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==Events==
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*[[1315]] – [[Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy]]: The Schweizer [[Eidgenossenschaft]] ambushes the army of [[Leopold I, Duke of Austria|Leopold I]] in the [[Battle of Morgarten]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Dionysius Lardner|title=History of Switzerland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TZg6AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA66|year=1832|publisher=Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green|pages=66}}</ref>
*[[1532]] – [[Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire]]: Commanded by [[Francisco Pizarro]], Spanish [[conquistador]]s under [[Hernando de Soto]] meet [[Sapa Inca|Incan Emperor]] [[Atahualpa]] for the first time outside [[Cajamarca]], arranging for a meeting in the [[battle of Cajamarca|city plaza the following day]].
*[[1533]] – [[Francisco Pizarro]] arrives in [[Cusco|Cuzco]], the capital of the [[Inca Empire]].
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*[[1705]] – [[Rákóczi's War of Independence]]: The Habsburg Empire and Denmark win a military victory over the [[Kuruc]]s from [[Hungary]] in the [[Battle of Zsibó]].
*[[1760]] – The secondly-built [[Castellania (Valletta)|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.
*[[1842]] – A [[1842 Slave Revolt in the Cherokee Nation|slave revolt in the Cherokee Nation]] commences.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Miles |first=Tiya |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZVQvhgEuKZMC&dq=Cherokee+Slave+Escape+of+1842&pg=PA170 |title=Ties That Bind: The Story of an Afro-Cherokee Family in Slavery and Freedom |date=2005 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-24132-9 |page=170 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1849]] – [[Boiler explosion|Boilers]] of the steamboat [[Louisiana (steamboat)|''Louisiana'']] explode as she pulls back from the dock in [[New Orleans]], killing more than 150 people.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Lloyd |first=James T. |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008601965 |title=Lloyd's steamboat directory, and disasters on the western waters |date=1856 |publisher=J.T. Lloyd & Co. |___location=Cincinnati, O. |pages=225–230 |language=en-us |chapter=Explosion of the Louisiana |via=[[HathiTrust]]}}</ref>
*[[1864]] – [[American Civil War]]: [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] General [[William Tecumseh Sherman]] begins his [[Sherman's March to the Sea|March to the Sea]] through [[Georgia in the American Civil War|Georgia]] towards the city of [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sherman's March to the Sea|url=https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/shermans-march-sea|author=Marszalek, John F.|website=battlefields.org|publisher=[[American Battlefield Trust]]|date=September 17, 2024|access-date=August 13, 2025}}</ref>
*[[1884]] – The [[Berlin Conference]] of 1884–1885 met on 15 November 1884, and after an adjournment concluded on 26 February 1885, with the signature of a General Act, regulating the European colonisation and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Berlin-West-Africa-Conference | title=Berlin West Africa Conference | Colonialism, Imperialism, Decolonization | Britannica | date=19 February 2024 }}</ref>
*[[1889]] – [[Brazil]] is declared a republic by [[Marshal (Brazil)|Marshal]] [[Deodoro da Fonseca]] as [[Emperor of Brazil|Emperor]] [[Pedro II of Brazil|Pedro II]] is [[Decline and fall of Pedro II of Brazil|deposed in a military coup]].
*1899 – [[Second Boer War]]: [[Battle of Chieveley]], a British armored train is ambushed and partially derailed. British lose the battle, with 80 soldiers captured, along with war correspondent [[Winston Churchill]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Conan Doyle |first=Arthur |date=September 1902 |title=The Great Boer War – Chapter 13 |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Great_Boer_War/Chapter_13 |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=en.wikisource.org |language=en}}</ref>
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*[[1917]] – ''[[Parliament of Finland|Eduskunta]]'' declares itself the supreme state power of [[Finland]], prompting its [[Independence of Finland|declaration of independence]] and secession from [[Soviet Russia|Russia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://demokraatti.fi/100-vuotta-sitten-15-marraskuuta-eduskunta-julistautui-korkeimman-vallan-kayttajaksi-vallankumous-peruutettiin|title=100 vuotta sitten 15. marraskuuta: Eduskunta julistautui "korkeimman vallan" käyttäjäksi – vallankumous peruutettiin|first=Topi|last=Juga|work=[[Demokraatti]]|date=November 15, 2017|language=fi|access-date=November 15, 2021}}</ref>
*[[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 [[1922 Guayaquil general strike|massacred]] during a general strike in [[Guayaquil]], [[Ecuador]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Pineo |first=Ronn F. |date=1988 |title=Reinterpreting Labor Militancy: The Collapse of the Cacao Economy and the General Strike of 1922 in Guayaquil, Ecuador |journal=The Hispanic American Historical Review |volume=68 |issue=4 |doi=10.2307/2515679 |page=729|jstor=2515679 }}</ref>
*[[1928]] – The [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution|RNLI]] lifeboat [[RNLB Mary Stanford (ON 661)|''Mary Stanford'']] capsizes in [[Rye Harbour]] with the loss of the entire 17-man crew.<ref name=RNLI>{{cite web|url=https://rnli.org/find-my-nearest/lifeboat-stations/rye-harbour-lifeboat-station/station-history-rye-harbour|title=Rye Harbour Lifeboat: station history |publisher=RNLI |accessdate=13 January 2021}}</ref>
*[[1933]] – [[Thailand]] holds [[1933 Siamese general election|its first election]].
*[[1938]] – [[Nazi Germany]] bans Jewish children from public schools in the aftermath of [[Kristallnacht]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=1938: Key Dates|url=https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/1938-key-dates|access-date=2022-01-17|website=encyclopedia.ushmm.org|language=en}}</ref>
*[[1942]] – [[World War II]]: The [[Naval Battle of Guadalcanal|Battle of Guadalcanal]] ends in a decisive [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] victory.
*[[1943]] – [[The Holocaust]]: German [[Schutzstaffel|SS]] leader [[Heinrich Himmler]] orders that [[Romani people|Gypsies]] are to be put "on the same level as [[Jews]] and placed in [[Internment#Concentration camp|concentration camp]]s".
