November 15

Events

Pre-1600

* 655 – Battle of the Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria.
*1315 – Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy: The Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft ambushes the army of Leopold I in the Battle of Morgarten.
*1532 – Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire: Commanded by Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistadors under Hernando de Soto meet Incan Emperor Atahualpa for the first time outside Cajamarca, arranging for a meeting in the city plaza the following day.
*1533 – Francisco Pizarro arrives in Cuzco, the capital of the Inca Empire.

1601–1900

* 1705 – Rákóczi's War of Independence: The Habsburg Empire and Denmark win a military victory over the Kurucs from Hungary in the Battle of Zsibó.
*1760 – The secondly-built Castellania in Valletta is officially inaugurated with the blessing of the interior Chapel of Sorrows.
*1777 – American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of debate the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation.
*1806 – Pike Expedition: Lieutenant Zebulon Pike spots a mountain peak while near the Colorado foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It is later named Pikes Peak in his honor.
*1864 – American Civil War: Union General William Tecumseh Sherman begins his March to the Sea.
*1889 – Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.

1901–present

* 1917 – ''Eduskunta'' declares itself the supreme state power of Finland, prompting its declaration of independence and secession from Russia.
*1920 – The first assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva, Switzerland.
* 1920 – The Free City of Danzig is established.
*1922 – At least 300 are massacred during a general strike in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
* 1926 – The NBC Radio Network opens with 24 stations.
*1928 – The RNLI lifeboat ''Mary Stanford'' capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.
* 1933 – Thailand held its first election.
*1938 – Nazi Germany bans Jewish children from public schools in the aftermath of Kristallnacht.
*1939 – In Washington, D.C., U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial.
*1942 – World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal ends in a decisive Allied victory.
*1943 – 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".
*1951 – Greek resistance leader Nikos Beloyannis, along with 11 other resistance members, is sentenced to death by the court-martial.
*1955 – The first part of the Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.
*1965 – Craig Breedlove sets a land speed record of 600.601 mph (966.574 km/h) in his car, the Spirit of America, at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.
*1966 – Project Gemini: ''Gemini 12'' completes the program's final mission, when it splashes down safely in the Atlantic Ocean.
* 1966 – Pan Am Flight 708 crashes near Dallgow-Döberitz, East Germany, killing all three people on board.
*1967 – The only fatality of the North American 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.
* 1968 – The Cleveland Transit System becomes the first transit system in the western hemisphere to provide direct rapid transit service from a city's downtown to its major airport.
* 1969 – Cold War: The Soviet submarine K-19 collides with the American submarine USS ''Gato'' in the Barents Sea.
* 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 the world's first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004.
*1976 – René Lévesque and the ''Parti Québécois'' take power to become the first Quebec government of the 20th century clearly in favor of independence.
*1978 – A chartered Douglas DC-8 crashes near Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 183.
*1979 – A package from Unabomber Ted Kaczynski begins smoking in the cargo hold of a flight from Chicago to Washington, D.C., forcing the plane to make an emergency landing.
*1983 – Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus declares independence; it is only recognized by Turkey.
*1985 – A research assistant is injured when a package from the Unabomber addressed to a University of Michigan professor explodes.
* 1985 – The Anglo-Irish Agreement is signed at Hillsborough Castle by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Irish Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald.
*1987 – In Brașov, Romania, workers rebel against the communist regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu.
*1988 – In the Soviet Union, the uncrewed Shuttle ''Buran'' makes its only space flight.
* 1988 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict: An independent State of Palestine is proclaimed by the Palestinian National Council.
* 1988 – The first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, is launched in the Netherlands.
*1990 – The Communist People's Republic of Bulgaria is disestablished and a new republican government is instituted.
*1994 – A magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits the central Philippine island of Mindoro, killing 78 people, injuring 430 and triggering a tsunami up to high.
*2000 – A chartered Antonov An-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola, killing more than 40 people.
* 2000 – Jharkhand officially becomes the 28th state of India, formed from eighteen districts of southern Bihar.
*2001 – Microsoft launches the Xbox game console.
*2002 – Hu Jintao becomes General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and a new nine-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
*2003 – The first day of the 2003 Istanbul bombings, in which two car bombs, targeting two synagogues, explode, kill 25 people and wound 300 more.
*2006 – ''Al Jazeera English'' launches worldwide.
*2007 – Cyclone Sidr hits Bangladesh, killing an estimated 5,000 people and destroying parts of the world's largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans.
*2012 – Xi Jinping becomes General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and a new seven-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
*2013 – Sony releases the PlayStation 4 (PS4) game console.
*2016 – Hong Kong's High Court bans elected politicians Yau Wai-ching and Baggio Leung from the city's Parliament.
*2020 – Lewis Hamilton wins the Turkish Grand Prix and secures his seventh drivers' title, equalling the all-time record held by Michael Schumacher.

