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History on the 15th of November

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15 Nov 1626 RELIGIOUS The original Mayflower "pilgrims" (Separatists), having lived in their American colony for six years, bought out their London investors for 1,800 pounds.
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15 Nov 1760 RELIGIOUS Anglican hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter: 'Our love to Him is the proof and measure of what we know of His love to us.'
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15 Nov 1804 RELIGIOUS Anglican missionary to Persia, Henry Martyn wrote in his journal: 'Corruption always begins the day, but morning prayer never fails to set my mind in a right frame.'
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15 Nov 1839 RELIGIOUS Scottish clergyman Robert Murray McCheyne wrote in a letter: 'I know well that when Christ is nearest, Satan also is busiest.'
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15 Nov 1911 WW2 Erwin Rommel graduated from the Royal Officer Cadet School in Danzig. 
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15 Nov 1917 WW2 Ira Eaker, until this point a second lieutenant in the reserve, received a commission in the Regular Army of the United States. 
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15 Nov 1919 WW2 Roderick Carr joined the air arm of the Lithuanian Army. 
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15 Nov 1920 WW2 Nagato was commissioned into service. 
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15 Nov 1920 WW2 The Free City of Danzig was created. 
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15 Nov 1922 WW2 A General election in the United Kingdom (the first since the establishment of the Irish Free State) saw the Conservative Party returned to Government. However (for the first time) a divided Liberal Party was beaten into third place by the Labour Party. 
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15 Nov 1924 WW2 Light carrier Hosho was transferred out of the 1st Fleet. 
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15 Nov 1924 WW2 Lorraine began a period of refitting. 
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15 Nov 1927 WW2 Chuichi Nagumo was name an instructor at the Japanese naval war college. 
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15 Nov 1927 WW2 Captain Shigeru Kikuno was named the commanding officer of Tenryu. 
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15 Nov 1927 WW2 Rear Admiral Tadashi Kurata was named the Chief of Staff of the Mako naval port at Pescadores islands, Taiwan. 
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15 Nov 1930 WW2 He Yingqin stepped down as a member of the military logistics committee. 
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15 Nov 1930 WW2 Rear Admiral Kentaro Kojima was named the chief of staff of Chinkai Guard District in southern Korea. 
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15 Nov 1930 WW2 Clarence Tinker was named the commanding officer of the newly formed 20th Pursuit Group based at Mather Airfield, Sacramento, California, United States. 
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15 Nov 1931 WW2 Dietrich Bonhoeffer was ordained at the St. Matthew's Church in Berlin, Germany. 
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15 Nov 1931 WW2 Chinese General Ma Zhanshan of Heilongjiang Province rejected the Japanese ultimatum. 
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15 Nov 1932 WW2 Hiroaki Abe became the commanding officer of Japanese Navy Destroyer Division 2. 
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15 Nov 1932 WW2 Indianapolis was commissioned into service. 
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15 Nov 1932 WW2 Captain Minoru Tayui was named the commanding officer of Tenryu. 
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15 Nov 1932 WW2 Masafumi Arima was assigned to Battleship Division 3. 
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15 Nov 1932 WW2 Vice Admiral Yoshinobu Shishido was named the chief of staff of Chinkai Guard District in southern Korea. 
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15 Nov 1933 WW2 Hiroaki Abe became the commanding officer of Japanese Navy Destroyer Division 23. 
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15 Nov 1933 WW2 Chuichi Nagumo was named the commanding officer of heavy cruiser Takao. 
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15 Nov 1933 WW2 Nobutake Kondo was promoted to the rank of rear admiral and was named the chief instructor of the Japanese Naval War College. 
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15 Nov 1933 WW2 The keel of Montcalm was laid down by Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée at La Seyne-sur-Mer, France. 
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15 Nov 1933 WW2 Naka received a new commanding officer. 
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15 Nov 1933 WW2 Masafumi Arima was promoted to the rank of commander. 
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15 Nov 1933 WW2 Kichisaburo Nomura was made a Naval Councilor on the Supreme War Council. 
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15 Nov 1933 WW2 Vice Admiral Yoshiyuki Niyama was named the commanding officer of the Mako naval port at Pescadores islands, Taiwan. 
