371 Historic Events for November 15
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| 1939 |
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FDR lays cornerstone of Jefferson Memorial in Wash DC
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| 1939 |
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Thalmus Rasulala, [Jack Crowder], Miami Fla, actor (Blacula, Roots)
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| 1939 |
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Nazis begin mass murder of Warsaw Jews
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Erik Hansen, Denmark, 1K kayak (Olympic-gold-1960)
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| 1940 |
Birth |
Sam Waterson, Cambridge Mass, actor (Capricorn One, Heaven's Gate)
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| 1940 |
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NY Midtown tunnel linking Manhattan and Queens opens to traffic
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| 1940 |
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1st 75,000 men called to armed forces duty during peacetime
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| 1940 |
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1st black to sign hockey contract-Arthur Dorrington and AC Seagulls
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| 1941 |
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Cow Palace opens in San Francisco
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| 1941 |
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Yugoslav government in exile names Draza Mihailovic premier
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| 1941 |
Birth |
Daniel Manus Pinkwater, US, sci-fi author (Magic Moscow)
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Daniel Barenboim, Buenos Aires Argentinia, pianist/conductor
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| 1943 |
Birth |
Roger Donaldson, director (Cocktail, Cadillac Man, White Sands)
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| 1944 |
Death |
Maarten Reuchlin, resistance fighter, executed
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| 1944 |
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Surprise attack on office of Nethche Bank
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| 1945 |
Birth |
Anni-Frid Lyngsdtad, [Fryeda Anderson], Sweden, rocker (ABBA)
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| 1945 |
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The rules are revised for election of modern players to the Hall of
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| 1946 |
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Ted Williams is picked as AL MVP
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| 1946 |
Birth |
Janet Lennon, Culver City Calif, singer (Lennon Sisters)
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| 1946 |
Birth |
Carmine Appice, NYC, rock drummer (Vanilla Fudge)
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| 1946 |
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Joseph McCarthy's HUAC interrogates astronomer Harlow Shapley
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| 1947 |
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Soccer team GVVV forms in Veenendaal
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| 1947 |
Event |
Bradman scores his 100th 100, 172 v Indians at the SCG
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| 1947 |
Birth |
William B Richardson, (Rep-D-New Mexico, 1983- )
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| 1948 |
Event |
William Lyon Mackenzie King retires as PM of Canada
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