Births

Pre-1600

* 459 – B'utz Aj Sak Chiik, Mayan king (d. 501)
* 1316 – John I, king of France and Navarre (d. 1316)
* 1397 – Nicholas V, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 1455)
* 1498 – Eleanor of Austria, queen of Portugal and France (d. 1558)
* 1511 – Johannes Secundus, Dutch poet and author (d. 1536)
* 1556 – Jacques Davy Duperron, French cardinal (d. 1618)

1601–1900

*1607 – Madeleine de Scudéry, French author (d. 1701)
* 1660 – Hermann von der Hardt, German historian and orientalist (d. 1746)
*1661 – Christoph von Graffenried, Swiss-American settler and author (d. 1743)
*1692 – Eusebius Amort, German poet and theologian (d. 1775)
* 1708 – William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1778)
* 1738 – William Herschel, German-English astronomer and composer (d. 1822)
*1741 – Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss poet and physiognomist (d. 1801)
*1746 – Joseph Quesnel, French-Canadian poet, playwright, and composer (d. 1809)
*1757 – Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist, and academic (d. 1830)
*1776 – José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi, Mexican journalist and author (d. 1827)
* 1784 – Jérôme Bonaparte, French husband of Catharina of Württemberg (d. 1860)
* 1791 – Friedrich Ernst Scheller, German lawyer, jurist, and politician (d. 1869)
* 1793 – Michel Chasles, French mathematician and academic (d. 1880)
* 1849 – Mary E. Byrd, American astronomer and educator (d. 1934)
*1852 – Tewfik Pasha, Egyptian ruler (d. 1892)
* 1859 – Christopher Hornsrud, Norwegian businessman and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Norway (d. 1960)
*1862 – Gerhart Hauptmann, German novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1946)
*1865 – John Earle, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Tasmania (d. 1932)
*1866 – Cornelia Sorabji, Indian lawyer, social reformer and writer (d. 1954)
* 1867 – Emil Krebs, German polyglot (d. 1930)
*1868 – Emil Racoviță, Romanian biologist, zoologist, and explorer (d. 1947)
* 1873 – Sara Josephine Baker, American physician and academic (d. 1945)
*1874 – Dimitrios Golemis, Greek runner (d. 1941)
* 1874 – August Krogh, Danish zoologist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1949)
* 1879 – Lewis Stone, American actor (d. 1953)
* 1881 – Franklin Pierce Adams, American journalist and author (d. 1960)
*1882 – Felix Frankfurter, Austrian-American lawyer and jurist (d. 1965)
* 1886 – René Guénon, French-Egyptian philosopher and author (d. 1951)
*1887 – Marianne Moore, American poet, critic, and translator (d. 1972)
* 1887 – Georgia O'Keeffe, American painter and educator (d. 1986)
* 1888 – Artie Matthews, American pianist and composer (d. 1958)
*1890 – Richmal Crompton, English author and educator (d. 1969)
* 1891 – W. Averell Harriman, American businessman and politician, 11th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1986)
* 1891 – Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (d. 1944)
*1892 – Naomi Childers, American actress (d. 1964)
* 1895 – Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918)
* 1895 – Antoni Słonimski, Polish journalist, poet, and playwright (d. 1976)
*1896 – Leonard Lord, English businessman (d. 1967)
* 1897 – Aneurin Bevan, Welsh journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Health (d. 1960)
* 1897 – Sacheverell Sitwell, English author and critic (d. 1988)
* 1899 – Avdy Andresson, Estonian-American soldier and diplomat, Estonian Minister of War (d. 1990)