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15 Nov 1934 WW2 Captain Chuichi Nagumo was named the commanding officer of the battleship Yamashiro. 
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15 Nov 1934 WW2 Isoroku Yamamoto was promoted to the rank of vice admiral. 
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15 Nov 1934 WW2 Hiroaki Abe was transferred out of Japanese Navy Destroyer Division 23. 
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15 Nov 1934 WW2 Chuichi Nagumo was named the commanding officer of battleship Yamashiro. 
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15 Nov 1934 WW2 Vice Admiral Kichijiro Hamada succeeded Vice Admiral Yurikazu Edahara as the commanding officer of the Ryojun Military Port (previously known as Port Arthur; now Lushunkou, Liaoning Province, China), Kwantung Leased Territory in northeastern China. 
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15 Nov 1934 WW2 Captain Kasuke Abe was named the commanding officer of Naka. 
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15 Nov 1934 WW2 Captain Sueaki Kasuga was named the commanding officer of Tenryu. 
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15 Nov 1934 WW2 Masafumi Arima was transferred out of Cruiser Division 7. 
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15 Nov 1934 WW2 Captain Marquis Teruhisa Komatsu was named the commanding officer of Nachi. 
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15 Nov 1934 WW2 Vice Admiral Seizaburo Kobayashi was named the commanding officer of Chinkai Guard District in southern Korea. 
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15 Nov 1934 WW2 Vice Admiral Hiroshi Ono was named the commanding officer of the Mako naval port at Pescadores islands, Taiwan. 
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15 Nov 1935 WW2 Chuichi Nagumo was promoted to the rank of rear admiral and was placed in command of the First Minelayer Squadron. 
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15 Nov 1935 WW2 Admiral Hideho Wada succeeded Vice Admiral Kichijiro Hamada as the commanding officer of the Ryojun Military Port (previously known as Port Arthur; now Lushunkou, Liaoning Province, China), Kwantung Leased Territory in northeastern China. Vice Admiral Chuichi Hara was named Wada's chief of staff. 
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15 Nov 1935 WW2 The League of Nations placed economic sanctions on Italy for aggressions against Abyssinia. 
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15 Nov 1935 WW2 Captain Aritomo Goto was named the commanding officer of Naka. 
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15 Nov 1935 WW2 The Commonwealth of the Philippines was inaugurated. 
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15 Nov 1935 WW2 Vice Admiral Senzo Wada was named the commanding officer of the Mako naval port at Pescadores islands, Taiwan. 
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15 Nov 1936 WW2 The German Condor Legion went into action for the first time, supporting further Nationalist operations to capture Madrid. 
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15 Nov 1937 WW2 Chen Changjie was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general. 
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15 Nov 1937 WW2 Chuichi Nagumo was named the commandant of the mine warfare school. 
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15 Nov 1937 WW2 Nobutake Kondo was promoted to the rank of vice admiral. 
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15 Nov 1937 WW2 Montcalm was commissioned into service. 
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15 Nov 1937 WW2 Cruiser Georges Leygues was commissioned into service. 
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15 Nov 1938 WW2 Hiroaki Abe was promoted to the rank of rear admiral. 
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15 Nov 1938 WW2 Tamon Yamaguchi was promoted to the rank of rear admiral. 
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15 Nov 1938 WW2 Captain Aritomo Goto was named the commanding officer of battleship Mutsu. 
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15 Nov 1938 WW2 Takeo Takagi was promoted to the rank of rear admiral. 
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15 Nov 1938 WW2 Chuichi Nagumo was named the commanding officer of the 3rd Cruiser Division. 
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15 Nov 1938 WW2 Vice Admiral Ichiro Sato succeeded Vice Admiral Masaichi Maeda as the commanding officer of the Ryojun Military Port (previously known as Port Arthur; now Lushunkou, Liaoning Province, China), Kwantung Leased Territory in northeastern China. 
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15 Nov 1938 WW2 In Germany, Jewish children were expelled from schools. 
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15 Nov 1938 WW2 Captain Shutoku Miyazato was named the commanding officer of Naka. 
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15 Nov 1938 WW2 Vice Admiral Sonosuke Kobayashi was named the commanding officer of Chinkai Guard District in southern Korea. 
