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November 15 Historical Events

The following events took place on November 15. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 54 events. Showing 31 - 54.

  • 1969
    Cold War: The Soviet submarine K-19 collides with the American submarine USS Gato in the Barents Sea.
  • 1969
    Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 250,000-500,000 protesters staged a peaceful demonstration against the war, including a symbolic “March Against Death”.
  • 1971
    Intel releases the world’s first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004.
  • 1976
    René Lévesque and the Parti Québécois take power to become the first Quebec government of the 20th century clearly in favor of independence.
  • 1978
    A chartered Douglas DC-8 crashes near Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 183.
  • 1979
    A package from Unabomber Ted Kaczynski begins smoking in the cargo hold of a flight from Chicago to Washington, D.C., forcing the plane to make an emergency landing.
  • 1983
    Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is founded. Recognized only by Turkey.
  • 1985
    A research assistant is injured when a package from the Unabomber addressed to a University of Michigan professor explodes.
  • 1985
    The Anglo-Irish Agreement is signed at Hillsborough Castle by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Irish Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald.
  • 1987
    Continental Airlines Flight 1713, a Douglas DC-9-14 jetliner, crashes in a snowstorm at Denver’s Stapleton International Airport, killing 28 occupants, while 54 survive the crash.
  • 1987
    In Brașov, Romania, workers rebel against the communist regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu.
  • 1988
    In the Soviet Union, the unmanned Shuttle Buran makes its only space flight.
  • 1988
    Israeli–Palestinian conflict: An independent State of Palestine is proclaimed by the Palestinian National Council.
  • 1988
    The first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, is launched in the Netherlands.
  • 1990
    Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis launches with flight STS-38.
  • 1990
    The Communist People’s Republic of Bulgaria is disestablished and a new republican government is instituted.
  • 2000
    A chartered Antonov An-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola, killing more than 40 people.
  • 2000
    Jharkhand state comes into existence in India.
  • 2002
    Hu Jintao becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and a new nine-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
  • 2003
    The first day of the 2003 Istanbul bombings, in which two car bombs, targeting two synagogues, explode, killing 25 people and wounding about 300. Additional bombings follow on November 20.
  • 2006
    Al Jazeera English launches worldwide.
  • 2007
    Cyclone Sidr hits Bangladesh, killing an estimated 5,000 people and destroying parts of the world’s largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans.
  • 2012
    Xi Jinping becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and a new seven-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
  • 2012
    Four people are killed and 16 others are injured in the Midland train crash after a Union Pacific train struck a parade float in Midland, Texas.

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