1901–present

* 1903 – Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricketer and coach (d. 1974)
*1905 – Mantovani, Italian conductor and composer (d. 1980)
* 1906 – Curtis LeMay, American general and politician (d. 1990)
* 1907 – Claus von Stauffenberg, German colonel (d. 1944)
* 1908 – Carlo Abarth, Italian engineer and businessman, founded Abarth (d. 1979)
*1912 – Harald Keres, Estonian physicist and academic (d. 2010)
* 1912 – Yi Wu, Japanese-Korean colonel (d. 1945)
*1913 – Jack Dyer, Australian footballer and coach (d. 2003)
* 1913 – Arthur Haulot, Belgian journalist and poet (d. 2005)
*1914 – V. R. Krishna Iyer, Indian lawyer and judge (d. 2014)
*1916 – Nita Barrow, Barbadian nurse and politician, 7th Governor-General of Barbados (d. 1995)
* 1916 – Bill Melendez, Mexican-American voice actor, animator, director, and producer (d. 2008)
*1919 – Carol Bruce, American singer and actress (d. 2007)
* 1919 – Joseph Wapner, American judge and television personality (d. 2017)
*1920 – Vasilis Diamantopoulos, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1999)
*1922 – Francis Brunn, German juggler (d. 2004)
* 1922 – David Sidney Feingold, American biochemist and academic (d. 2019)
* 1922 – Francesco Rosi, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2015)
*1923 – Văn Cao, Vietnamese composer, poet, and painter (d. 1995)
* 1923 – Samuel Klein (businessman), Samuel Klein, Polish-Brazilian businessman and philanthropist, founded Casas Bahia (d. 2014)
*1924 – Gianni Ferrio, Italian composer and conductor (d. 2013)
*1925 – Howard Baker, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 12th White House Chief of Staff (d. 2014)
* 1926 – Thomas Williams (writer), Thomas Williams, American author and academic (d. 1990)
*1927 – Bill Rowling, New Zealand politician, 30th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1995)
*1928 – Seldon Powell, American saxophonist and flute player (d. 1997)
* 1928 – C. W. McCall, American singer-songwriter and politician (d. 2022)
*1929 – Ed Asner, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 2021)
* 1929 – Joe Hinton, American singer (d. 1968)
*1930 – J. G. Ballard, English novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 2009)
* 1930 – Olene Walker, American lawyer and politician, 15th Governor of Utah (d. 2015)
*1931 – John Kerr (actor), John Kerr, American actor, singer, and lawyer (d. 2013)
* 1931 – Mwai Kibaki, Kenyan economist and politician, 3rd President of Kenya (d. 2022)
* 1931 – Pascal Lissouba, Congolese politician, President of the Republic of the Congo (d. 2020)
*1932 – Petula Clark, English singer-songwriter and actress
* 1932 – Clyde McPhatter, American singer (d. 1972)
* 1932 – Alvin Plantinga, American philosopher, author, and academic
* 1933 – Gloria Foster, American actress (d. 2001)
* 1933 – Theodore Roszak (scholar), Theodore Roszak, American scholar and author (d. 2011)
*1934 – Joanna Barnes, American actress and author (d. 2022)
* 1934 – Peter Dickinson (musician), Peter Dickinson, English pianist and composer
*1935 – Nera White, American basketball player (d. 2016)
*1936 – H. B. Bailey, American race car driver (d. 2003)
* 1936 – Wolf Biermann, German singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1936 – Tara Singh Hayer, Indian-Canadian journalist and publisher (d. 1998)
*1937 – Little Willie John, American singer-songwriter (d. 1968)
*1939 – Terry Bradbury, English footballer and manager
* 1939 – Yaphet Kotto, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2021)
* 1939 – Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde, Finnish physician and parapsychologist (d. 2015)
