Historical Events In November - 15

1947  On November - 15 bradman scores his 100th 100, 172 v Indians at the SCG   

1948  William Lyon Mackenzie King retires as PM of Canada on November - 15.   

1949  On November - 15 kRON TV channel 4 in San Francisco, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting   

1950  Arthur Dorrington, 1st black man in organized hockey is signed (Atl City Seagulls of Eastern Amateur Hockey League) on November - 15.   

1951  Cricket 1st-class debut of Hanif Mohammad, Pak XI v MCC, Lahore on November - 15.   

1953  On this day in history wIBW TV channel 13 in Topeka, KS (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting   

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 this day in history.   

1954  On November - 15 lionel Barrymore, [Blythe], actor (Dr Kildare, Key Largo), dies at 76   

1955  On November - 15 poland & Yugoslavia sign trade agreement   

1955  On November - 15 lloyd Bacon, director (Fuller Brush Girl, 42nd Street), dies at 65   

1956  On November - 15 "Li'l Abner" opens at St James Theater NYC for 693 performances   

1957  On November - 15 uS sentences Soviet spy Rudolf Ivanovich Abel to 30 years and $3,000 fine   

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  Alex Kennedy, cricketer (31 wkts in 5 Tests for England 1922-23), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 November - 15 gemini XII returns to Earth   

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

1967  Alice Lake, silent screen actress (Frisco Kid, Wicked), dies at 72 on November - 15.   

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

1969  On November - 15 janis Joplin, accused of vulgar and indecent language in Tampa, FL   

1969  On November - 15 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  On this day in history jean Gabin, French actor (Quai des Brumes), dies at 72   

1977  President Jimmy Carter welcomes Shah of Iran on November - 15.   

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

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 November - 15.   

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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 this day in history.   

1498  On this day in history birth of eleonore of Austria, Queen of Portugal and France (d. 1558)   

1556  Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (d. 1618) was born on this day in history.   

1559  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of philips Koninck, Amsterdams painter/etcher   

0565  Justitianus I, [Petrus Sabbatius], Byzantine emperor (527-65), dies on November - 15.   

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

1028  Death of Constantine VIII Byzantine Emperor (b. 960) on November - 15.   

1136  Death of Margrave Leopold III of Austria (b. 1073) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of giovanni Antonio del Balzo Orsini, Prince of Taranto and Constable of Naples   

1544  Death of King Jungjong of Joseon (b. 1506) on November - 15.