What are the important events that happened on November 15? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
November 15: Facts & Myths About This Day
November 15 is the 320th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 46 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 2, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,860,480 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectaicosagon’ day.
Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 75 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,347 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 15 Historical Events
- 1889 –Brazil is declared a republic by Marechal Deodoro da Fonseca and Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.
- 1920 –First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva.
- 1942 –World War II: First flight of the Heinkel He 219.
- 1949 –Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte are executed for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi.
- 1969 –Cold War: The Soviet submarine K-19 collides with the American submarine USS Gato in the Barents Sea.
- 1971 –Intel releases world’s first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004.
- 1978 –A chartered Douglas DC-8 crashes near Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 183.
- 1983 –Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is founded. Recognised only by Turkey.
- 1985 –A research assistant is injured when a package from the Unabomber addressed to a University of Michigan professor explodes.
- 1988 –In the Soviet Union, the unmanned Shuttle Buran makes its only space flight.
Who were born on November 15?
- 1688 –Louis Bertrand Castel, French mathematician (d. 1757)
- 1888 –Artie Matthews, songwriter, pianist, & ragtime composer (d. 1958)
- 1929 –Ed Asner, American actor
- 1940 –Sam Waterston, American actor
- 1962 –Mark Acres, American basketball player
- 1965 –Nigel Bond, English snooker player
- 1970 –Patrick Mboma, Cameroonian footballer
- 1973 –Jesse Merz, American actor
- 1984 –Gemma Atkinson, English actress
- 1985 –Lily Aldridge, American fashion model
Who died on November 15?
- 1706 –Tsangyang Gyatso, 6th Dalai Lama (b. 1683)
- 1787 –Christoph Willibald Gluck, German composer (b. 1714)
- 1795 –Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, French painter (b. 1719)
- 1958 –Tyrone Power, American actor (b. 1914)
- 1961 –Elsie Ferguson, American actress (b. 1883)
- 1982 –Vinoba Bhave, Indian human rights advocate (b. 1895)
- 1988 –Billo Frómeta, Dominican orchestra conductor, arranger and composer (b. 1915)
- 1998 –Stokely Carmichael, American civil rights activist (b. 1941)
- 2006 –Ana Carolina Reston, Brazilian model (b. 1985)
- 2007 –Joe Nuxhall, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1928)
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