*1940 – Roberto Cavalli, Italian fashion designer
* 1940 – Tony Mendez, American CIA technical operations officer (d. 2019)
* 1940 – Ulf Pilgaard, Danish actor and screenwriter
* 1940 – Hank Wangford, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and physician
* 1940 – Sam Waterston, American actor
*1941 – Rick Kemp, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
* 1941 – Daniel Pinkwater, American author and illustrator
*1942 – Daniel Barenboim, Argentinian-Israeli pianist and conductor
*1945 – Roger Donaldson, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
* 1945 – Bob Gunton, American actor and singer
* 1945 – Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Norwegian-Swedish singer
*1946 – Vassilis Goumas, Greek basketball player
*1947 – Malcolm Ranjith, Sri Lankan cardinal
* 1947 – Bill Richardson, American politician and diplomat, 21st United States Ambassador to the United Nations
* 1947 – Ken Sutcliffe, Australian journalist and sportscaster
*1948 – Jimmy Choo, Malaysian fashion designer
*1948 – Teodoro Locsin, Jr., Filipino journalist, lawyer, politician and diplomat
*1950 – Egon Vaupel, German lawyer and politician, 16th Mayor of Marburg
*1951 – Beverly D'Angelo, American actress, singer, and producer
*1952 – Rick Atkinson, American journalist, historian, and author
* 1952 – Randy Savage, American wrestler (d. 2011)
*1953 – Alexander O'Neal, American R&B singer-songwriter and arranger
* 1953 – James Widdoes, American actor, director, and producer
*1954 – Kevin S. Bright, American director and producer
* 1954 – Emma Dent Coad, British politician
* 1954 – Aleksander Kwaśniewski, Polish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Poland
* 1954 – Randy Thomas (musician), Randy Thomas, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
* 1954 – Tony Thompson (drummer), Tony Thompson, American R&B, disco, and rock drummer (d. 2003)
*1955 – Joe Leeway, English pop singer-songwriter and percussionist
*1956 – Michael Hampton, American guitarist and producer
*1957 – Gerry Connolly (comedian), Gerry Connolly, Australian comedian and actor
* 1957 – Kevin Eubanks, American guitarist and composer
* 1957 – Harold Marcuse, American historian and educator
* 1957 – Michael Woythe, German footballer and manager
*1958 – Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Australian actor and director
* 1958 – Gu Kailai, Chinese lawyer and businesswoman
* 1958 – Lesley Laird, British politician
*1959 – Tibor Fischer, English author
*1960 – Dawn Airey, English broadcaster
*1961 – Hugh McGahan, New Zealand rugby league player
*1962 – Mark Acres, American basketball player and educator
* 1962 – Judy Gold, American comedian, actress, and producer
*1963 – Andrew Castle, English tennis player and television host
* 1963 – Benny Elias, Lebanese-Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
* 1963 – Kevin J. O'Connor (actor), Kevin J. O'Connor, American actor
*1964 – Stelios Aposporis, Greek footballer and manager
* 1964 – Mikhail Rusyayev, Russian footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2011)
* 1964 – Tiit Sokk, Estonian basketball player and coach
*1965 – Nigel Bond, English snooker player
* 1965 – Stefan Pfeiffer, German swimmer
*1966 – Rachel True, American actress
*1967 – Greg Anthony, American basketball player and sportscaster
* 1967 – Cynthia Breazeal, American computer scientist, roboticist, and academic
* 1967 – Pedro Borbón, Jr., Dominican baseball player
* 1967 – E-40, American rapper and actor
* 1967 – Wayne Harrison (footballer, born 1967), Wayne Harrison, English footballer (d. 2013)
* 1967 – François Ozon, French director, producer, and screenwriter