*[[1951]] – [[Nikos Beloyannis]], along with 11 comrades, is sentenced to death for attempting to reestablish the [[Communist Party of Greece]].
*[[1955]] – The first part of the [[Saint Petersburg Metro]] is opened.
*[[1957]] – Short Solent 3 [[1957 Aquila Airways Solent crash|crashes]] near [[Chessell]].<ref name="Times1957-11-18">{{cite news | title=45 Dead in Flying Boat Crash| work=The Times | date=1957-11-18 | ___location=London | page=12 | issue=54001}}</ref>
*[[1959]] – [[Clutter family murders|Four members of the Clutter family are murdered]] near [[Holcomb, Kansas]], by [[Perry Edward Smith|Perry Smith]] and [[Richard Hickock]],<ref>{{cite book|last1=Flowers|first1=R. Barri|last2=Flowers|first2=H. Loraine|title=Murders in the United States: Crimes, Killers and Victims of the Twentieth Century|___location=Jefferson, N.C.|publisher=McFarland & Co.|date=2001|isbn=9780786410378|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gh6q_-Vzc0YC|page=33}}</ref> a crime later detailed by [[Truman Capote]] in his 1966 [[non-fiction novel]] ''[[In Cold Blood]]''.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,899952,00.html "Anatomy of a Murder"]. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''. December 22, 1967. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721101615/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C899952%2C00.html |date=July 21, 2013 }}</ref>
*[[1965]] – [[Craig Breedlove]] sets a land speed record of 600.601 mph (966.574 km/h) in his car, the [[Spirit of America (automobile)|Spirit of America]], at the [[Bonneville Salt Flats]] in [[Utah]].<ref name="Twite">{{cite book|last=Twite|first=Mike|title=World of Automobiles, Volume 2|publisher=Orbis Publishing|year=1974|page=231|chapter=Breedlove: Towards the sound barrier}}</ref>
*[[1966]] – [[Project Gemini]]: ''[[Gemini 12]]'' completes the program's final mission, when it splashes down safely in the [[Atlantic Ocean]].
*[[1967]] – The only fatality of the [[North American X-15]] program occurs during the [[X-15 Flight 3-65-97|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|western hemisphere]] to provide direct rapid transit service from [[Cleveland|a city's downtown]] to [[Cleveland Hopkins International Airport|its major airport]].
*[[1969]] – [[Cold War]]: The [[Soviet submarine K-19]] collides with the [[United States Navy|American submarine]] [[USS Gato (SSN-615)|USS ''Gato'']] in the [[Barents Sea]].
* 1969 – [[Vietnam War]]: In [[Washington, D.C.]], 250,000–500,000 protesters staged a [[Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam#November 15, 1969, Moratorium March on Washington|peaceful demonstration against the war]], including a symbolic "March Against Death".
*[[1971]] – [[Intel]] releases the world's first commercial single-chip [[microprocessor]], the [[Intel 4004|4004]].
*[[1976]] – [[René Lévesque]] and the ''[[Parti Québécois]]'' [[1976 Quebec general election|take power]] to become the first [[Quebec]] government of the 20th century clearly in favor of [[Quebec sovereignty movement|independence]].
*[[1978]] – A chartered [[Douglas DC-8]] [[Loftleiðir Flight 001|crashes]] near [[Colombo]], [[Sri Lanka]], killing 183.
*[[1979]] – A package from Unabomber [[Ted Kaczynski]] begins smoking in the cargo hold of [[American Airlines Flight 444|a flight]] from [[Chicago]] to [[Washington, D.C.]], forcing the plane to make an emergency landing.
*[[1983]] – [[Northern Cyprus|Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus]] declares independence; it is [[Foreign relations of Northern Cyprus|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, County Down|Hillsborough Castle]] by [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]] [[Margaret Thatcher]] and Irish [[Taoiseach]] [[Garret FitzGerald]].
*[[1987]] – In [[Brașov]], [[Socialist Republic of Romania|Romania]], [[Brașov Rebellion|workers rebel]] against the communist regime of [[Nicolae Ceaușescu]].
* 1987 – [[Continental Airlines Flight 1713]] crashes during takeoff from [[Stapleton International Airport]] in [[Denver]], Colorado, killing 25.<ref name="Final Report AAR-88-09">{{cite journal |date=September 27, 1988 |title=Continental Airlines, Inc., Flight 1713, McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14, N626TX, Stapleton International Airport, Denver, Colorado, November 15, 1987 |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR8809.pdf |journal=Aircraft Accident Report |publisher=[[National Transportation Safety Board]] |id=NTSB/AAR-88/09 |access-date=September 1, 2016}} – [https://libraryonline.erau.edu/online-full-text/ntsb/aircraft-accident-reports/AAR88-09.pdf Copy at] [[Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University]] (note the ERAU copy does not include the errata sheet, and may be older than the one on the NTSB website).</ref>
*[[1988]] – In the [[Soviet Union]], the uncrewed [[Buran (spacecraft)|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 certification|Fairtrade]] label, [[Stichting Max Havelaar|Max Havelaar]], is launched in the [[Netherlands]].
*[[1990]] – The Communist [[People's Republic of Bulgaria]] is disestablished and a new [[Bulgaria|republican government]] is instituted.
*1990 – [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] is launched on [[STS-38]], a [[Classified information in the United States|classified]] mission for the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]].<ref>{{cite web |title=STS-38 |url=http://spacefacts.de/mission/english/sts-38.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030174606/http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/sts-38.htm |archive-date=October 30, 2013 |access-date=February 26, 2014 |website=Spacefacts}}</ref>
*[[1994]] – A [[1994 Mindoro earthquake|magnitude 7.1 earthquake]] hits the central Philippine island of [[Mindoro]], killing 78 people, injuring 430 and triggering a tsunami up to {{convert|8.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} high.<ref>{{Cite web|title=15 November 1994, Mw 7.1, Mindoro, Philippines|url=http://itic.ioc-unesco.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2129&Itemid=3131|access-date=2022-03-19|website=itic.ioc-unesco.org|language=en}}</ref>
*[[2000]] – A chartered [[Antonov An-24]] [[2000 ASA Pesada Antonov An-24 crash|crashes]] after takeoff from [[Luanda]], [[Angola]], killing more than 40 people.
