Page 6: Historical Events In November - 15

1947  On this day in history bradman scores his 100th 100, 172 v Indians at the SCG   

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

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  The first regularly scheduled commercial flights over North Pole begins on November - 15.   

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

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

1955  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1958  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1963  On November - 15 fritz Reiner, Hung/US conductor (Chicago Symphony Orch), dies at 74   

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

1966  Gemini XII returns to Earth on November - 15.   

1967  On November - 15 michael Adams in X-15 reaches 80 km   

1967  On November - 15 alice Lake, silent screen actress (Frisco Kid, Wicked), dies at 72   

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  Roy D'Arcy, actor (Lovers, Actress), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1974  James Morrison, actor (Don't, Black Beauty), dies on his 86th birthday on November - 15.   

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 November - 15 president Jimmy Carter welcomes Shah of Iran   

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

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

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  On November - 15 birth of jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (d. 1618)   

1559  On this day in history birth of albrecht, arch duke of Austrian/cardinal-archbishop of Toledo   

1604  On this day in history birth of davis Mell, composer   

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

1619  On this day in history birth of philips Koninck, Amsterdams painter/etcher   

0565  On November - 15 justitianus I, [Petrus Sabbatius], Byzantine emperor (527-65), dies   

0655  Death of Penda, King of Mercia on November - 15.   

1028  On this day in history death of constantine VIII Byzantine Emperor (b. 960)   

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

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

1280  On November - 15 albertus Magnus the Great, German leader/bishop Regensburg, dies at 87   

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)