* 1967 – Gus Poyet, Uruguayan footballer and manager
* 1967 – Jon Preston, New Zealand rugby player
* 1968 – Ol' Dirty Bastard, American rapper and producer (d. 2004)
* 1968 – Fausto Brizzi, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter
* 1968 – Teodoro Casiño, Filipino journalist and politician
* 1968 – Jennifer Charles, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
* 1968 – Uwe Rösler, German footballer and manager
*1970 – Ilija Aračić, Croatian footballer and coach
* 1970 – Jack Ingram, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1970 – Alexander Kvitashvili, Georgian-Ukrainian academic and politician, 19th Minister of Healthcare (Ukraine), Ukrainian Minister of Healthcare
* 1970 – Patrick M'Boma, Cameroonian footballer
*1971 – Jay Harrington, American actor
* 1971 – Martin Pieckenhagen, German footballer
*1972 – Jonny Lee Miller, English-American actor
*1973 – Sydney Tamiia Poitier, American actress
* 1973 – Alamgir Sheriyar, English cricketer
*1974 – Chad Kroeger, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
*1975 – Scott Henshall, English fashion designer
* 1975 – Yannick Tremblay (ice hockey, born 1975), Yannick Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1975 – Boris Živković, Croatian footballer
*1976 – Brandon DiCamillo, American comedian, actor, and stuntman
* 1976 – Virginie Ledoyen, French actress
* 1976 – Sule (comedian), Sule, Indonesian comedian and actor
*1977 – Sean Murray (actor), Sean Murray, American actor
* 1977 – Peter Phillips, English businessman
* 1977 – Robaire Smith, American football player
*1978 – Floyd Womack, American football player
*1979 – Brooks Bollinger, American football player and coach
* 1979 – Josemi, Spanish footballer
* 1979 – Brett Lancaster, Australian cyclist
*1980 – Ace Young, American singer-songwriter and actor
*1981 – Drew Hodgdon, American football player
* 1981 – Lorena Ochoa, Mexican golfer
*1982 – D. J. Fitzpatrick, American football player
* 1982 – Rio Hirai, Japanese actress
* 1982 – Joe Kowalewski, American football player
* 1982 – Benjamin Krause, German rugby player
* 1982 – Giaan Rooney, Australian swimmer
* 1982 – Lofa Tatupu, American football player
* 1982 – Kalu Uche, Nigerian footballer
*1983 – Dominic Carroll, Gibraltarian runner
* 1983 – Aleksandar Pavlović, Sasha Pavlović, Serbian basketball player
* 1983 – Fernando Verdasco, Spanish tennis player
*1984 – Asia Kate Dillon, American actor and producer
*1985 – Lily Aldridge, American model
* 1985 – Charron Fisher, American basketball player
* 1985 – Simon Spender, Welsh footballer
*1986 – Coye Francies, American football player
* 1986 – Sania Mirza, Indian tennis player
* 1986 – Jerry Roush, American singer-songwriter
*1987 – Sergio Llull, Spanish basketball player
*1988 – Morgan Parra, French rugby player
* 1988 – Billy Twelvetrees, English rugby player
*1989 – Jona Viray, Jonalyn Viray, Filipino singer
*1991 – Maxime Colin, French footballer
* 1991 – Shailene Woodley, American actress
*1992 – Sofia Goggia, Italian skier
* 1992 – Minami Minegishi, Japanese singer
* 1992 – Daniela Seguel, Chilean tennis player
* 1992 – Trevor Story, American baseball player
* 1992 – Kevin Wimmer, Austrian footballer
*1993 – Paulo Dybala, Argentine footballer
* 1993 – Saaya Irie, Japanese actress and singer
*1994 – Ekaterina Alexandrova, Russian tennis player
* 1994 – Bryce Cartwright, Australian rugby league player
*1995 – Blake Pieroni, American swimmer
* 1995 – Karl-Anthony Towns, Dominican-American basketball player
*1997 – Paula Badosa, Spanish tennis player
* 1997 – Catie Munnings, British rally driver

