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
- 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.
- 1777 –American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of debate the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1935 –Manuel L. Quezon is inaugurated as the second president of the Philippines.
- 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 –Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 250,000-500,000 protesters staged a peaceful demonstration against the war, including a symbolic “March Against Death”.
- 1979 –A package from the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski begins smoking in the cargo hold of a flight from Chicago to Washington, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing.
- 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 Braşov, Romania, workers rebel against the communist regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu.
- 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 People’s Republic of Bulgaria is disestablished and a new republican government is instituted.
- 2000 –Jharkhand state comes into existence in India.
- 2005 –Boeing formally launches the stretched Boeing 747-8 variant with orders from Cargolux and Nippon Cargo Airlines.
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