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 319^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 46 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 2, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,386,080 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 ‘trihectadecaenneagon’ 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 94 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 4,712 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 15 Historical Events

• 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
• 1777 –
  American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of debate the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation.
• 1920 –
  First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva.
• 1939 –
  In Washington, D.C., US President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial.
• 1959 –
  Four members of the Herbert Clutter Family are murdered at their farm outside Holcomb, Kansas.
• 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”.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1990 –
  The People’s Republic of Bulgaria is disestablished and a new republican government is instituted.

Who were born on November 15?

• 1607 –
  Madeleine de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1701)
• 1738 –
  William Herschel, German-born astronomer (d. 1822)
• 1757 –
  Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon (d. 1830)
• 1784 –
  Jerome Bonaparte, King of Westphalia (d. 1860)
• 1913 –
  Arthur Haulot, Belgian journalist (d. 2005)
• 1922 –
  Francis Brunn, German juggler (d. 2004)
• 1940 –
  Roberto Cavalli, Italian fashion designer
• 1966 –
  Rachel True, American actress
• 1982 –
  Joe Kowalewski, American football player
• 1991 –
  Shailene Woodley, American actress

Who died on November 15?

• 1628 –
  Roque Gonzales, Paraguayan missionary (b. 1576)
• 1832 –
  Jean-Baptiste Say, French economist (b. 1767)
• 1908 –
  Empress Dowager Cixi, Chinese ruler (b. 1835)
• 1916 –
  Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish author, Nobel laureate (b. 1846)
• 1949 –
  Nathuram Godse, Indian assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (b. 1910)
• 1976 –
  Jean Gabin, French actor (b. 1904)
• 1990 –
  Alydar, American racehorse (b. 1975)
• 2003 –
  Laurence Tisch, American businessman (b. 1923)
• 2004 –
  John Morgan, Canadian comedian (b. 1930)
• 2005 –
  Adrian Rogers, American pastor and author (b. 1931)