Today in History
15 November
233 births · 120 deaths · 61 events recorded
Featured Birthday · Born 1967
Cynthia Breazeal
American computer scientist
Notable Births
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TyTy Washington Jr.
b. 2001
American basketball player (born 2001)
Paula Badosa
b. 1997
Spanish tennis player (born 1997)
Kim Min-jae (footballer)
b. 1996
South Korean footballer (born 1996)
Karl-Anthony Towns
b. 1995
American basketball player (born 1995)
Cynthia Breazeal
b. 1967
American computer scientist
David Sidney Feingold
b. 1922
American biochemist (1922–2019)
Cornelia Sorabji
b. 1866
Indian barrister, writer, and social reformer (1866–1954)
Johannes Secundus
b. 1511
16th century Neo-Latin Dutch poet
Notable Deaths
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Béla Károlyi
d. 2024
Romanian-American gymnastics coach (1942–2024)
Jon Kenny
d. 2024
Irish comedian and actor (1957–2024)
Yuriko, Princess Mikasa
d. 2024
Japanese princess (1923–2024)
Lil Peep
d. 2017
American rapper (1996–2017)
Mose Allison
d. 2016
American pianist, singer, and songwriter
Herbert Scarf
d. 2015
American economist
Saeed Jaffrey
d. 2015
British-Indian actor (1929–2015)
Lucien Clergue
d. 2014
French photographer
On This Day in History
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2022
The world population reached eight billion.
World population
2020
Lewis Hamilton wins the Turkish Grand Prix and secures his seventh drivers' title, equalling the all-time record held by Michael Schumacher.
Lewis Hamilton
2017
A flood a few miles outside of Athens results in the death of 25 people.
2017 West Attica floods
2016
Hong Kong's High Court bans elected politicians Yau Wai-ching and Baggio Leung from the city's Parliament.
Hong Kong High Court
2012
Xi Jinping becomes General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and a new seven-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
Xi Jinping
2010
A fire in a high-rise apartment building in Shanghai, China kills 58 people.
2010 Shanghai fire
2007
Cyclone Sidr hits Bangladesh, killing an estimated 5,000 people and destroying parts of the world's largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans.
Cyclone Sidr
2006
Al Jazeera English launches worldwide.
Al Jazeera English