November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining.
Events:
Births:
- 1738 - William Herschel, astronomer
- 1741 - Johann Kaspar Lavater, philosopher (+ 1801)
- 1862 - Gerhart Hauptmann, narrator and dramaticst; recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature 1912 (+ 1946)
- 1879 - Lewis Stone, actor (+ 1953)
- 1887 - Georgia O'Keefe[?], painter (+ 1986)
- 1887 - Marianne Moore, poet (+ 1972)
- 1889 - King Manuel II of Portugal (+ 1932)
- 1890 - Richal Crompton[?], author
- 1891 - Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (+ 1944)
- 1905 - Mantovani[?], composer, musician, music arranger (+ 1980)
- 1906 - Curtis LeMay, United States Air Force general, candidate for Vice President of the United States (+ 1990)
- 1925 - Heinz Piontek[?], writer
- 1925 - Howard Baker[?], former Senator from Tennessee, former White House Chief of Staff
- 1929 - Ed Asner[?], actor
- 1930 - J. G. Ballard, science fiction author
- 1931 - Pascal Lissouba, Republic of the Congo politician
- 1932 - Petula Clark, singer
- 1933 - Clyde McPhatter, singer
- 1936 - Wolf Biermann[?], writer
- 1937 - Yaphet Kotto[?], actor
- 1940 - Sam Waterston, actor
- 1942 - Daniel Barenboim, pianist, conductor
- 1954 - Aleksander Kwasniewski, President of Poland
- 1954 - Beverly D'Angelo[?], actress
- 1956 - Michael Hampton, guitarist (P Funk)
- 1988 - Zena Grey, actress
Deaths:
- 1787 - Christoph Willibald Gluck, composer
- 1954 - Lionel Barrymore, actor
- 1958 - Tyrone Power, actor
- 1965 - Allen Du Mont[?], television pioneer
- 1978 - Margaret Mead, anthropologist, writer, lecturer
- 1996 - Alger Hiss, United States State Department official, spy
- 1998 - Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture), U.S. civil rights activist
- 2002 - Myra Hindley, Moors murderess
Holidays and Observances:
See Also:
November 14 - November 16 - October 15 - December 15 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July,
August, September, October, November, December
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