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Events on the 15th of November in history

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15 Nov 1316 Jan I becomes King of France, dies 4 days later
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15 Nov 1348 Rudolph of Oron claims Jews have confessed to poisoning wells
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15 Nov 1491 6 Jews and 5 Conversos accused of killing Christians in La Guardia Spain
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15 Nov 1491 Anna van Bretagne becomes devoted to end "la guerre folle"
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15 Nov 1492 Christopher Columbus notes 1st recorded reference to tobacco
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15 Nov 1492 In Spain, 6 Jews & 5 Conversos are accused of using black magic
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15 Nov 1527 Treaty of Beautiful garden (Emperor-Ecclesiastical goods)
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15 Nov 1532 Pope Clemens VII tells Henry VIII to end relationship with Anna Boleyn
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15 Nov 1533 Francisco Pizarro arrives at Cuzco
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15 Nov 1577 Sir Francis Drake aboard Pelican travels from Chile to Washington
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15 Nov 1583 Gelders Earl Willem of the Bergh flees
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15 Nov 1660 1st kosher butcher (Asser Levy) licensed in NYC (New Amsterdam)
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15 Nov 1679 English house of Commons accept Exclusion Bill
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15 Nov 1715 Barrier Treaty, Austria cedes area to the Netherlands
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15 Nov 1727 New York General assembly permits Jews to omit phrase "upon the faith of a Christian" from abjuration oath
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15 Nov 1763 Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon begin surveying Mason-Dixon Line between Pennsylvania and Maryland
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15 Nov 1777 Articles of Confederation adopted by Continental Congress
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15 Nov 1791 1st Catholic college in US, Georgetown, opens
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15 Nov 1806 1st US college magazine, Yale Literary Government, publishes the 1st issue
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15 Nov 1806 Explorer Zebulon Pike sights Pikes Peak (Colorado)
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15 Nov 1813 Allied troops occupies Groningen
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15 Nov 1813 Tax revolt in Amsterdam
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15 Nov 1824 Series of fires kills 10 (Edinburgh Scotland)
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15 Nov 1826 Dutch Business Me gets monopoly on opium trade in Java / Madura
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15 Nov 1827 Creek-indians lose all their property in US
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15 Nov 1835 HMS Beagle / Charles Darwin reaches Tahiti
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15 Nov 1837 Isaac Pitman introduces his steno system
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15 Nov 1845 Opera "Maritana" is produced (London)
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15 Nov 1845 The opera "Maritana" is produced (London)
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15 Nov 1849 1st US poultry show opens in Boston
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15 Nov 1864 1st US mines school opens in basement of Columbia University, New York
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15 Nov 1864 Union Major General Sherman burns Atlanta
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15 Nov 1864 Sherman burns Atlanta
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15 Nov 1869 Free postal delivery formally inaugurated
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15 Nov 1870 Bathe becomes member of Noordduitse Union
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15 Nov 1881 American Federation of Labor (AFL) founded (Pittsburgh)
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15 Nov 1882 British HMS Flirt destroys village of Asaba Niger
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15 Nov 1884 Colonization of Africa organized at international conference in Berlin
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15 Nov 1887 British SS Wah Yeung catches fire on Canton River off Hong Kong
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15 Nov 1889 Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, deposed; republic proclaimed
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15 Nov 1899 Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill and wife captured in Natal
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15 Nov 1901 Heavyweight James J Jeffries KOs Gus Ruhlin in San Francisco
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15 Nov 1901 James J Jeffries TKOs Gus Ruhlin in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
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15 Nov 1902 Leopold II, King of Belgium almost assassinated by Italian anarchist
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15 Nov 1904 King C Gillette patents Gillette razor blade
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15 Nov 1911 Proclamation sets designs for Canadian $5 and $10 gold coins
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15 Nov 1919 Senate 1st invokes cloture to end a filibuster (Versailles Treaty)
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15 Nov 1920 Free City of Danzig established under League of Nations protection
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15 Nov 1920 League of Nations holds 1st meeting, in Geneva
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15 Nov 1921 KYW-AM in Philadelphia PA begins radio transmissions
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15 Nov 1922 British Conservative wins election / Labour 2nd party
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15 Nov 1924 Dutch Christian Radio Society (NCRV) forms
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15 Nov 1926 1st formal radio network, RCA takes over AT&T 25 station Network (NBC)
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15 Nov 1926 AT&T sells WEAF radio to RCA (NYC)
