Jonny Lee Miller
b. 1972
English-American actor
On This Day · The 319th day of the year
November 15
November 15 carries 10 recorded events spanning between 1760 and 2012. The secondly-built Castellania in Valletta is officially inaugurated with the blessing of the interior Chapel of Sorrows.
Compiled & reviewed by Roman Tailor · Last reviewed July 13, 2026
What happened on November 15?
November 15 is the 319th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1760 and 2012. Famous people born on November 15 include Jonny Lee Miller, John I of France and Erwin Rommel.
The shape of the day
November 15's record stretches 252 years, from 1760 to 2012. Its center of gravity is the 20th century, and conflict is a recurring thread.
Scorpio is the sign for November 15 — read more on the Scorpio page, or see November's birthstone & birth flower.
Released on November 15
Movies, games, albums & shows2024
- Game Great God Grove
- Game Subverse
2023
- Game American Arcadia
- Game The Last Faith
2022
- Game Pentiment
- Game Floodland
- Game Bendy and the Dark Revival
- Game Somerville
Release data from TMDB & IGDB.
Events
10 notable moments- 1760
Castellania (Valletta)
The secondly-built Castellania in Valletta is officially inaugurated with the blessing of the interior Chapel of Sorrows.
- 1864
American Civil War
American Civil War: Union General William Tecumseh Sherman begins his March to the Sea through Georgia towards the city of Savannah.
- 1889
Brazil
Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.
- 1922
1922 Guayaquil general strike
At least 300 are massacred during a general strike in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
- 1933
Thailand
Thailand holds its first election.
- 1942
World War II
World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal ends in a decisive Allied victory.
- 1943
The Holocaust
The Holocaust: German SS leader Heinrich Himmler orders that Gypsies are to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps".
- 1959
Clutter family murders
Four members of the Clutter family are murdered near Holcomb, Kansas, by Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, a crime later detailed by Truman Capote in his 1966 non-fiction novel In Cold Blood.
- 1971
Intel
Intel releases the world's first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004.
- 2012
Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping becomes General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and a new seven-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
Famous birthday twins
Born on November 15John I of France
b. 1316
king of France and Navarre
Erwin Rommel
b. 1891
German field marshal
William Herschel
b. 1738
German-English astronomer and composer
Curtis LeMay
b. 1906
American general and politician
Claus von Stauffenberg
b. 1907
German colonel
Cynthia Breazeal
b. 1967
American computer scientist, roboticist, and academic
Lorena Ochoa
b. 1981
Mexican golfer
Deaths
- 2000Edoardo Agnelli
- 1982Vinoba Bhave
- 1832Jean-Baptiste Say
- 1670John Amos Comenius
- 1630Johannes Kepler
- 655Penda of Mercia
Holidays & observances
- —America Recycles Day (United States)
- —Christian feast day: Abibus of Edessa
- —Christian feast day: Albert the Great
- —Christian feast day: Blessed Caius of Korea
- —Christian feast day: Didier of Cahors
- —Christian feast day: Francis Asbury and George Whitefield (Episcopal Church)
- —Christian feast day: Blessed Hugh Faringdon
- —Christian feast day: Leopold III, a public holiday in Lower Austria and Vienna.
Historical facts, event summaries, and biographical lines above are adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.
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