15 November
Notable Births
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)
Ekaterina Alexandrova
b. 1994
Russian tennis player (born 1994)
Emma Dumont
b. 1994
American actor, model, dancer (born 1994)
Bryce Cartwright
b. 1994
Australian rugby league footballer
Arik Armstead
b. 1993
American football player (born 1993)
Paulo Dybala
b. 1993
Argentine footballer (born 1993)
Melitina Staniouta
b. 1993
Belarusian rhythmic gymnast
Dylan Bundy
b. 1992
American baseball player (born 1992)
Sofia Goggia
b. 1992
Italian alpine skier (born 1992)
Minami Minegishi
b. 1992
Japanese idol, former member of AKB48
Daniela Seguel
b. 1992
Chilean tennis player (born 1992)
Trevor Story
b. 1992
American baseball player (born 1992)
Kevin Wimmer
b. 1992
Austrian footballer (born 1992)
Maxime Colin
b. 1991
French footballer (born 1991)
Shailene Woodley
b. 1991
American actress (born 1991)
Jona Viray
b. 1989
Filipino singer (born 1989)
Cornelia Sorabji
b. 1866
Indian barrister, writer, and social reformer (1866–1954)
Notable Deaths
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
Reg Withers
d. 2014
Australian politician (1924–2014)
Glafcos Clerides
d. 2013
President of Cyprus from 1993 to 2003
Mike McCormack (American football)
d. 2013
American football player and coach (1930–2013)
Maleli Kunavore
d. 2012
Fiji international rugby union player
K. C. Pant
d. 2012
Indian politician (1931–2012)
Oba Chandler
d. 2011
American mass murderer and suspected serial rapist (1946–2011)
Larry Evans (chess player)
d. 2010
American chess grandmaster (1932–2010)
Ed Kirkpatrick
d. 2010
American baseball player (1944–2010)
Pavle, Serbian Patriarch (died 2009)
d. 2009
Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church (1914-2009)
Grace Hartigan
d. 2008
American painter (1922–2008)
Joe Nuxhall
d. 2007
American baseball player and broadcaster (1928–2007)
David K. Wyatt
d. 2006
American historian (1937–2006)
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
2003
The first day of the 2003 Istanbul bombings, in which two car bombs, targeting two synagogues, explode, kill 25 people and wound 300 more.
2003 Istanbul bombings
2002
Hu Jintao becomes General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and a new nine-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
Hu Jintao
2001
Microsoft launches the Xbox game console in North America.
Microsoft
2000
A chartered Antonov An-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola, killing more than 40 people.
Antonov An-24
2000
Jharkhand officially becomes the 28th state of India, formed from eighteen districts of southern Bihar.
Jharkhand
1994
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits the central Philippine island of Mindoro, killing 78 people, injuring 430 and triggering a tsunami up to 8.5 m (28 ft) high.
1994 Mindoro earthquake
1990
The Communist People's Republic of Bulgaria is disestablished and a new republican government is instituted.
People's Republic of Bulgaria
1990
Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on STS-38, a classified mission for the Department of Defense.
Space Shuttle Atlantis
1988
In the Soviet Union, the uncrewed Shuttle Buran makes its only space flight.
Soviet Union
1988
Israeli–Palestinian conflict: An independent State of Palestine is proclaimed by the Palestinian National Council.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
1988
The first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, is launched in the Netherlands.
Fair trade certification
1987
In Brașov, Romania, workers rebel against the communist regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu.
Brașov