Tukuk-OS📅 November 15
13 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on November 15? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2012 — Xi Jinping replaced Hu Jintao as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, succeeding as the paramount leader of China.
Xi JinpingHu JintaoGeneral Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
- 2000 — Edoardo Agnelli, son of the industrialist patriarch Gianni Agnelli, was found dead under a bridge on the outskirts of Turin, Italy.
- 1988 — The Soviet spacecraft Buran, a reusable vehicle built in response to NASA's Space Shuttle program, was launched, uncrewed, on its only flight.
- 1959 — Two men murdered a family in Holcomb, Kansas; the events became the subject of Truman Capote's non-fiction novel In Cold Blood, a pioneering work of the true crime genre.
- 1943 — The Holocaust: In the Romani Holocaust, Nazi official Heinrich Himmler ordered that the Romani were to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps".
- 1922 — During a general strike in Guayaquil, Ecuador, police and military fired into a crowd, killing at least 300 people.
- 1922 — Fountain of Time, in Chicago's Washington Park, was dedicated as a tribute to 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the Treaty of Ghent.
Fountain of TimeWashington Park (Chicago park)Treaty of Ghent
- 1908 — As a result of numerous atrocities in the territory, the Congo Free State was annexed to Belgium to form the Belgian Congo.
Atrocities in the Congo Free StateCongo Free StateBelgian Congo
- 1889 — Brazilian emperor Pedro II was overthrown in a coup led by Deodoro da Fonseca (pictured), while the country was proclaimed a republic.
Pedro II of BrazilDecline and fall of Pedro II of BrazilDeodoro da Fonseca
- 1864 — American Civil War: Union army general William Tecumseh Sherman (pictured) began his March to the Sea, inflicting significant damage to property and infrastructure using scorched-earth tactics on his way from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia.
- 1859 — Sponsored by Greek businessman Evangelos Zappas, the first modern revival of the Olympic Games took place in Athens.
- 1760 — The chapel of the newly constructed Castellania in Valletta, Malta, was consecrated.
- 655 — Penda of Mercia and Æthelhere of East Anglia were defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria at the Battle of the Winwaed in Yorkshire, England.
Births
- 2001 — TyTy Washington Jr., American basketball player
- 1997 — Paula Badosa, Spanish tennis player
- 1996 — Kim Min-jae, South Korean footballer
- 1995 — Blake Pieroni, American swimmer
- 1995 — Karl-Anthony Towns, Dominican-American basketball player
- 1994 — Ekaterina Alexandrova, Russian tennis player
- 1994 — Emma Dumont, American actress and model
- 1994 — Bryce Cartwright, Australian rugby league player
- 1994 — Alejandro Saab, American voice actor, YouTuber, and VTuber
- 1993 — Arik Armstead, American football player
- 1993 — Paulo Dybala, Argentine footballer
- 1993 — Melitina Staniouta, Belarusian rhythmic gymnast
Deaths
- 2024 — Celeste Caeiro, Portuguese pacifist (born 1933)
- 2024 — Béla Károlyi, Romanian-American gymnastics coach (born 1942)
- 2024 — Jon Kenny, Irish comedian and actor (born 1957)
- 2024 — Yuriko, Princess Mikasa, Japanese princess (born 1923)
- 2023 — Žarko Laušević, Serbian actor (born 1960)
- 2017 — Lil Peep, American singer and rapper (born 1996)
- 2016 — Mose Allison, American pianist and songwriter (born 1927)
- 2015 — Gisèle Prassinos, French author (born 1920)
- 2015 — Herbert Scarf, American economist and academic (born 1930)
- 2015 — Saeed Jaffrey, Indian-British actor (born 1929)
- 2014 — Jack Bridger Chalker, English painter and academic (born 1918)
- 2014 — Lucien Clergue, French photographer and educator (born 1934)
Observances & holidays
- 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)
Francis AsburyGeorge WhitefieldThe Calendar of the Church Year
- Christian feast day: Blessed Hugh Faringdon
- Christian feast day:
Leopold III, a public holiday in Lower Austria and Vienna.
Leopold III, Margrave of AustriaCulture of AustriaLower Austria
- Christian feast day: Malo
- Christian feast day: Mechell
- Christian feast day: November 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Day of the German-speaking Community of Belgium (German-speaking Community of Belgium)
Day of the German-speaking CommunityGerman-speaking Community of Belgium
- Day of the Imprisoned Writer (International observance)
- Independence Day, unilaterally declared in 1988. (Palestine)
- King's Feast (Belgium)
- National Tree Planting Day (Sri Lanka)
- Peace Day (Ivory Coast)
- Republic Proclamation Day (Brazil)
- Shichi-Go-San (Japan)
- Republic Day (Northern Cyprus)
- The beginning of Nativity Fast (Eastern Orthodox)
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