* 2000 – [[Jharkhand]] officially [[Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000|becomes]] the 28th [[States of India|state of India]], formed from [[List of districts of Bihar|eighteen districts]] of southern [[Bihar]].<ref name=a>{{cite book|title=The Unrest Axle: Ethno-social Movements in Eastern India edited by Gautam Kumar Bera|pages=60–61|isbn=9788183241458|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9qrmTdshzKQC&q=Bihar+State+reorganization+bill&pg=PA60|last1=Bera|first1=Gautam Kumar|year=2008|publisher=Mittal Publications }}</ref>
*[[2001]] – [[Microsoft]] launches the [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]] game console in [[North America]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Davies|first=Jamie|date=2020-06-07|title=Looking Back at Xbox Launch Titles|url=https://www.gamegrin.com/articles/looking-back-at-xbox-launch-titles/|access-date=15 November 2021|website=GameGrin|language=en}}</ref>
*[[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.
*[[2016]] – [[Hong Kong High Court|Hong Kong's High Court]] bans elected politicians [[Yau Wai-ching]] and [[Baggio Leung]] from the city's [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Parliament]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Haas|first1=Benjamin|title=Hong Kong court bans pro-independence politicians from office|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/15/hong-kong-bans-pro-democracy-politicians-after-beijing-rewrites-oath-law|work=The Guardian|date=15 November 2016}}</ref>
*[[2017]] – A [[2017 West Attica floods|flood]] a few miles outside of [[Athens]] results in the death of 25 people.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Group) |first=Radiotileoptiki S. A. (OPEN Digital |date=2022-11-15 |title=15 Νοεμβρίου 2017: Πέντε χρόνια από τη φονική πλημμύρα στη Μάνδρα που κόστισε τη ζωή σε 24 ανθρώπους |url=https://www.ethnos.gr/greece/article/232839/15noembrioy2017pentexroniaapothfonikhplhmmyrasthmandrapoykostisethzohse24anthropoys |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=ΕΘΝΟΣ |language=el}}</ref>
*[[2020]] – [[Lewis Hamilton]] wins the [[2020 Turkish Grand Prix|Turkish Grand Prix]] and secures his [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|seventh drivers' title]], equalling the all-time record held by [[Michael Schumacher]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Turkish Grand Prix 2020 race report & highlights: Lewis Hamilton seals historic 7th title with peerless wet-weather victory in Turkish Grand Prix {{!}} Formula 1®|url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.hamilton-seals-historic-7th-title-with-peerless-wet-weather-victory-in.4wK1atemiXDvWXQxOknL4J.html|access-date=2021-05-17|website=www.formula1.com|language=en}}</ref>
*[[2022]] – The [[world population]] reached [[Day of Eight Billion|eight billion]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=World set to reach 8 billion people on 15 November 2022 |url=https://www.unfpa.org/press/world-set-reach-8-billion-people-15-november-2022 |access-date=8 October 2022 |website=United Nations Population Fund |language=en}}</ref>
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===Pre-1600===
* [[459]] – [[Bʼutz Aj Sak Chiik]], Mayan king (died 501)
*[[1316]] – [[John I of France|John I]], king of France and Navarre (died 1316)
*[[1397]] – [[Pope Nicholas V|Nicholas V]], pope of the Catholic Church (died 1455)
*[[1498]] – [[Eleanor of Austria]], queen of Portugal and France (died 1558)
*[[1511]] – [[Johannes Secundus]], Dutch poet and author (died 1536)
*[[1556]] – [[Jacques Davy Duperron]], French cardinal (died 1618)
===1601–1900===
*[[1607]] – [[Madeleine de Scudéry]], French author (died 1701)<ref>{{cite book |title=Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History Volume 13 Western Europe (1700-1800) |date=2019 |publisher=Brill |isbn=978-90-04-40283-6 |page=482 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nkOxDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA482 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1660]] – [[Hermann von der Hardt]], German historian and orientalist (died 1746)
*[[1661]] – [[Christoph von Graffenried]], Swiss-American settler and author (died 1743)
*[[1692]] – [[Eusebius Amort]], German poet and theologian (died 1775)
*[[1708]] – [[William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham]], English politician, [[Prime Minister of Great Britain]] (died 1778)<ref>{{cite web |title=History of William Pitt 'The Elder', 1st Earl of Chatham – GOV.UK |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers/william-pitt-1st-earl-of-chatham |website=www.gov.uk |access-date=20 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1738]] – [[William Herschel]], German-English astronomer and composer (died 1822)
*[[1741]] – [[Johann Kaspar Lavater]], Swiss poet and physiognomist (died 1801)
*[[1746]] – [[Joseph Quesnel]], French-Canadian poet, playwright, and composer (died 1809)
*[[1757]] – [[Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher]], Danish surgeon, botanist, and academic (died 1830)
*[[1776]] – [[José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi]], Mexican journalist and author (died 1827)
*[[1784]] – [[Jérôme Bonaparte]], French husband of [[Catharina of Württemberg]] (died 1860)
*[[1791]] – [[Friedrich Ernst Scheller]], German lawyer, jurist, and politician (died 1869)
*[[1793]] – [[Michel Chasles]], French mathematician and academic (died 1880)
*[[1849]] – [[Mary E. Byrd]], American astronomer and educator (died 1934)
*[[1852]] – [[Tewfik Pasha]], Egyptian ruler (died 1892)
*[[1859]] – [[Christopher Hornsrud]], Norwegian businessman and politician, 11th [[Prime Minister of Norway]] (died 1960)
*[[1862]] – [[Gerhart Hauptmann]], German novelist, poet, and playwright, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1946)
*[[1865]] – [[John Earle (Australian politician)|John Earle]], Australian politician, 22nd [[Premier of Tasmania]] (died 1932)
*[[1866]] – [[Cornelia Sorabji]], Indian lawyer, social reformer and writer (died 1954)<ref name="ONDB">{{Cite ODNB |id=36195 |title=Sorabji, Cornelia}}</ref>
*[[1867]] – [[Emil Krebs]], German [[Polyglotism|polyglot]] (died 1930)
*[[1868]] – [[Emil Racoviță]], Romanian biologist, zoologist, and explorer (died 1947)
*[[1873]] – [[Sara Josephine Baker]], American physician and academic (died 1945)