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15 Nov 1938 WW2 The International Brigades paraded through Barcelona, Spain before being disbanded. 
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15 Nov 1938 WW2 Vice Admiral Goro Hara was named the commanding officer of the Mako naval port at Pescadores islands, Taiwan. 
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15 Nov 1939 WW2 Anticipating Adolf Hitler's wishes, Erich Raeder asked his staff officers to evaluate the possibility of an invasion of Britain. 
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15 Nov 1939 WW2 Repair ship Akashi was assigned to the Combined Fleet. 
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15 Nov 1939 WW2 Koichi Shiozawa was promtoed to the rank of admiral. 
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15 Nov 1939 WW2 Chuichi Nagumo was promoted to the rank of vice admiral. 
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15 Nov 1939 WW2 Vice Admiral Boshiro Hosogaya succeeded Vice Admiral Ichiro Sato as the commanding officer of the Ryojun Military Port (previously known as Port Arthur; now Lushunkou, Liaoning Province, China), Kwantung Leased Territory in northeastern China. Rear Admiral Isamu Takeda was named Hosogaya's chief of staff. 
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15 Nov 1939 WW2 Captain Teruo Akiyama was named the commanding officer of Naka. 
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15 Nov 1939 WW2 Captain Zensuke Kanome was named the commanding officer of Tenryu. 
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15 Nov 1939 WW2 Masafumi Arima became the commanding officer of Yokohama Naval Air Corps. 
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15 Nov 1939 WW2 Captain Kaku Harada was named the commanding officer of Settsu. 
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15 Nov 1939 WW2 Captain Sukeyoshi Yatsushiro was named the commanding officer of Nachi. 
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15 Nov 1939 WW2 Vice Admiral Tamotsu Takama was named the chief of staff of Chinkai Guard District in southern Korea. 
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15 Nov 1939 WW2 Jews living in Reichsgau Wartheland (former Polish territory, annexed into Germany) began to be deported into the General Government region of former Poland. 
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15 Nov 1939 WW2 Vice Admiral Ibo Takahashi was named the commanding officer of the Mako naval port at Pescadores islands, Taiwan. Rear Admiral Akira Matsuzaki was named his Chief of Staff. 
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15 Nov 1939 WW2 Raizo Tanaka stepped down as the Chief of Staff of the Mako naval port at Pescadores islands, Taiwan. 
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15 Nov 1939 WW2 USS Squalus was decommissioned from service at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, United States. 
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15 Nov 1940 WW2 Isoroku Yamamoto was promoted to the rank of admiral. 
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15 Nov 1940 WW2 A convoy of 5 transports, escorted by British warships, departed from Alexandra, Egypt for Pireaus, Greece, carrying 4,230 troops, 700 trucks, gasoline, and other supplies. 
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15 Nov 1940 WW2 German submarine U-65 sank British ship Kohinur 200 miles southwest of Sierra Leone at 1511 hours; 17 were killed. As Norwegian tanker Havbør stopped to pick up the 68 survivors, U-65 attacked her with a torpedo at 1816 hours, igniting her cargo of 11,500 tons of cruide oil, killing 28 of her crew and 31 survivors of Kohinur. Only 36 from Kohinur and 4 from Havbør would ultimately survive. 
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15 Nov 1940 WW2 British tug HMS Guardsman hit a mine and sank in the mouth of the Thames Estuary, England, United Kingdom, killing 2. 
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15 Nov 1940 WW2 Hiroaki Abe became the commanding officer of Japanese Navy Destroyer Squadron 6. 
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15 Nov 1940 WW2 Vice Admiral Teruhisa Komatsu succeeded Vice Admiral Boshiro Hosogaya as the commanding officer of the Ryojun Military Port (previously known as Port Arthur; now Lushunkou, Liaoning Province, China), Kwantung Leased Territory in northeastern China. 
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15 Nov 1940 WW2 A heavy British air raid on Hamburg, Germany caused extensive damage. 
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15 Nov 1940 WW2 Akagi was assigned as special duty ship in Yokosuka Naval District, Japan. 
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15 Nov 1940 WW2 Tenryu began a period of modernization, replacing her coal boilers and receiving better anti-aircraft weaponry. Captain Yuji Takahishi was named her new commanding officer. 
