Today in History
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2006 Al Jazeera English launched
The English language 24-hour news channel is owned and run by Al Jazeera Media Network based in Doha
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1988 State of Palestine created
The Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) declared the creation of the state while in exile in A
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1956 Elvis Presley makes his movie debut
Love Me Tender, a black-and-white musical starred the American singer, who is also sometimes called
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1949 Assassins of MK Gandhi Executed in India
Nathuram Godse, Narayan Apte and 6 other co-conspirators of the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi were
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1920 League of Nations meets for the first time
The general assembly of the international organization got together for the first time after being f
Births On This Day,
November, 15
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1942 Daniel Barenboim
Argentine/Israeli conductor, pianist
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1891 Erwin Rommel
German field marshal
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1887 Georgia O'Keeffe
American painter
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1886 René Guénon
French/Egyptian author
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1708 William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Deaths On This Day,
November, 15
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1983 John Le Mesurier
English actor
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1978 Margaret Mead
American anthropologist
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1917 Émile Durkheim
French sociologist
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1908 Empress Dowager Cixi
of China
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1630 Johannes Kepler
German astronomer