*[[1874]] – [[Dimitrios Golemis]], Greek runner (died 1941)
* 1874 – [[August Krogh]], Danish zoologist and physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1949)
*[[1879]] – [[Lewis Stone]], American actor (died 1953)
*[[1881]] – [[Franklin Pierce Adams]], American journalist and author (died 1960)
*[[1882]] – [[Felix Frankfurter]], Austrian-American lawyer and jurist (died 1965)
*[[1886]] – [[René Guénon]], French-Egyptian philosopher and author (died 1951)
*[[1887]] – [[Marianne Moore]], American poet, critic, and translator (died 1972)
* 1887 – [[Georgia O'Keeffe]], American painter and educator (died 1986)
*[[1888]] – [[Artie Matthews]], American pianist and composer (died 1958)
*[[1890]] – [[Richmal Crompton]], English author and educator (died 1969)
*[[1891]] – [[W. Averell Harriman]], American businessman and politician, 11th [[United States Secretary of Commerce]] (died 1986)
* 1891 – [[Erwin Rommel]], German field marshal (died 1944)
*[[1892]] – [[Naomi Childers]], American actress (died 1964)
*[[1895]] – [[Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia]] (died 1918)<ref>{{cite web |title=Russia's Lost Princesses – Beyond the portraits |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/HxprRdWRhF6G7zg54kFLnp/beyond-the-portraits |website=BBC Two |access-date=14 January 2022}}</ref>
* 1895 – [[Antoni Słonimski]], Polish journalist, poet, and playwright (died 1976)
*[[1896]] – [[Leonard Lord]], English businessman (died 1967)
*[[1897]] – [[Aneurin Bevan]], Welsh journalist and politician, [[Secretary of State for Health]] (died 1960)
* 1897 – [[Sacheverell Sitwell]], English author and critic (died 1988)
*[[1899]] – [[Avdy Andresson]], Estonian-American soldier and diplomat, [[Minister of Defence (Estonia)|Estonian Minister of War]] (died 1990)
===1901–present===
*[[1903]] – [[Stewie Dempster]], New Zealand cricketer and coach (died 1974)
*[[1905]] – [[Mantovani]], Italian conductor and composer (died 1980)
*[[1906]] – [[Curtis LeMay]], American general and politician (died 1990)
*[[1907]] – [[Claus von Stauffenberg]], German colonel (died 1944)
*[[1908]] – [[Carlo Abarth]], Italian engineer and businessman, founded [[Abarth]] (died 1979)
*[[1912]] – [[Harald Keres]], Estonian physicist and academic (died 2010)
* 1912 – [[Yi Wu]], Japanese-Korean colonel (died 1945)
*[[1913]] – [[Jack Dyer]], Australian footballer and coach (died 2003)
* 1913 – [[Arthur Haulot]], Belgian journalist and poet (died 2005)
*[[1914]] – [[V. R. Krishna Iyer]], Indian lawyer and judge (died 2014)
*[[1916]] – [[Nita Barrow]], Barbadian nurse and politician, 7th [[Governor-General of Barbados]] (died 1995)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Obituary |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-dame-nita-barrow-1526933.html |access-date=15 Nov 2024 |work=The Independent}}</ref>
* 1916 – [[Bill Melendez]], Mexican-American voice actor, animator, director, and producer (died 2008)
*[[1919]] – [[Carol Bruce]], American singer and actress (died 2007)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Obituary |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/16/arts/television/16bruce.html?_r=0 |access-date=15 Nov 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
* 1919 – [[Joseph Wapner]], American judge and television personality (died 2017)<ref>{{cite web |title=Joseph Wapner {{!}} Biography & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Wapner |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=25 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1920]] – [[Vasilis Diamantopoulos]], Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1999)
*[[1922]] – [[Francis Brunn]], German juggler (died 2004)
* 1922 – [[David Sidney Feingold]], American biochemist and academic (died 2019)
* 1922 – [[Francesco Rosi]], Italian director and screenwriter (died 2015)
*[[1923]] – [[Văn Cao]], Vietnamese composer, poet, and painter (died 1995)
* 1923 – [[Samuel Klein (businessman)|Samuel Klein]], Polish-Brazilian businessman and philanthropist, founded [[Casas Bahia]] (died 2014)
*[[1924]] – [[Gianni Ferrio]], Italian composer and conductor (died 2013)
*[[1925]] – [[Howard Baker]], American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 12th [[White House Chief of Staff]] (died 2014)
*[[1926]] – [[Thomas Williams (writer)|Thomas Williams]], American author and academic (died 1990)
*[[1927]] – [[Bill Rowling]], New Zealand politician, 30th [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (died 1995)
*[[1929]] – [[Ed Asner]], American actor, singer, and producer (died 2021)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/ed-asner-dead-lou-grant-1235051373/|title=Ed Asner, Emmy-Winning 'Lou Grant' Star, Dies at 91|last1=Dagan|first1=Carmel|last2=Natale|first2=Richard|date=August 29, 2021|access-date=August 29, 2021|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>
* 1929 – [[Joe Hinton]], American singer (died 1968)
*[[1930]] – [[J. G. Ballard]], English novelist, short story writer, and essayist (died 2009)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Nov. 15: Winston Duke, Beverly D'Angelo |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/11/15/Famous-birthdays-for-Nov-15-Winston-Duke-Beverly-DAngelo/8191668471125/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=13 November 2023 |date=15 November 2022}}</ref>
* 1930 – [[Olene Walker]], American lawyer and politician, 15th [[Governor of Utah]] (died 2015)
*[[1931]] – [[John Kerr (actor)|John Kerr]], American actor, singer, and lawyer (died 2013)
* 1931 – [[Mwai Kibaki]], Kenyan economist and politician, 3rd [[President of Kenya]] (died 2022)
* 1931 – [[Pascal Lissouba]], Congolese politician, [[President of the Republic of the Congo]] (died 2020)
*[[1932]] – [[Petula Clark]], English singer-songwriter and actress<ref name="AP" />
* 1932 – [[Clyde McPhatter]], American singer (died 1972)
* 1932 – [[Alvin Plantinga]], American philosopher, author, and academic
*[[1933]] – [[Gloria Foster]], American actress (died 2001)
* 1933 – [[Theodore Roszak (scholar)|Theodore Roszak]], American scholar and author (died 2011)
*[[1934]] – [[Joanna Barnes]], American actress and author (died 2022)
* 1934 – [[Peter Dickinson (musician)|Peter Dickinson]], English pianist and composer (died 2023)
