1136 Saint Leopold III, known as Leopold the Good, was the Margrave of Austria from 1095 to his death on November 15, 1136. (Margrave was the title given in the Middle Ages to a military commander responsible for the defense of a province of the Holy Roman Empire.) He is mainly remembered for the development of the country and, in particular, the founding of several monasteries.
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| St Leopold III with two deceased sons, Klosterneuburg Monastery, 1489–1492 |
1630 Astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler died in the South East German city of Regensburg on November 15, 1630. Kepler's Protestant faith was not affected by his astronomical findings as he believed that the source of all power and light, the Sun is the very image of God. Kepler asserted that his discoveries "may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited 6,000 years for an observer."
1738 The astronomer William Herschel was born on November 15, 1738 in the Electorate of Hanover in Germany, part of the Holy Roman Empire. His father was an oboist in the Hanover Military Band. William grew up in Hanover and came to England as a refugee in 1757, in the aftermath of the French victory in the Seven Years War. During his career, he constructed more than four hundred telescopes and discovered Uranus and two of Uranus' major moons.
1738 The astronomer William Herschel was born on November 15, 1738 in the Electorate of Hanover in Germany, part of the Holy Roman Empire. His father was an oboist in the Hanover Military Band. William grew up in Hanover and came to England as a refugee in 1757, in the aftermath of the French victory in the Seven Years War. During his career, he constructed more than four hundred telescopes and discovered Uranus and two of Uranus' major moons.
1819 Scottish physician Daniel Rutherford died on November 15, 1819. He was the uncle of the novelist Sir Walter Scott. Rutherford discovered nitrogen in 1772, calling it noxious gas or fixed gas. He is also known for his contributions to the understanding of gases.
1867 On November 15, 1867, the first stock ticker was unveiled in New York City. The advent of the ticker ultimately revolutionized the stock market by making up-to-the-minute prices available to investors around the country. Prior to this development, information from the New York Stock Exchange, which has been around since 1792, traveled by mail or messenger.
1867 German polyglot Emil Krebs was born on November 15, 1867. Krebs mastered 68 languages in speech and writing - including Mandarin and all those spoken in today’s European Union - and studied 120 other languages. His private library contained the Bible in 61 different languages. After Krebs died, his brain was recovered and is still kept as an ‘elite brain’ at the Vogt Institute for Brain Research at Heinrich Heine University in Dusseldorf.
1887 American modernist artist Georgia O'Keeffe was born on November 15, 1887, the daughter of dairy farmers. She was named after her mother's father, George Victor Totto, a Hungarian count.. O'Keefe, who was best known for her giant paintings of flower holds the record for the most expensive painting by a female artist sold at auction. Her 1932 work Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 made $44,405,000 at Sotheby’s in New York in 2014.
1889 The design of the Brazilian flag has a green field with a yellow diamond in the center containing a blue circle with 27 white stars arranged in the pattern of the night sky over Rio de Janeiro as it appeared on November 15, 1889. The stars represent the states and the Federal District of Brazil.
1899 Winston Churchill was The Morning Post's war correspondent during the Boer War. On November 15, 1899, he was captured and imprisoned by Boers. The following month, Churchill and two other inmates successfully made an escape from the prison camp in Pretoria over the latrine wall, hiding in a mine shaft for three days.
1915 Rolex, the largest single luxury watch company was founded by Hans Wilsdorf and Alfred Davis in London, England in 1905 as Wilsdorf and Davis. It began trading under the Rolex name on November 15, 1915. The name Rolex is a contradiction of 'horological excellence', the 'rol' taken from the first word, and the 'ex' from the second.
1928 Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups are round chocolate cups filled with a creamy peanut butter filling. H. B. Reese, a former dairy farmer and shipping foreman for Milton S. Hershey first created them on November 15, 1928. Hershey’s company first manufactured the iconic cups the same year.
1867 On November 15, 1867, the first stock ticker was unveiled in New York City. The advent of the ticker ultimately revolutionized the stock market by making up-to-the-minute prices available to investors around the country. Prior to this development, information from the New York Stock Exchange, which has been around since 1792, traveled by mail or messenger.
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| Watching the ticker tape, 1918 |
1867 German polyglot Emil Krebs was born on November 15, 1867. Krebs mastered 68 languages in speech and writing - including Mandarin and all those spoken in today’s European Union - and studied 120 other languages. His private library contained the Bible in 61 different languages. After Krebs died, his brain was recovered and is still kept as an ‘elite brain’ at the Vogt Institute for Brain Research at Heinrich Heine University in Dusseldorf.
1887 American modernist artist Georgia O'Keeffe was born on November 15, 1887, the daughter of dairy farmers. She was named after her mother's father, George Victor Totto, a Hungarian count.. O'Keefe, who was best known for her giant paintings of flower holds the record for the most expensive painting by a female artist sold at auction. Her 1932 work Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 made $44,405,000 at Sotheby’s in New York in 2014.
