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, 1,763,164,800 seconds 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

• 1864 –
  American Civil War: Union General William Tecumseh Sherman burns Atlanta, Georgia and starts Sherman’s March to the Sea.
• 1928 –
  The RNLI Lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17 man crew.
• 1942 –
  World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal ends in a decisive Allied victory.
• 1945 –
  Venezuela joins the United Nations.
• 1966 –
  Gemini program: Gemini 12 completes the program’s final mission, when it splashes down safely in the Atlantic Ocean.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 2000 –
  Jharkhand state comes into existence in India.

Who were born on November 15?

• 1511 –
  Johannes Secundus, Dutch poet (d. 1536)
• 1607 –
  Madeleine de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1701)
• 1660 –
  Hermann von der Hardt, German historian (d. 1746)
• 1895 –
  Antoni Słonimski, Polish writer (d. 1976)
• 1895 –
  Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918)
• 1922 –
  Francis Brunn, German juggler (d. 2004)
• 1937 –
  Yaphet Kotto, American actor
• 1966 –
  Rachel True, American actress
• 1967 –
  Pedro Borbón, Jr., Dominican baseball player
• 1977 –
  Peter Phillips, grandson of Queen Elizabeth II

Who died on November 15?

• 1712 –
  James Douglas-Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish peer (b. 1658)
• 1819 –
  Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (b. 1749)
• 1853 –
  Queen Maria II of Portugal (b. 1819)
• 1958 –
  Tyrone Power, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1971 –
  Rudolf Abel, Soviet spy (b. 1903)
• 1982 –
  Martin De Alzaga, Argentine racing driver (b. 1901)
• 1996 –
  Alger Hiss, American government official and alleged spy (b. 1904)
• 1998 –
  Stokely Carmichael, American civil rights activist (b. 1941)
• 2002 –
  Myra Hindley, English murderess (b. 1942)
• 2004 –
  Elmer L. Andersen, American politician (b. 1909)