*[[1935]] – [[Nera White]], American basketball player (died 2016)
*[[1936]] – [[H. B. Bailey]], American race car driver (died 2003)
* 1936 – [[Wolf Biermann]], German singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1936 – [[Tara Singh Hayer]], Indian-Canadian journalist and publisher (died 1998)
*[[1937]] – [[Little Willie John]], American singer-songwriter (died 1968)
*[[1939]] – [[Terry Bradbury]], English footballer and manager
* 1939 – [[Yaphet Kotto]], American actor and screenwriter (died 2021)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Whitmore |first1=Greg |title=Yaphet Kotto: a life in pictures |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2021/mar/16/yaphet-kotto-a-life-in-pictures |website=The Guardian |access-date=16 March 2021 |date=16 March 2021}}</ref>
* 1939 – [[Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde]], Finnish physician and parapsychologist (died 2015)
* 1939 – [[Enzo Staiola]], Italian child actor (died 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Morto Enzo Staiola, il bambino scelto da Vittorio De Sica per “Ladri di Biciclette”Morto Enzo Staiola, il bambino scelto da Vittorio De Sica per “Ladri di Biciclette” |url=https://www.msn.com/it-it/intrattenimento/cinema/morto-enzo-staiola-il-bambino-scelto-da-vittorio-de-sica-per-ladri-di-biciclette/ar-AA1G6hfh?cvid=5955290786A74A79A5F3A33C9DFAEB07&ocid=DELLDHP |access-date=2025-06-05 |website=www.msn.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=Emily Langer |title=Enzo Staiola, child actor at heart of ‘Bicycle Thieves,’ dies at 85 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/06/05/enzo-staiola-bicycle-thief-dead/ |website=The Washington Post |access-date=6 June 2025}}</ref>
*[[1940]] – [[Roberto Cavalli]], Italian fashion designer (died 2024)
* 1940 – [[Tony Mendez]], American CIA technical operations officer (died 2019)
* 1940 – [[Ulf Pilgaard]], Danish actor and screenwriter
* 1940 – [[Hank Wangford]], English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and physician
* 1940 – [[Sam Waterston]], American actor<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for November 15, 2022 includes celebrities Sam Waterston, Virginie Ledoyen |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/11/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-november-15-2022-includes-celebrities-sam-waterston-virginie-ledoyen.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=13 November 2023 |date=15 November 2022}}</ref>
*[[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<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1945]] – [[Roger Donaldson]], Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
* 1945 – [[Bob Gunton]], American actor and singer<ref name="AP" />
* 1945 – [[Anni-Frid Lyngstad]], Norwegian-Swedish singer<ref name="AP" />
*[[1946]] – [[Vassilis Goumas]], Greek basketball player
*[[1947]] – [[Bob Dandridge]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Bob Dandridge |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76500/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=13 November 2023}}</ref>
* 1947 – [[Malcolm Ranjith]], Sri Lankan cardinal
* 1947 – [[Bill Richardson]], American politician and diplomat, 21st [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations]] (died 2023)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97050046.html|title=LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)|first=The Library of|last=Congress|website=id.loc.gov}}</ref>
* 1947 – [[Ken Sutcliffe]], Australian journalist and sportscaster
*[[1948]] – [[Jimmy Choo]], Malaysian fashion designer{{Page needed|date=November 2022}}<ref>''Newsmakers'' (2006) Gale Biography In Context, Detroit</ref>
* 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<ref name="AP" />
*[[1952]] – [[Rick Atkinson]], American journalist, historian, and author
* 1952 – [[Randy Savage]], American wrestler (died 2011)<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1953]] – [[Alexander O'Neal]], American R&B singer-songwriter and arranger
* 1953 – [[James Widdoes]], American actor, director, and producer<ref name="AP" />
*[[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 (died 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<ref name="AP" />
* 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<ref name="AP" />
*[[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 (died 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<ref name="AP" />
*[[1967]] – [[Greg Anthony]], American basketball player and sportscaster
* 1967 – [[Cynthia Breazeal]], American computer scientist, roboticist, and academic
* 1967 – [[E-40]], American rapper and actor<ref name="AP" />
* 1967 – [[Wayne Harrison (footballer, born 1967)|Wayne Harrison]], English footballer (died 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 (died 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<ref name="AP" />
* 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<ref name="AP" />
*[[1973]] – [[Sydney Tamiia Poitier]], American actress<ref name="AP" />
* 1973 – [[Alamgir Sheriyar]], English cricketer
*[[1974]] – [[Chad Kroeger]], Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref name="AP" />
*[[1975]] – [[Scott Henshall]], English fashion designer
* 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<ref name="AP" />
* 1976 – [[Sule (comedian)|Sule]], Indonesian comedian and actor
*[[1977]] – [[Richard Lintner]], Slovak ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard Lintner |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/richard-lintner-8465252 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=13 November 2023}}</ref>
* 1977 – [[Steven Miles]], Australian politician, 40th [[Premier of Queensland]]<ref name=qldparl>{{cite news|url=https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Members/Current-Members/Member-List/Member-Details?id=2137961166|title=Hon Dr Steven Miles|publisher=Parliament of Queensland|access-date=11 December 2023}}</ref>
* 1977 – [[Sean Murray (actor)|Sean Murray]], American actor<ref name="AP" />
* 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<ref name="UPI" />
*[[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 – [[Sophia Di Martino]], English actress<ref name="UPI" />
* 1983 – [[Aleksandar Pavlović (basketball)|Aleksandar Pavlović]], Serbian basketball player
* 1983 – [[Fernando Verdasco]], Spanish tennis player