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15 Nov 1926 NBC on-air debut with a radio network of 24 stations
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15 Nov 1932 Walt Disney Art School created
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15 Nov 1934 Nobel for chemistry awarded to Harold C Urey (deuterium)
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15 Nov 1935 Commonwealth of Phillipines inaugurated
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15 Nov 1936 Nazi-Germany and Japan sign Anti-Komintern pact
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15 Nov 1937 1st congressional session in air-conditioned chambers
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15 Nov 1938 1st telecast of an unscheduled event (fire), W2XBT, New York
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15 Nov 1938 Farewell Parade of International Brigades in Barcelona
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15 Nov 1939 Anti-German demonstrations in Czechoslovakia
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15 Nov 1939 FDR lays cornerstone of Jefferson Memorial in Washington DC
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15 Nov 1939 Nazis begin mass murder of Warsaw Jews
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15 Nov 1939 Social Security Administration approves 1st unemployment check
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15 Nov 1940 1st black to sign hockey contract-Arthur Dorrington and AC Seagulls
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15 Nov 1940 New York Midtown tunnel linking Manhattan and Queens opens to traffic
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15 Nov 1940 1st 75,000 men called to armed forces duty during peacetime
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15 Nov 1941 Yugoslav government in exile names Draza Mihailovic Premier
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15 Nov 1941 Cow Palace opens in San Francisco
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15 Nov 1944 Surprise attack on office of Nethche Bank
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15 Nov 1945 The rules are revised for election of modern players to the Hall of
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15 Nov 1946 Ted Williams is picked as AL MVP
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15 Nov 1947 Bradman scores his 100th 100,172 vs. Indians at the SCG
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15 Nov 1947 Soccer team GVVV forms in Veenendaal
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15 Nov 1948 William Lyon Mackenzie King retires as Prime Minister of Canada
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15 Nov 1949 KRON TV channel 4 in San Francisco, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting
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15 Nov 1949 WSAZ TV channel 3 in Huntington-Charleston, NV (NBC) 1st broadcast
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15 Nov 1949 KRON (Channel 4, San Francisco) signs on, from 7 to 10 PM
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15 Nov 1950 Arthur Dorrington is 1st black man in organized hockey (Atl City Seagulls of Eastern Amateur Hockey League
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15 Nov 1950 1st Negro player in organized hockey-Arthur Dorrington signed
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15 Nov 1951 New York Yankee Gil McDougald wins AL Rookie of Year
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15 Nov 1953 WIBW TV channel 13 in Topeka, KS (CBS / ABC) begins broadcasting
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15 Nov 1953 WRBL TV channel 3 in Columbus, Georgia (CBS) begins broadcasting
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15 Nov 1954 1st regularly scheduled commercial flights over North Pole begins
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15 Nov 1955 Poland andYugoslavia sign trade agreement
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15 Nov 1957 US sentences Soviet spy Rudolf Ivanovich Abel to 30 years & $3,000
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15 Nov 1959 Robert White and Perry Smith kill Clutters
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15 Nov 1959 Richard Hickock & Perry Smith kill Clutters
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15 Nov 1960 USS G Washington, 1st sub with nuclear ballistic missiles, launched
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15 Nov 1960 Elgin Baylor of NBA Los Angeles Lakers scores 71 points vs NY Knicks
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15 Nov 1961 Comet C / 1961 T1 (Seki) approaches within 0.1019 AUs of Earth
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15 Nov 1961 Roger Maris is voted AL MVP
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15 Nov 1961 UN bans nuclear arms
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15 Nov 1962 Don Drysdale wins Cy Young Award
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15 Nov 1964 Ajax soccer star Johan Cruijff debuts against GVAV
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15 Nov 1964 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA San Antonio Civitan Golf Open
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15 Nov 1964 KBYU TV channel 11 in Provo, UT (PBS) begins broadcasting
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15 Nov 1964 Sudan Premier Ibrahim Abbud resigns
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15 Nov 1964 Mickey Wright shoots a 62, lowest golf score for a woman pro
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15 Nov 1965 Craig Breedlove sets land speed record (600.601 mph - 966.57 km/h)
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15 Nov 1966 Gemini XII (Lovell / Aldrin) returns to Earth
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15 Nov 1966 Gemini XII returns to Earth
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15 Nov 1967 WLTV TV channel 23 in Miami, Florida (IND) begins broadcasting
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15 Nov 1967 Michael Adams in X-15 reaches 80 km
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15 Nov 1968 1st date in controversial Jim Bouton baseball diary "Ball Four"
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15 Nov 1969 1st commercial ad on English TV: Birds-Eye Peas on ATV (Midland)
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15 Nov 1969 1st Jackson Five record to enter top 100 (I Want You Back)
