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November 15

A look at November 15 through the almanac — historic events, famous birthdays including Jonny Lee Miller and John I of France, and the day's notable deaths and observances.

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Events

10 notable moments
  1. 2012

    Xi Jinping

    Xi Jinping becomes General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and a new seven-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.

    Leader of China since
  2. 1971

    Intel

    Intel releases the world's first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004.

    American multinational technology company
  3. 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.

    1959 killings in Kansas,
  4. 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".

    Genocide of European Jews
  5. 1942

    World War II

    World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal ends in a decisive Allied victory.

    1939–1945 global conflict
  6. 1933

    Thailand

    Thailand holds its first election.

    Country in Southeast Asia
  7. 1922

    1922 Guayaquil general strike

    At least 300 are massacred during a general strike in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

    Labor dispute in Ecuador
  8. 1889

    Brazil

    Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.

    Country in South America
  9. 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.

    1861–1865 conflict in the
  10. 1760

    Castellania (Valletta)

    The secondly-built Castellania in Valletta is officially inaugurated with the blessing of the interior Chapel of Sorrows.

    Maltese government building
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Famous birthday twins

Born on November 15

Jonny Lee Miller

b. 1972

English-American actor

John 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, son of industrialist Gianni Agnelli
  • 1982Vinoba Bhave, Indian philosopher and Gandhian, Bharat Ratna Awardee
  • 1832Jean-Baptiste Say, French economist and businessman
  • 1670John Amos Comenius, Czech bishop, philosopher, and educator
  • 1630Johannes Kepler, German astronomer and mathematician
  • 655Penda of Mercia, king 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.

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