* 1983 – [[John Heitinga]], Dutch footballer and coach<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/22/85/78/fwc_2010_squadlists.pdf |title=FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: List of players: Netherlands |publisher=FIFA |page=20 |date=4 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616010702/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/22/85/78/fwc_2010_squadlists.pdf |archive-date=16 June 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[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]] – [[Winston Duke]], Tobagonian-American actor<ref name="AP" />
* 1986 – [[Coye Francies]], American football player
* 1986 – [[Sania Mirza]], Indian tennis player
* 1986 – [[Jerry Roush]], American singer-songwriter
*[[1987]] – [[Sergio Llull]], Spanish basketball player<ref>{{cite web|title=Sergio Llull|url=https://www.olympic.org/sergio-llull|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=18 April 2020}}</ref>
*[[1988]] – [[B.o.B]], American rapper, songwriter, and producer<ref name="AP" />
* 1988 – [[Quanitra Hollingsworth]], American-Turkish basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Quanitra Hollingsworth |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/201895/quanitra-hollingsworth |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=13 November 2023}}</ref>
* 1988 – [[Morgan Parra]], French rugby player
* 1988 – [[Billy Twelvetrees]], English rugby player
*[[1989]] – [[Jona Viray]], Filipino singer
*[[1991]] – [[Maxime Colin]], French footballer
* 1991 – [[Shailene Woodley]], American actress<ref name="AP" />
*[[1992]] – [[Dylan Bundy]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Dylan Bundy |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/dylan-bundy-605164 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=13 November 2023}}</ref>
* 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]] – [[Arik Armstead]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Arik Armstead |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2971275/arik-armstead |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=13 November 2023}}</ref>
* 1993 – [[Paulo Dybala]], Argentine footballer
* 1993 – [[Saaya Irie]], Japanese actress and singer
* 1993 – [[Melitina Staniouta]], Belarusian rhythmic gymnast<ref>{{cite web |title=Melitina Staniouta – Olympedia |url= https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/120794 |publisher=[[Olympedia]] |access-date=15 November 2024}}</ref>
*[[1994]] – [[Ekaterina Alexandrova]], Russian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Ekaterina Alexandrova |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/319007/ekaterina-alexandrova |access-date=16 October 2022 |publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]]}}</ref>
* 1994 – [[Emma Dumont]], American actress and model<ref name="AP" />
* 1994 – [[Bryce Cartwright]], Australian rugby league player
*[[1995]] – [[Blake Pieroni]], American swimmer<ref>{{cite web|title=Blake Pieroni|url=https://www.olympic.org/blake-pieroni|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=9 May 2020}}</ref>
* 1995 – [[Karl-Anthony Towns]], Dominican-American basketball player
*[[1996]] – [[Kim Min-jae (footballer)|Kim Min-jae]], South Korean footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Min-Jae Kim|url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/player/minjae-kim|publisher=Bundesliga|access-date=16 November 2023}}</ref>
*[[1997]] – [[Paula Badosa]], Spanish tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Paula Badosa |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/320124/paula-badosa |access-date=16 October 2022 |publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]]}}</ref>
*[[2001]] – [[TyTy Washington Jr.]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=TyTy Washington Jr. |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1631102/tyty-washington-jr |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=13 November 2023}}</ref>
==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 (born 983)
*[[1136]] – [[Leopold III, Margrave of Austria|Leopold III]], margrave of Austria (born 1073)
*[[1194]] – [[Margaret I, Countess of Flanders|Margaret I]], countess of Flanders
*[[1226]] – [[Frederick of Isenberg]], German nobleman (born 1193)
*[[1280]] – [[Albertus Magnus]], German bishop, theologian, and philosopher (born 1193)
*[[1347]] – [[James I of Urgell]], Spanish nobleman (born 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 (born 1479)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Panton |first1=James |title=Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy |date=2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7497-8 |page=92 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BiyyueBTpaMC&pg=PA92 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1579]] – [[Ferenc Dávid]], Hungarian preacher, founder of the [[Unitarian Church of Transylvania]] (born 1510)
===1601–1900===
*[[1628]] – [[Roque González de Santa Cruz]], Paraguayan missionary and martyr (born 1576)
*[[1630]] – [[Johannes Kepler]], German astronomer and mathematician (born 1571)
*[[1670]] – [[John Amos Comenius]], Czech bishop, philosopher, and educator (born 1592)
*[[1691]] – [[Aelbert Cuyp]], Dutch painter (born 1620)
*[[1706]] – [[6th Dalai Lama|Tsangyang]], Tibetan dalai lama (born 1683)
*[[1712]] – [[James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton]], Scottish general and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire]] (born 1658)
* 1712 – [[Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun]], English politician (born 1675)
*[[1787]] – [[Christoph Willibald Gluck]], German composer (born 1714)
*[[1794]] – [[John Witherspoon]], Scottish-American minister and academic (born 1723)
*[[1795]] – [[Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo]], French painter (born 1719)
*[[1832]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Say]], French economist and businessman (born 1767)
*[[1836]] – [[Herman of Alaska]], Russian missionary and saint (born 1750s)<ref>{{cite book|last=Korsun|first=Sergei|title=Herman: A Wilderness Saint|year=2012|publisher=Holy Trinity Publications|___location=Jordanville, NY|isbn=978-0-88465-192-5 |page=146}}</ref>
*[[1845]] – [[William Knibb]], English Baptist minister and Jamaican missionary (born 1803)
