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Birthday November 15, 1738 Sir William Herschel, astronomer discovered Uranus |
Birthday November 15, 1862 Gerhart Hauptmann, German writer (Before Dawn) (Nobel 1912) |
Birthday November 15, 1887 Georgia O'Keeffe, in Sun Prairie, Wis, painter |
Birthday November 15, 1887 Marianne Moore, poet in St. Louis |
Birthday November 15, 1891 Erwin Rommel is born |
Birthday November 15, 1891 W. Averell Harriman, governor, cabinet member |
Birthday November 15, 1891 Erwin Rommel, German field marshall |
Birthday November 15, 1919 Joseph Albert Wapner, La (People's Court) |
Birthday November 15, 1919 Carol Bruce, in Great Neck |
Birthday November 15, 1925 Howard Baker, senator from Tennessee, presidential chief of staff |
Birthday November 15, 1929 Ed Asner, Actor (Lou Grant) |
Birthday November 15, 1932 Petula Clark, in England |
Birthday November 15, 1934 Joanna Barnes, Actress |
Birthday November 15, 1940 Sam Waterston, Actor |
Birthday November 15, 1945 Anni-Frid, in Lyngsdtad Sweden (ABBA) |
Birthday November 15, 1946 Janet Lennon, (Lennon Sisters) |
History November 15, 1630 Johannes Kepler dies |
History November 15, 1777 Continental Congress approves Articles of Conf |
History November 15, 1777 Articles of Confederation adopted |
History November 15, 1806 Explorer Zebulon Pike sights Pikes Peak |
History November 15, 1806 Zebulon Pike spots an imposing mountain |
History November 15, 1859 Final installment of A Tale of Two Cities is published |
History November 15, 1864 The March to the Sea begins |
History November 15, 1869 Free Postal Delivery formally inaugurated |
History November 15, 1881 American Federation of Labor founded in Pitts (AFL) |
History November 15, 1889 Dom Pedro II Emperor of Brazil deposed; republic proclaimed |
History November 15, 1889 Brazil's last emperor deposed |
History November 15, 1917 Georges Clemenceau named French prime minister |
History November 15, 1920 League of Nations holds 1st meeting in Geneva |
History November 15, 1923 Accused of rape, James Montgomery's struggle for justice begins |
History November 15, 1926 NBC on-air debut with a radio network of 24 stations |
History November 15, 1932 Walt Disney Art School created |
History November 15, 1937 1st congressional session in air-conditioned chambers |
History November 15, 1939 Social Security Adm approves 1st unemployment check |
History November 15, 1940 1st 75 000 men were called to armed forces duty during peacetime |
History November 15, 1941 Cow Palace opens in SF |
History November 15, 1943 Leonard Bernstein's Philharmonic debut makes front-page news |
History November 15, 1943 Himmler orders Gypsies to concentration camps |
History November 15, 1948 William Lyon Mackenzie King retired as prime minister of Canada |
History November 15, 1949 KRON (Channel 4 SF) signs on from 7 to 10 PM |
History November 15, 1950 1st Negro player in organized hockey - Arthur Dorrington signed |
History November 15, 1954 Flight over North Pole on regularly scheduled commercial route began |
History November 15, 1956 Elvis makes movie debut in Love Me Tender |
History November 15, 1957 Nikita Khrushchev challenges United States to a missile shooting match |
History November 15, 1958 Actor Tyrone Power dies of a heart attack at 44 |
History November 15, 1964 Mickey Wright shoots a 62 lowest golf score for a woman pro |
History November 15, 1965 Craig Breedlove sets new land-speed record |
History November 15, 1965 Craig Breedlove sets new land-speed record |
History November 15, 1966 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs heckled at university |
History November 15, 1966 Gemini XII returns to Earth |
History November 15, 1967 Michael Adams in X-15 reaches 80 km |
History November 15, 1969 Second moratorium against the war held |
History November 15, 1969 250 000 protesters peacefully demonstrate against Vietnam War |
History November 15, 1977 President Carter hosts shah of Iran |
History November 15, 1977 Pres Jimmy Carter welcomes Shah of Iran |
History November 15, 1978 Plane crashes into Sri Lankan plantation |
History November 15, 1980 Pope John Paul II began 5 day visit to West Germany |
History November 15, 1982 Funeral services held in Moscow's Red Square for Leonid I Brezhnev |
History November 15, 1983 75th hat trick in Islander history - Mike Bossy |
History November 15, 1984 Baby Fae who received a baboon's heart dies at Calif medical center |
History November 15, 1984 Baby Fae dies |