371 Historic Events for November 15
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| 1897 |
Death |
John Mercer Langston, US black jurist, dies at 67
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| 1897 |
Birth |
Sacheverell Sitwell, English poet/author (People's Palace)
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| 1898 |
Birth |
Willy Alfredo, [Willem Jue], Dutch entertainer/poet (Fish-Trap)
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| 1899 |
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Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill and wife captured in Natal
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| 1901 |
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Heavyweight James J Jeffries KOs Gus Ruhlin in SF
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| 1901 |
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James J Jeffries TKOs Gus Ruhlin in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
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| 1902 |
Birth |
Frederico Freitas, composer
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| 1902 |
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Leopold II, King of Belgium almost assassinated by Italian anarchist
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| 1902 |
Birth |
Jack Ingram, IL, actor (2« Stars, Law of the West, Roaring Westward)
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| 1903 |
Birth |
Stewie Dempster, cricketer (1st great NZ Test batsman)
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| 1903 |
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Eugen d'Alberts opera "Tiefland," premieres in Prague
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| 1904 |
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King C Gillette patents Gillette razor blade
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| 1904 |
Birth |
Tilly Losch, Vienna Austria, actress (Garden of Allah)
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Curtis E Le May, air force general/VP candidate
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| 1907 |
Birth |
Count Claus Schenck von Stauffenberg, German anti fascist colonel
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| 1907 |
Death |
Horatio Richmond Palmer, composer, dies at 73
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| 1908 |
Death |
Tz'u-hsi (Cixi), empress of China, dies at 73
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| 1908 |
Death |
Cixi [the old Buddha], empress-widow of China, dies
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Don Large, Canada, choral director (Wayne King)
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| 1910 |
Death |
Wilhelm Raabe, [Jakob Corvinus], German author, dies at 79
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| 1911 |
Event |
Proclamation sets designs for Canadian $5 and $10 gold coins
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Rick Schagen, Dutch actress (Saartje-Swiebertje)
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| 1914 |
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Ital socialist Benito Mussolini founds newspaper Il populo d'italia
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Gheorghe Dumitrescu, composer
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Jorge Bolet, Havana Cuba, pianist (C'eurties Instituka)
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