*[[1853]] – [[Maria II of Portugal|Maria II]], Portuguese queen and regent (born 1819)
*[[1892]] – [[Thomas Neill Cream]], Scottish-Canadian serial killer (born 1850)
*[[1897]] – [[Alfred Kennerley]], English-Australian politician, 10th [[Premier of Tasmania]] (born 1810)
===1901–present===
*[[1908]] – [[Empress Dowager Cixi|Cixi]], China empress dowager and regent (born 1835)<ref>{{cite web |title=Cixi {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cixi |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=8 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1910]] – [[Wilhelm Raabe]], German author (born 1831)
*[[1916]] – [[Henryk Sienkiewicz]], Polish journalist and author, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1846)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Literature 1905 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1905/sienkiewicz/facts/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=23 December 2021}}</ref>
*[[1917]] – [[Émile Durkheim]], French sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher (born 1858)
*[[1919]] – [[Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky]], Polish-Russian engineer, electrician, and inventor (born 1862)
* 1919 – [[Mohammad Farid]], Egyptian lawyer and politician (born 1868)
* 1919 – [[Alfred Werner]], French-Swiss chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1866)
*[[1921]] – [[Tadhg Barry]], veteran [[Irish republicanism|Irish republican]] and leading trade unionist (born 1880)<ref name="Ó Drisceoil">{{cite web |url=https://cora.ucc.ie/bitstream/handle/10468/3035/Labour_lives_-_T._Barry.pdf?sequence=1 |title=Tadhg Barry (1880–1921) |last=Ó Drisceoil |first=Donal |date=2013 |website=cora.ucc.ie |access-date=22 September 2019 }}</ref>
*[[1922]] – [[Dimitrios Gounaris]], Greek lawyer and politician, 94th [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (born 1866)
* 1922 – [[Petros Protopapadakis]], Greek mathematician and politician, 107th [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (born 1854)
* 1922 – [[Nikolaos Stratos]], Greek lawyer and politician, 106th [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (born 1872)
*[[1941]] – [[Wal Handley]], English motorcycle racer (born 1902)
*[[1942]] – [[Annemarie Schwarzenbach]], Swiss author and photographer (born 1908)<ref>{{cite web |title=Overlooked No More: Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Author, Photographer and 'Ravaged Angel' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/10/obituaries/annemarie-schwarzenbach-overlooked.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=10 February 2024 |date=10 October 2018}}</ref>
*[[1945]] – [[Frank Chapman (ornithologist)|Frank Chapman]], American ornithologist and photographer (born 1864)
*[[1949]] – [[Narayan Apte]], Indian activist, assassin of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] (born 1911)<ref name="Godse1989">{{cite book|author=Gopal Vinayak Godse|title=Gandhiji's Murder & After|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4DduAAAAMAAJ|year=1989|publisher=Surya-Prakashan|page=357}}</ref>
* 1949 – [[Nathuram Godse]], Indian assassin of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] (born 1910)<ref name="Godse1989"/>
*[[1951]] – [[Frank Weston Benson]], American painter and educator (born 1862)
*[[1954]] – [[Lionel Barrymore]], American actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (born 1878)
*[[1956]] – [[Emma Richter]], German paleontologist (born 1888)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Biographie |first1=Deutsche |title=Richter, Emma – Deutsche Biographie |url=https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/gnd116510757.html#ndbcontent |website=www.deutsche-biographie.de |access-date=8 January 2020 |language=de}}</ref>
*[[1958]] – [[Tyrone Power]], American actor, singer, and producer (born 1914)
*[[1959]] – [[Charles Thomson Rees Wilson]], Scottish physicist and meteorologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1869)
*[[1960]] – [[Robert Raymond Cook]], Canadian murderer (born 1937)
*[[1961]] – [[Elsie Ferguson]], American actress (born 1883)
* 1961 – [[Johanna Westerdijk]], Dutch pathologist and academic (born 1883)
*[[1963]] – [[Fritz Reiner]], Hungarian-American conductor (born 1888)
*[[1966]] – [[Dimitrios Tofalos]], Greek weightlifter and wrestler (born 1877)
* 1966 – [[William Zorach]], Lithuanian-American sculptor and painter (born 1887)
*[[1967]] – [[Michael J. Adams]], American soldier, pilot, and astronaut (born 1930)
*[[1970]] – [[Konstantinos Tsaldaris]], Egyptian-Greek politician (born 1884)
*[[1971]] – [[Rudolf Abel]], English-Russian colonel (born 1903)
*[[1976]] – [[Jean Gabin]], French actor, singer, and producer (born 1904)
*[[1978]] – [[Margaret Mead]], American anthropologist and author (born 1901)<ref>{{cite web |title=Margaret Mead {{!}} Biography, Theory, Books, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margaret-Mead |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1980]] – [[Bill Lee (singer)|Bill Lee]], American actor and singer (born 1916)
*[[1981]] – [[Steve Macko]], American baseball player and coach (born 1954)
* 1981 – [[Enid Markey]], American actress (born 1894)
* 1981 – [[Khawar Rizvi]], Pakistani poet and scholar (born 1938)
*[[1982]] – [[Vinoba Bhave]], Indian philosopher and Gandhian, [[Bharat Ratna]] Awardee (born 1895)
* 1982 – [[Martín de Álzaga (racing driver)|Martín de Álzaga]], Argentinian race car driver (born 1901)
*[[1983]] – [[John Grimaldi]], English keyboard player and songwriter (born 1955)
* 1983 – [[Charlie Grimm]], American baseball player and manager (born 1898)
* 1983 – [[John Le Mesurier]], English actor (born 1912)
*[[1984]] – [[Baby Fae]], American infant, who received [[baboon]] heart (born 1984)<ref name="Time">{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/4086900/baby-fae-history/|title=What Happened When a Baby Girl Got a Heart Transplant From a Baboon|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=October 26, 2015}}</ref>
*[[1985]] – [[Méret Oppenheim]], German-Swiss painter, photographer, and poet (born 1913)
*[[1988]] – [[Billo Frómeta]], Dominican conductor and composer (born 1915)
* 1988 – [[Ieronymos I of Athens]], Greek archbishop and theologian (born 1905)
*[[1994]] – [[Elizabeth George Speare]], American author (born 1908)
