Historical Events In November - 15

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

1948  On November - 15 william Lyon Mackenzie King retires as PM of Canada   

1949  KRON TV channel 4 in San Francisco, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

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

1951  On November - 15 cricket 1st-class debut of Hanif Mohammad, Pak XI v MCC, Lahore   

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 November - 15.   

1954  On this day in history lionel Barrymore, [Blythe], actor (Dr Kildare, Key Largo), dies at 76   

1955  Poland & Yugoslavia sign trade agreement on this day in history.   

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

1956  On this day in history "Li'l Abner" opens at St James Theater NYC for 693 performances   

1957  US sentences Soviet spy Rudolf Ivanovich Abel to 30 years and $3,000 fine on this day in history.   

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

1958  Tyrone Power, actor (Mark of Zorro), dies of a heart attack at 44 on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history robert White & Perry Smith murder four members of the Herbert Clutter Family at their farm outside Holcomb, Kansas.   

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

1960  On this day in history elgin Baylor of NBA LA Lakers scores 71 points vs NY Knicks   

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 November - 15.   

1965  Craig Breedlove sets land speed record (600.601 mph-966.57 kph) on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history gemini XII returns to Earth   

1967  Michael Adams in X-15 reaches 80 km on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1969  On this day in history roy D'Arcy, actor (Lovers, Actress), dies at 75   

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

1975  On this day in history 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 November - 15 president Jimmy Carter welcomes Shah of Iran   

1978  On this day in history 183 die as Icelandic Airlines DC-8 crashes in Colombo, Sri Lanka   

1978  On November - 15 margaret Mead, anthropologist (Thoughts & Female), dies in NY at 76   

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

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1316  On this day in history birth of jean I, king of France (Nov 15-19, 1316) (he lived only 4 days)   

1397  Nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italy, Pope (1447-55) was born on November - 15.   

1498  On November - 15 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  Davis Mell, composer was born on November - 15.   

1607  Madeleine de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1701) was born on November - 15.   

1619  On November - 15 birth of philips Koninck, Amsterdams painter/etcher   

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

0655  On this day in history death of penda, King of Mercia   

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

1136  Death of Margrave Leopold III of Austria (b. 1073) on November - 15.   

1194  On November - 15 margaretha van Elzas, wife of count Boudouin V of Henegouwen, dies   

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

1463  Death of Giovanni Antonio del Balzo Orsini, Prince of Taranto and Constable of Naples on this day in history.   

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