A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
November 15: Day of the Week
November 15, 2024 is the 320th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 46 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is vendredi.
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Here’s the November calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Scorpio is the zodiac 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.
November 15 Historical Event(s)
1926
The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.
1939
In Washington, D.C., US President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial.
1943
Holocaust: German SS leader Heinrich Himmler orders that Gypsies are to be put “on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps”. (see Porajmos)
1951
Greek resistance leader Nikos Beloyannis, along with 11 resistance members, is sentenced to death by the court-martial.
1959
Four members of the Herbert Clutter Family are murdered at their farm outside Holcomb, Kansas.
1969
Cold War: The Soviet submarine K-19 collides with the American submarine USS Gato in the Barents Sea.
1985
The Anglo-Irish Agreement is signed at Hillsborough Castle by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Irish Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald.
1988
In the Soviet Union, the unmanned Shuttle Buran makes its only space flight.
1988
The first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, is launched in the Netherlands.
2000
Jharkhand state comes into existence in India.
Who were born on November 15?
1556
Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (d. 1618)
1868
Emil Racovita, Romanian biologist, zoologist, speleologist and explorer of Antarctica (d. 1947)
1925
Yuli Daniel, Russian writer (d. 1988)
1928
Seldon Powell, American soul jazz, swing and R&B tenor saxophonist and flautist (d. 1997)
1931
Pascal Lissouba, Congo politician
1932
Clyde McPhatter, American singer (d. 1972)
1945
Anni-Frid “Frida” Lyngstad, Norwegian born, Swedish singer (ABBA)
1955
Georgie Born, English academic, anthropologist and musician (Henry Cow)
1982
Lofa Tatupu, National Football League player
1991
Shailene Woodley, American actress
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