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15 Nov 1940 WW2 Captain Tamotsu Takama was named the commanding officer of Nachi. 
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15 Nov 1940 WW2 Rear Admiral Shigeki Ando was named the chief of staff of Chinkai Guard District in southern Korea. 
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15 Nov 1940 WW2 The Warsaw ghetto in Poland was sealed from the rest of the city, enclosing 400,000 Jews inside. 
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15 Nov 1941 WW2 German Panzergruppen 1, 2, and 3, with 2, 4, and 9.Armeen, resumed the attack on Moscow, Russia. Soviet 30th Army was pushed back from the Volga Reservoir and Moscow Sea Reservoir areas 75 miles north of Moscow. Across the Eastern Front, the temperature fell to -20 degrees Celsius, freezing both men and machines; the German offensive was generally slowed to a yard-by-yard advance from this date on. 
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15 Nov 1941 WW2 US Army dispatched troops to Dutch Guiana to protect bauxite mines; this was agreed upon by the Dutch government-in-exile. 
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15 Nov 1941 WW2 Saburo Kurusu arrived in the United States. 
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15 Nov 1941 WW2 German submarine U-752 attempted to attack Soviet minelayer ZM-93 Jushar southeast of Murmansk, Russia at 1700 hours, but escorting minesweeping trawler T-889 forced U-752 to dive. At 1849 hours, U-752 fired a torpedo at T-889, sinking her and killing all 43 aboard. 
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15 Nov 1941 WW2 German submarine U-583 collided with U-153 and sank 90 miles northeast of Danzig at 2148 hours, killing all 45 aboard. 
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15 Nov 1941 WW2 Lieutenant Henry Drummond Campsie was named the commanding officer of HMCS Trillium. 
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15 Nov 1941 WW2 Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weißenfeld was named the commanding officer of the 5th Squadron of the Nachtjagdgeschwader 2 wing. 
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15 Nov 1941 WW2 Italian SM.79 torpedo bombers sank British freighter Empire Defender of the Operation Astrologer convoy near the Galite Islands off the Tunisian coast, killing 4. 
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15 Nov 1941 WW2 Erich Mußfeldt was transferred from Auschwitz Concentration Camp to Majdanek Concentration Camp as the chief of the crematorium. 
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15 Nov 1941 WW2 US 22nd and 23rd Fighter Squadrons, both operating P-40 Warhawk fighters, was assigned to Losey Field in Puerto Rico. 
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15 Nov 1941 WW2 German Luftwaffe III./KG 4 arrived at Pskov (German: Pleskau), Russia. 
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15 Nov 1941 WW2 Free French Air Force pilots formed the Paris and Versailles squadrons. They operated out of Britain, flying Blenheim and Hurricane aircraft. 
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15 Nov 1941 WW2 Franklin Roosevelt had lunch with Princess Märtha of Sweden (Crown Princess of Norway) at the White House in Washington DC, United States, followed by a private showing of the film Dumbo. 
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15 Nov 1942 WW2 The Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ended in the early hours of the day, with the Americans fighting off the Japanese attack with effective use of radar; four surviving Japanese transports were able to accomplish their missions by delivering 2,000 troops to Guadalcanal, albeit without most of their heavy equipment. During the day, Henderson Field a Marine Corps Air Base and was placed under the command of Colonel William Fox. 
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15 Nov 1942 WW2 Allied forces captured Derna, Libya, along with the nearby Martuba airfield, which immediately became the new forward base for conducting air operations. 
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15 Nov 1942 WW2 British troops captured Tebarka, Tunisia and American paratroopers captured Youks-les-Bains, Algeria. 
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15 Nov 1942 WW2 Captain Katsuji Hattori was named the commanding officer of light carrier Hosho. 
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15 Nov 1942 WW2 US B-24 bombers attacked the Buin-Faisi anchorage near the under-construction Japanese airfield at Munda Point, Bougainville, Solomon Islands; the attack resulted in minimal damage to the Japanese while two US aircraft were lost (1 to battle damage, another in an emergency landing on a beach). 
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15 Nov 1942 WW2 Tenryu arrived at Shortland Island, Solomon Islands. 