Deaths

Pre-1600

*165 BCE – Mattathias, Jewish resistance leader
* 621 – Malo (saint), Malo, Breton bishop and saint
* 655 – Æthelhere of East Anglia, Æthelhere, king of East Anglia
* 655 – Penda of Mercia, king of Mercia
*1037 – Odo II, Count of Blois, Odo II, French nobleman (b. 983)
*1136 – Leopold III, Margrave of Austria, Leopold III, margrave of Austria (b. 1073)
*1194 – Margaret I, Countess of Flanders, Margaret I, countess of Flanders
*1226 – Frederick of Isenberg, German nobleman (b. 1193)
*1280 – Albertus Magnus, German bishop, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1193)
*1347 – James I of Urgell, Spanish nobleman (b. 1321)
*1351 – Joanna of Pfirt, duchess of Austria
*1379 – Otto V, Duke of Bavaria, Otto V, duke of Bavaria
*1463 – Giovanni Antonio Del Balzo Orsini, Italian nobleman
*1527 – Catherine of York, English princess (b. 1479)
*1579 – Ferenc Dávid, Hungarian preacher, founder of the Unitarian Church of Transylvania (b. 1510)

1601–1900

*1628 – Roque González de Santa Cruz, Paraguayan missionary and martyr (b. 1576)
*1630 – Johannes Kepler, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1571)
*1670 – John Amos Comenius, Czech bishop, philosopher, and educator (b. 1592)
*1691 – Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (b. 1620)
*1706 – 6th Dalai Lama, Tsangyang, Tibetan dalai lama (b. 1683)
*1712 – James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (b. 1658)
* 1712 – Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun, English politician (b. 1675)
*1787 – Christoph Willibald Gluck, German composer (b. 1714)
*1794 – John Witherspoon, Scottish-American minister and academic (b. 1723)
*1795 – Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, French painter (b. 1719)
*1832 – Jean-Baptiste Say, French economist and businessman (b. 1767)
*1836 – Herman of Alaska, Russian missionary and saint (b. 1750s)
*1845 – William Knibb, English Baptist minister and Jamaican missionary (b. 1803)
*1853 – Maria II of Portugal, Maria II, Portuguese queen and regent (b. 1819)
*1892 – Thomas Neill Cream, Scottish-Canadian serial killer (b. 1850)
* 1897 – Alfred Kennerley, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1810)

1901–present

* 1908 – Empress Dowager Cixi, Cixi, China empress dowager and regent (b. 1835)
*1910 – Wilhelm Raabe, German author (b. 1831)
*1916 – Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
* 1917 – Émile Durkheim, French sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1858)
*1919 – Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, Polish-Russian engineer, electrician, and inventor (b. 1862)
* 1919 – Mohammad Farid, Egyptian lawyer and politician (b. 1868)
* 1919 – Alfred Werner, French-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
*1921 – Tadhg Barry, veteran Irish republicanism, Irish republican and leading trade unionist (b. 1880)
*1922 – Dimitrios Gounaris, Greek lawyer and politician, 94th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1866)
* 1922 – Petros Protopapadakis, Greek mathematician and politician, 107th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1854)
* 1922 – Nikolaos Stratos, Greek lawyer and politician, 106th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1872)
*1941 – Wal Handley, English motorcycle racer (b. 1902)
*1945 – Frank Chapman (ornithologist), Frank Chapman, American ornithologist and photographer (b. 1864)
*1949 – Narayan Apte, Indian activist, assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (b. 1911)
* 1949 – Nathuram Godse, Indian assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (b. 1910)
*1951 – Frank Weston Benson, American painter and educator (b. 1862)
*1954 – Lionel Barrymore, American actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (b. 1878)
*1956 – Emma Richter, German paleontologist (b. 1888)
*1958 – Tyrone Power, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1914)
*1959 – Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Scottish physicist and meteorologist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
*1960 – Robert Raymond Cook, Canadian murderer (b. 1937)
*1961 – Elsie Ferguson, American actress (b. 1883)
* 1961 – Johanna Westerdijk, Dutch pathologist and academic (b. 1883)
*1963 – Fritz Reiner, Hungarian-American conductor (b. 1888)
*1966 – Dimitrios Tofalos, Greek weightlifter and wrestler (b. 1877)
* 1966 – William Zorach, Lithuanian-American sculptor and painter (b. 1887)
*1967 – Michael J. Adams, American soldier, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1930)
*1970 – Konstantinos Tsaldaris, Egyptian-Greek politician (b. 1884)
*1971 – Rudolf Abel, English-Russian colonel (b. 1903)
*1976 – Jean Gabin, French actor, singer, and producer (b. 1904)
*1978 – Margaret Mead, American anthropologist and author (b. 1901)
*1980 – Bill Lee (singer), Bill Lee, American actor and singer (b. 1916)
