371 Historic Events for November 15
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| 1863 |
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Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (childless), dies
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| 1864 |
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1st US mines school opens in basement of Columbia University, NY
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| 1864 |
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Union Major General Sherman burns Atlanta
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| 1869 |
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Free postal delivery formally inaugurated
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| 1870 |
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Bathe becomes member of Noordduitse Union
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| 1872 |
Birth |
Robert marquess of Flers, French author (Habit Vert)
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| 1874 |
Birth |
Schack August Steenberg Krogh, Denmark, physiologist (Nobel-1920)
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| 1878 |
Birth |
Bela Reinitz, composer
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| 1879 |
Birth |
Lewis Stone, Worcester Mass, actor (Prisoner of Zenda)
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| 1881 |
Birth |
Franklin P Adams, Chicago Ill, columnist (Information Please)
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| 1881 |
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American Federation of Labor (AFL) founded (Pittsburgh)
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| 1882 |
Birth |
Felix Frankfurter, Vienna Aust, 80th Supreme Court Justice (1939-62)
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| 1882 |
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British HMS Flirt destroys village of Asaba Niger
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| 1884 |
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Colonization of Africa orgainized at Intl conference in Berlin
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| 1886 |
Birth |
Pedro Sanju n, San Sebastian, Spain, composer (Castilla)
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| 1887 |
Birth |
Georgia O'Keefe, Sun Prairie Wisc, sculptor/painter (Cow's Skull)
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| 1887 |
Birth |
Marianne Moore, St Louis, poet (Pulitzer 1951, Collected Poems)
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| 1887 |
Birth |
Hitoshi Asida, Japanese politician
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| 1887 |
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British SS Wah Yeung catches fire on Canton River off Hong Kong
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| 1887 |
Birth |
Ren‚ Maran, Martinique, author (Batouala, Prix Goncourt)
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| 1888 |
Birth |
James Morrison, Mattoon IL, actor (Little Detectives)
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| 1889 |
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Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, deposed; republic proclaimed
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| 1891 |
Birth |
W Averell Harriman, US, (Gov-D-NY)/ambassador to USSR (1943-46)
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| 1891 |
Birth |
Erwin Rommel, German fieldmarshal (WW II-African campaign)
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| 1895 |
Birth |
Ina Claire, actress (Claudia, Ninotchka, Rebound)
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