801)
- 1738 - William Herschel, German-born astronomer (d. 1822)
- 1708 - William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1778)
- 1692 - Eusebius Amort, German Catholic theologian (d. 1775)
- 1688 - Louis Bertrand Castel, French mathematician (d. 1757)
- 1661 - Christoph von Graffenried, Swiss settler in Americas (d. 1743)
- 1660 - Hermann von der Hardt, German historian (d. 1746)
- 1607 - Madeleine de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1701)
- 1559 - Archduke Albert of Austria, Governor of the Low Countries (d. 1621)
- 1556 - Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (d. 1618)
- 1511 - Johannes Secundus, Dutch poet (d. 1536)
- 1498 - Eleonore of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (d. 1558)
- 1397 - Pope Nicholas V (d. 1455)
- 1316 - John I of France (d. 1316)