About November 15
November 15, 2024 is the 320th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 46 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
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Scorpio is the sun 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 75 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On November 15
- 1315 –Battle of Morgarten: the Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft ambushes the army of Leopold I.
- 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
- 1533 –Francisco Pizarro arrives in Cuzco, the capital of the Inca Empire.
- 1791 –The first U.S Catholic college, Georgetown University, opens its doors.
- 1859 –The first modern revival of the Olympic Games takes place in Athens, Greece.
- 1864 –American Civil War: Union General William Tecumseh Sherman burns Atlanta, Georgia and starts Sherman’s March to the Sea.
- 1889 –Brazil is declared a republic by Marechal Deodoro da Fonseca and Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.
- 1920 –First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva.
- 1928 –The RNLI Lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17 man crew.
- 1935 –Manuel L. Quezon is inaugurated as the second president of the Philippines.
- 1951 –Greek resistance leader Nikos Beloyannis, along with 11 resistance members, is sentenced to death by the court-martial.
- 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.
- 1969 –In Columbus, Ohio, Dave Thomas opens the first Wendy’s restaurant.
- 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”.
- 1971 –Intel releases world’s first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004.
- 1985 –A research assistant is injured when a package from the Unabomber addressed to a University of Michigan professor explodes.
- 1988 –In the Soviet Union, the unmanned Shuttle Buran makes its only space flight.
- 1988 –Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: An independent State of Palestine is proclaimed by the Palestinian National Council.
- 2000 –A chartered Antonov An-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola killing more than 40 people.
- 2005 –Boeing formally launches the stretched Boeing 747-8 variant with orders from Cargolux and Nippon Cargo Airlines.
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