*1981 – Steve Macko, American baseball player and coach (b. 1954)
* 1981 – Enid Markey, American actress (b. 1894)
* 1981 – Khawar Rizvi, Pakistani poet and scholar (b. 1938)
*1982 – Vinoba Bhave, Indian philosopher and Gandhian, Bharat Ratna Awardee (b. 1895)
* 1982 – Martín de Álzaga (racing driver), Martín de Álzaga, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1901)
*1983 – John Grimaldi, English keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1955)
* 1983 – Charlie Grimm, American baseball player and manager (b. 1898)
* 1983 – John Le Mesurier, English actor (b. 1912)
*1985 – Méret Oppenheim, German-Swiss painter, photographer, and poet (b. 1913)
*1988 – Billo Frómeta, Dominican conductor and composer (b. 1915)
* 1988 – Ieronymos I of Athens, Greek archbishop and theologian (b. 1905)
*1994 – Elizabeth George Speare, American author (b. 1908)
*1996 – Alger Hiss, American lawyer and diplomat (b. 1904)
*1997 – Saul Chaplin, American director and composer (b. 1912)
*1998 – Stokely Carmichael, Trinidadian-American activist (b. 1941)
* 1998 – Ludvík Daněk, Czech discus thrower (b. 1937)
*2000 – Edoardo Agnelli, son of industrialist Gianni Agnelli, converted to Shia Islam (b. 1954)
*2003 – Ray Lewis (track and field athlete), Ray Lewis, Canadian runner (b. 1910)
* 2003 – Dorothy Loudon, American actress and singer (b. 1925)
* 2003 – Laurence Tisch, American businessman, co-founded the Loews Corporation (b. 1923)
* 2003 – Speedy West, American guitarist and producer (b. 1924)
*2004 – Elmer L. Andersen, American businessman and politician, 30th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1909)
* 2004 – John Morgan (comedian), John Morgan, Welsh-Canadian actor and screenwriter (b. 1930)
*2005 – Adrian Rogers, American pastor and author (b. 1931)
* 2005 – Arto Salminen, Finnish journalist and author (b. 1959)
*2006 – David K. Wyatt, American historian and author (b. 1937)
*2007 – Joe Nuxhall, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1928)
*2008 – Grace Hartigan, American painter (b. 1922)
*2009 – Serbian Patriarch Pavle II (b. 1914)
*2010 – Larry Evans (chess grandmaster), Larry Evans, American chess player and journalist (b. 1932)
* 2010 – Ed Kirkpatrick, American baseball player (b. 1944)
* 2010 – William Edwin Self, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1921)
*2011 – Oba Chandler, American murderer (b. 1946)
*2012 – Théophile Abega, Cameroonian footballer and politician (b. 1954)
* 2012 – Luís Carreira, Portuguese motorcycle racer (b. 1976)
* 2012 – Maleli Kunavore, Fijian rugby player (b. 1983)
* 2012 – K. C. Pant, Indian politician, 18th Minister of Defence (India), Indian Minister of Defence (b. 1931)
* 2012 – Frode Thingnæs, Norwegian trombonist, composer, and conductor (b. 1940)
*2013 – Sheila Matthews Allen, American actress and producer (b. 1929)
* 2013 – Glafcos Clerides, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 4th President of Cyprus (b. 1919)
* 2013 – Mike McCormack (American football), Mike McCormack, American football player and coach (b. 1930)
*2014 – Jack Bridger Chalker, English painter and academic (b. 1918)
* 2014 – Lucien Clergue, French photographer and educator (b. 1934)
* 2014 – Valéry Mézague, Cameroonian footballer (b. 1983)
* 2014 – Reg Withers, Australian soldier and politician, Minister for Home Affairs (Australia), Australian Minister for the Capital Territory (b. 1924)
*2015 – Gisèle Prassinos, French author (b. 1920)
* 2015 – Herbert Scarf, American economist and academic (b. 1930)
* 2015 – Saeed Jaffrey, Indian-British actor (b. 1929)
*2016 – Mose Allison, American pianist and songwriter (b. 1927)
*2017 – Lil Peep, American singer and rapper (b. 1996)

Holidays and observances

* America Recycles Day (United States)
* Christian feast day:
** Abibus of Edessa
** Albertus Magnus, Albert the Great
** Beatification, Blessed Caius of Korea
** Didier of Cahors
** Francis Asbury and George Whitefield (Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church), Episcopal Church)
** Hugh Cook Faringdon, Blessed Hugh Faringdon
** Saint Leopold III, Leopold III, a Culture of Austria#Public holidays, public holiday in Lower Austria and Vienna.
** Malo (saint), Malo
** Mechell
** November 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
* Day of the German-speaking Community of Belgium (German-speaking Community of Belgium)
* Day of the Imprisoned Writer (International observance)
* Palestinian Declaration of Independence, Independence Day, unilaterally declared in 1988. (State of Palestine, Palestine)
* King's Feast (Belgium)
* Arbor Day, National Tree Planting Day (Sri Lanka)
* Public holidays in Ivory Coast, Peace Day (Ivory Coast)
* Republic Proclamation Day (Brazil)
* Shichi-Go-San (Japan)
* Republic Day (Northern Cyprus), Republic Day (Northern Cyprus)
* The beginning of Winter Lent (Eastern Orthodox)

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