*[[1996]] – [[Alger Hiss]], American lawyer and diplomat (born 1904)
*[[1997]] – [[Saul Chaplin]], American director and composer (born 1912)
*[[1998]] – [[Stokely Carmichael]], Trinidadian-American activist (born 1941)
* 1998 – [[Ludvík Daněk]], Czech discus thrower (born 1937)
*[[2000]] – [[Edoardo Agnelli]], son of industrialist Gianni Agnelli, converted to Shia Islam (born 1954)
*[[2003]] – [[Ray Lewis (track and field athlete)|Ray Lewis]], Canadian runner (born 1910)
* 2003 – [[Dorothy Loudon]], American actress and singer (born 1925)
* 2003 – [[Laurence Tisch]], American businessman, co-founded the [[Loews Corporation]] (born 1923)
* 2003 – [[Speedy West]], American guitarist and producer (born 1924)
*[[2004]] – [[Elmer L. Andersen]], American businessman and politician, 30th [[Governor of Minnesota]] (born 1909)
* 2004 – [[John Morgan (comedian)|John Morgan]], Welsh-Canadian actor and screenwriter (born 1930)
*[[2005]] – [[Adrian Rogers]], American pastor and author (born 1931)
* 2005 – [[Arto Salminen]], Finnish journalist and author (born 1959)
*[[2006]] – [[David K. Wyatt]], American historian and author (born 1937)
*[[2007]] – [[Joe Nuxhall]], American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1928)
*[[2008]] – [[Grace Hartigan]], American painter (born 1922)
*[[2009]] – [[Serbian Patriarch Pavle II]] (born 1914)
*[[2010]] – [[Larry Evans (chess grandmaster)|Larry Evans]], American chess player and journalist (born 1932)
* 2010 – [[Ed Kirkpatrick]], American baseball player (born 1944)
* 2010 – [[William Edwin Self]], American actor, director, and producer (born 1921)
*[[2011]] – [[Oba Chandler]], American murderer (born 1946)
*[[2012]] – [[Théophile Abega]], Cameroonian footballer and politician (born 1954)
* 2012 – [[Luís Carreira]], Portuguese motorcycle racer (born 1976)
* 2012 – [[Maleli Kunavore]], Fijian rugby player (born 1983)
* 2012 – [[K. C. Pant]], Indian politician, 18th [[Minister of Defence (India)|Indian Minister of Defence]] (born 1931)
* 2012 – [[Frode Thingnæs]], Norwegian trombonist, composer, and conductor (born 1940)
*[[2013]] – [[Sheila Matthews Allen]], American actress and producer (born 1929)
* 2013 – [[Glafcos Clerides]], Cypriot lawyer and politician, 4th [[President of Cyprus]] (born 1919)
* 2013 – [[Mike McCormack (American football)|Mike McCormack]], American football player and coach (born 1930)
*[[2014]] – [[Jack Bridger Chalker]], English painter and academic (born 1918)
* 2014 – [[Lucien Clergue]], French photographer and educator (born 1934)
* 2014 – [[Valéry Mézague]], Cameroonian footballer (born 1983)
* 2014 – [[Reg Withers]], Australian soldier and politician, [[Minister for Home Affairs (Australia)|Australian Minister for the Capital Territory]] (born 1924)
*[[2015]] – [[Gisèle Prassinos]], French author (born 1920)
* 2015 – [[Herbert Scarf]], American economist and academic (born 1930)
* 2015 – [[Saeed Jaffrey]], Indian-British actor (born 1929)
*[[2016]] – [[Mose Allison]], American pianist and songwriter (born 1927)
*[[2017]] – [[Lil Peep]], American singer and rapper (born 1996)
*[[2023]] – [[Žarko Laušević]], Serbian actor (born 1960)<ref>[https://www.b92.net/eng/news/society.php?yyyy=2023&mm=11&dd=15&nav_id=117052 Žarko Laušević passed away]</ref>
*[[2024]] – [[Celeste Caeiro]], Portuguese pacifist (born 1933)<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 15, 2024 |title=Portugal's 'Carnations Lady' who gave name to 1974 revolution dies at 91 |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/portugals-carnations-lady-who-gave-name-1974-revolution-dies-91-2024-11-15/ |access-date=November 16, 2024 |work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref>
*2024 – [[Béla Károlyi]], Romanian-American gymnastics coach (born 1942)<ref>{{Cite news |last1=DeMeyer |first1=Tess |last2=Tauber |first2=Rebecca |date=November 16, 2024 |title=Béla Károlyi, former gymnastics coach who trained Olympic champions, dies at 82 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5926568/2024/11/16/bela-karolyi-gymnastics-coach-dies/ |access-date=November 17, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*2024 – [[Jon Kenny]], Irish comedian and actor (born 1957)<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 16, 2024 |title=Jon Kenny: Irish comedian who starred in Father Ted and Banshees of Inisherin dies aged 66 |url=https://news.sky.com/story/jon-kenny-irish-comedian-who-starred-in-father-ted-and-banshees-of-inisherin-dies-aged-66-13255125 |access-date=November 20, 2024 |website=[[Sky News]] |language=en}}</ref>
*2024 – [[Yuriko, Princess Mikasa]], Japanese princess (born 1923)<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 15, 2024 |title=Princess Yuriko, Oldest Member of Japan's Imperial Family, Dies at 101 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/world/asia/princess-yuriko-dead.html |access-date=November 17, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
==Holidays and observances==
* [[America Recycles Day]] (United States)
* Christian [[feast day]]:
** [[Abibus of Edessa]]
** [[Albertus Magnus|Albert the Great]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cooper |first1=J. C. |title=Dictionary of Christianity |date=2013 |___location=Abingdon, Oxon |isbn=9781315074047 |page=5}}</ref>
** [[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. ([[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)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.mahkemeler.net/cgi-bin/yasametin.aspx?cnt=2545 | title = Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti Resmi Tatil ve Anma Günleri Yasası (41/1984) | accessdate = 4 November 2009 | publisher = Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Courts | date = 6 November 1984 | language = Turkish | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160103191218/http://www.mahkemeler.net/cgi-bin/yasametin.aspx?cnt=2545 | archivedate = 3 January 2016}}</ref>
* The beginning of [[Nativity Fast]] ([[Eastern Orthodox]])
==References==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/15 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=11|day=15}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/november/15 |title=Historical Events on November 15 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}
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