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| Alfred Stieglitz photograph of O'Keeffe with sketchpad and watercolors, 1918 |
1889 The design of the Brazilian flag has a green field with a yellow diamond in the center containing a blue circle with 27 white stars arranged in the pattern of the night sky over Rio de Janeiro as it appeared on November 15, 1889. The stars represent the states and the Federal District of Brazil.
1899 Winston Churchill was The Morning Post's war correspondent during the Boer War. On November 15, 1899, he was captured and imprisoned by Boers. The following month, Churchill and two other inmates successfully made an escape from the prison camp in Pretoria over the latrine wall, hiding in a mine shaft for three days.
1915 Rolex, the largest single luxury watch company was founded by Hans Wilsdorf and Alfred Davis in London, England in 1905 as Wilsdorf and Davis. It began trading under the Rolex name on November 15, 1915. The name Rolex is a contradiction of 'horological excellence', the 'rol' taken from the first word, and the 'ex' from the second.
1943 Gypsies are nomadic people of low-caste Indian origin, who migrated to Persia. They moved onto Europe, reaching Germany in the 15th century. German SS leader Heinrich Himmler ordered on November 15, 1943 that Gypsies were to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps".
1945 ABBA's Anni-Frid Lyngstad was born in the Norwegian village of Bjørkåsen on November 15, 1945 to a Norwegian mother and German soldier father — the result of a Nazi project to ‘enrich’ the Aryan gene pool. Her mother and grandmother were branded as traitors and ostracised in their home village in Norway, and were forced to flee to Sweden. She did not reach international fame until she joined ABBA, which has sold over 150 million albums and singles worldwide.
1963 The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus was founded on November 15, 1963.The self-declared state comprises the northeastern portion of the island of Cyprus, but is recognized only by Turkey. Northern Cyprus is considered by the international community to be part of the Republic of Cyprus.
1967 Harold ‘Kim' Philby, former head of the Soviet section of the British Secret intelligence Service, admitted in Moscow on November 15, 1967 that he had spied for Russia for 30 years and said: "I would do it again tomorrow." He added that the Depression and the pre-war split in British socialism led him to devote his life to the "fight for communism."
1969 Dave Thomas opened the first Wendy's restaurant on November 15, 1969 in Columbus, Ohio. Before he founded Wendy's, Dave Thomas worked for Kentucky Fried Chicken ending up as a Regional Director. Wendy's is named after Dave Thomas' daughter, Melinda—she couldn't pronounce Rs and Ls as a kid, calling herself “Wenda.”
1984 American baby Stephanie Fae Beauclair, also known as Baby Fae, died on November 15, 1984, 20 days after the world’s first cross-species heart transplant, having been given a baboon’s heart. Baby Fae was born with a severe heart defect, and the transplant was an attempt to save her life. Unfortunately, despite the efforts of the medical team, she succumbed to complications following the surgery.
1988 The first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, was launched in the Netherlands on November 15, 1988. The name comes from Max Havelaar, which is both the title and the main character of a Dutch 19th-century novel critical of Dutch colonialism in the Dutch East Indies. As of 2019, over 1.9 million farmers and workers in 71 countries were participating in Fairtrade International.
1988 Meeting in Algiers, the Palestinian National Council on November 15, 1988, issued the Palestinian Declaration of Independence. The Declaration, written by Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish and proclaimed by Yasser Arafat was significant for its definition of an independence state ("The State of Palestine is the state of Palestinians wherever they may be").
1989 Sachin Tendulkar made his Test Cricket debut on November 15, 1989 against Pakistan in Karachi at the age of sixteen, and went on to represent India internationally for close to twenty-four years. He is the highest run scorer of all time in international cricket. Tendulkar played 664 international cricket matches in total, scoring 34,357 runs.
2001 Halo is a military science fiction first-person shooter video game that was first released on November 15, 2001. Halo was originally a Mac game that Steve Jobs was going to use to prove that Macintosh computers were viable for gaming.
2011 The Istana Negara (Malay for National Palace) is the official residence of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the head of state of Malaysia. Construction began in November 2007 and cost RM812 million to build. The palace opened on November 15, 2011 and replaced the old Istana Negara which was located at a different compound in central Kuala Lumpur.
2017 On November 15, 2017, President Robert Mugabe was placed under house arrest as Zimbabwe's military took control in a coup. He resigned the Presidency a week later. Having served as the leader of Zimbabwe for 36 years Robert Mugabe was one of the oldest and longest serving leaders of a non-royal country, in the world.
2017 Leonardo da Vinci’s portrait of Christ, Salvator Mundi, sold for a record-smashing $450.3 million (£341 million) on November 15, 2017 at Christie’s, New York more than double the old price for any work of art at auction. Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Farhan bought the painting on behalf of the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture & Tourism.
America Recycles Day (ARD) is celebrated on November 15 each year across the United States to promote economic, environmental and social benefits of recycling.
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