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15 Nov 1969 Janis Joplin, accused of vulgar and indicent language in Tampa, Florida
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15 Nov 1969 250,000 peacefully demonstrate in Wash DC against the Vietnam War
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15 Nov 1971 Intel advertises 4004-processor
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15 Nov 1972 Circle-in the-Square Theater opens at 1633 Broadway, New York City
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15 Nov 1972 White Sox Dick Allen wins AL MVP
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15 Nov 1972 Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 48 launched to study gamma rays
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15 Nov 1973 Egypt and Israel exchange prisoners of war
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15 Nov 1974 Ringo releases "Goodnight Vienna" and"Only You" in the UK
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15 Nov 1974 Ringo releases "Goodnight Vienna" & "Only You" in UK
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15 Nov 1975 Miss Teenage America Pageant
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15 Nov 1976 Syrian army conquerors Beirut
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15 Nov 1977 President Jimmy Carter welcomes Shah of Iran
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15 Nov 1978 Pirates outfielder Dave Parker wins NL MVP
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15 Nov 1978 183 die as Icelandic Airlines DC-8 crashes in Colombo, Sri Lanka
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15 Nov 1979 ABC-TV announces it would broadcast nightly specials on Iran hostage
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15 Nov 1979 British government identifies Sir Anthony Blunt as 4th man in Soviet spy ring
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15 Nov 1980 Pope John Paul II began 5 day visit to West Germany,
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15 Nov 1981 "Camelot" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 48 performances
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15 Nov 1982 Funeral services held in Moscow's Red Square for Leonid I Brezhnev
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15 Nov 1983 75th hat trick in Islander history-Mike Bossy
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15 Nov 1983 Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus proclaimed
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15 Nov 1986 2nd time Saturday Night Live uses a time delay (Sam Knison hosts)
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15 Nov 1987 Carla Beurskens runs Dutch female record marathon (2:26:34)
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15 Nov 1987 Leile McBridge (Denver), crowned Miss Black America
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15 Nov 1987 New York Giant Raul Allegre kicks 2, 50 or more yard field goals in a game
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15 Nov 1987 28 of 82 aboard Continental Airlines DC-9 die in crash at Denver
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15 Nov 1988 Dodgers outfielder Kirk Gibson wins NL MVP Award
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15 Nov 1988 91 m radio telescope dish at Green Bank, WV collapses
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15 Nov 1988 PLO proclaims the State of Palestine, recognizes Israeli existence
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15 Nov 1988 Soviet space shuttle makes unmanned maiden flight (2 orbits)
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15 Nov 1989 "Batman" is released on video tape
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15 Nov 1989 "Few Good Men" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 497 performances
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15 Nov 1989 Bret Saberhagen wins AL Cy Young Award
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15 Nov 1989 "Batman" is released on video tape
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15 Nov 1989 Walter Davis (Denver) begins NBA free throw streak of 53 games
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15 Nov 1990 President Bush signs the Clear Air Act of 1990
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15 Nov 1990 Producers confirm that Milli Vanilli didn't sing on their album
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15 Nov 1990 US 68th manned space mission STS 38 (Atlantis 7) launches into orbit
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15 Nov 1991 Dow Jones average drops 120.31 points (5th largest dive)
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15 Nov 1991 Ricky Pierce (Seattle) begins NBA free throw streak of 75 games
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15 Nov 1992 Cuban Ilyushin IL-18 flight to Puerto Plata crashes, 34 die
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15 Nov 1993 Howard Stern radio show premieres in Myrtle Beach SC on WYAV 104.1 FM
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15 Nov 1993 Joe Buttafuoco sentence to 6 months for statutory rape of Amy Fisher
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15 Nov 1994 "Glass Menagerie" opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 57 performances
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15 Nov 1994 6.7-8.1 earthquake strikes Philippines, killing 45
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15 Nov 1994 Helmut Kohl elected German chancellor (341-340 votes)
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15 Nov 1994 Nepal Communist party Dutch Communist Party-UML wins election
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15 Nov 1995 "Master Class" opens at Golden Theater NYC for 601 performances
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15 Nov 1995 Space shuttle Atlantis docks with orbiting Russian space station Mir
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15 Nov 1996 "Into the Whirlwind" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 2 performances
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15 Nov 1997 19th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 32 awards
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15 Nov 1997 William Shatner (66) weds Norine Kidd
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15 Nov 1999 Next transit of Mercury visible in North America
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