Historical Events In November - 15

1947  Bradman scores his 100th 100, 172 v Indians at the SCG on this day in history.   

1948  William Lyon Mackenzie King retires as PM of Canada on this day in history.   

1949  On November - 15 kRON TV channel 4 in San Francisco, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting   

1950  Arthur Dorrington, 1st black man in organized hockey is signed (Atl City Seagulls of Eastern Amateur Hockey League) on November - 15.   

1951  Cricket 1st-class debut of Hanif Mohammad, Pak XI v MCC, Lahore on November - 15.   

1953  WIBW TV channel 13 in Topeka, KS (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history the first regularly scheduled commercial flights over North Pole begins   

1954  1st regularly scheduled commercial flights over North Pole begins on this day in history.   

1954  Lionel Barrymore, [Blythe], actor (Dr Kildare, Key Largo), dies at 76 on November - 15.   

1955  On November - 15 poland & Yugoslavia sign trade agreement   

1955  Lloyd Bacon, director (Fuller Brush Girl, 42nd Street), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1956  "Li'l Abner" opens at St James Theater NYC for 693 performances on November - 15.   

1957  US sentences Soviet spy Rudolf Ivanovich Abel to 30 years and $3,000 fine on November - 15.   

1957  On November - 15 uS sentences Soviet spy Rudolf Ivanovich Abel to 30 years & $3,000   

1958  On November - 15 tyrone Power, actor (Mark of Zorro), dies of a heart attack at 44   

1959  Robert White & Perry Smith murder four members of the Herbert Clutter Family at their farm outside Holcomb, Kansas on November - 15.   

1959  On this day in history alex Kennedy, cricketer (31 wkts in 5 Tests for England 1922-23), dies   

1960  Elgin Baylor of NBA LA Lakers scores 71 points vs NY Knicks on this day in history.   

1961  Douglas Walton, actor (Bad Lands), dies of heart attack at 51 on November - 15.   

1963  Fritz Reiner, Hung/US conductor (Chicago Symphony Orch), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1965  Craig Breedlove sets land speed record (600.601 mph-966.57 kph) on November - 15.   

1966  On November - 15 gemini XII returns to Earth   

1967  Michael Adams in X-15 reaches 80 km on November - 15.   

1967  Alice Lake, silent screen actress (Frisco Kid, Wicked), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history 250,000 peacefully demonstrate in Wash DC against the Vietnam War   

1969  Janis Joplin, accused of vulgar and indecent language in Tampa, FL on November - 15.   

1969  On November - 15 roy D'Arcy, actor (Lovers, Actress), dies at 75   

1974  On this day in history james Morrison, actor (Don't, Black Beauty), dies on his 86th birthday   

1975  On November - 15 willem Scheps, Dutch journalist, dies at 77   

1976  Jean Gabin, French actor (Quai des Brumes), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history president Jimmy Carter welcomes Shah of Iran   

1978  On November - 15 183 die as Icelandic Airlines DC-8 crashes in Colombo, Sri Lanka   

1978  Margaret Mead, anthropologist (Thoughts & Female), dies in NY at 76 on this day in history.   

1979  ABC-TV announces it would broadcast nightly specials on Iran hostage on this day in history.   

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1316  Jean I, king of France (Nov 15-19, 1316) (he lived only 4 days) was born on November - 15.   

1397  On November - 15 birth of nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italy, Pope (1447-55)   

1498  On this day in history birth of eleonore of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (d. 1558)   

1556  Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (d. 1618) was born on November - 15.   

1559  On November - 15 birth of albrecht, arch duke of Austrian/cardinal-archbishop of Toledo   

1604  On November - 15 birth of davis Mell, composer   

1607  Madeleine de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1701) was born on this day in history.   

1619  Philips Koninck, Amsterdams painter/etcher was born on this day in history.   

0565  On this day in history justitianus I, [Petrus Sabbatius], Byzantine emperor (527-65), dies   

0655  On November - 15 death of penda, King of Mercia   

1028  On November - 15 death of constantine VIII Byzantine Emperor (b. 960)   

1136  On this day in history death of margrave Leopold III of Austria (b. 1073)   

1194  Margaretha van Elzas, wife of count Boudouin V of Henegouwen, dies on November - 15.   

1280  Albertus Magnus the Great, German leader/bishop Regensburg, dies at 87 on November - 15.   

1463  On this day in history death of giovanni Antonio del Balzo Orsini, Prince of Taranto and Constable of Naples   

1544  On November - 15 death of king Jungjong of Joseon (b. 1506)