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15 Nov 1942 WW2 The US battleship Washington sank by gunfire the Japanese battleship Kirishima off Savo Island in the Solomon Islands. 
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15 Nov 1942 WW2 Gabriel Auphan attempted, in failure, to convince Jean de Laborde to sail the French fleet out of Toulon, France. 
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15 Nov 1942 WW2 In Britain, church bells pealed for the first time since Jun 1940 to celebrate Montgomery's British 8th Army's victory at El Alamein, Egypt. 
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15 Nov 1942 WW2 The TDN assault drone took its first flight. 
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15 Nov 1943 WW2 The British attempt to retake Leros, Greece failed. 
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15 Nov 1943 WW2 The Allied Expeditionary Air Force was formed in preparation for the eventual invasion of northern Europe. 
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15 Nov 1943 WW2 Shinyo was commissioned into service. 
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15 Nov 1943 WW2 USS Scorpion patrolled off Saipan, Mariana Islands. 
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15 Nov 1943 WW2 Raymond Wheeler was named the principal administrative officer of the Allied South East Command. 
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15 Nov 1943 WW2 Pierre Barjot was promoted to the rank of captain in the Free French Navy. 
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15 Nov 1943 WW2 Repair ship Akashi began repairing light cruiser Agano at Truk, Caroline Islands. 
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15 Nov 1943 WW2 Joseph Stilwell departed Chongqing, China. 
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15 Nov 1943 WW2 US Fifth Army's offensive was halted in southern Italy. Far to the north, a state of emergency was declared in Milan due to civil unrest. 
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15 Nov 1943 WW2 Shokaku arrived at Yokosuka, Japan. 
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15 Nov 1943 WW2 Allied convoy JW-54A departed Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. 
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15 Nov 1944 WW2 Seisho Maru departed from Moji, Japan with convoy MI-27 for Miri, Borneo. 
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15 Nov 1944 WW2 USS Kete reached her patrol area in the East China Sea. 
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15 Nov 1944 WW2 USS Bugara was commissioned into service with Commander A. F. Schade in command. 
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15 Nov 1944 WW2 USS Hawkbill departed Fremantle, Australia for her second war patrol. 
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15 Nov 1944 WW2 Light carrier Ryuho disembarked Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa and was relieved of duty as the admiral's flagship. As the Mobile Fleet was disbanded, she was transferred to Carrier Division 1 of the Combined Fleet. 
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15 Nov 1944 WW2 Oliver Leese set up his headquarters at Barrackpore, India. 
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15 Nov 1944 WW2 Unryu was assigned to Carrier Division 1. 
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15 Nov 1944 WW2 Japanese Navy pilot Ensign Katsuo Takahashi was dispatched to Aichi's factory to take delivery of a completed Seiran aircraft for flight testing. 
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15 Nov 1944 WW2 USS Sterlet attacked a Japanese patrol vessel in the Pacific Ocean with her deck gun. 
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15 Nov 1945 WW2 US, Britain, and Canada called for a UN Atomic Energy Commission. 
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15 Nov 1945 WW2 Seal was decommissioned from service. 
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15 Nov 1945 WW2 Allied repatriation ship Hikawa Maru underwent repairs at the Uraga Zosen docks near Tokyo Bay, Japan. 
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15 Nov 1945 WW2 USS San Diego exited drydock No. 2 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States. 
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15 Nov 1945 WW2 USS Permit was decommissioned from service at Boston Naval Shipyard. 
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15 Nov 1945 WW2 USS Wasp departed New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, United States. 
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15 Nov 1946 WW2 USS Boarfish set sail for San Diego, California, United States. 
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15 Nov 1947 WW2 USS Sterlet departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. 
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15 Nov 1947 WW2 USS Boarfish arrived at Mare Island Navy Yard in Vallejo, California, United States for a scheduled overhaul. 
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15 Nov 1948 WW2 French-Canadian politician Louis St. Laurent was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Canada. 
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15 Nov 1957 RELIGIOUS Patriarch Ignatius Yacoub III officially established the Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in the U.S. and Canada. At the same time, Archbishop Mar Athanasius Yeshue Samuel, former Syrian Orthodox metropolitan of Jerusalem, was appointed primate of the new archdiocese, and soon after took up residence in Hackensack, New Jersey.
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