Public Holidays on November 15

• 🌍 Proclamação da República (Brazil)
• 🌍 Republic Proclamation Day (Brazil)
• 🌍 Saint Leopold's Day (Austria)

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On This Day in History — November 15

• 2016 — Hong Kong High Court bans elected politicians Yau Wai-ching and Baggio Leung from the city's Parliament.[1]
• 2012 — Xi Jinping becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and a new seven-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
• 2007 — Cyclone Sidr hits Bangladesh, killing an estimated 5,000 people and destroying parts of the world's largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans.
• 2006 — Al Jazeera English launches worldwide.
• 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.
• 2002 — Hu Jintao becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and a new nine-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.

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Notable Births on November 15

• 1995 — Karl-Anthony Towns, Dominican-American basketball player
• 1994 — Bryce Cartwright, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 — Paulo Dybala, Argentine footballer
• 1993 — Saaya Irie, Japanese actress and singer
• 1992 — Sofia Goggia, Italian skier
• 1992 — Minami Minegishi, Japanese singer

Notable Deaths on November 15

• 2016 — Mose Allison, American pianist and songwriter (b. 1927)
• 2015 — Gisèle Prassinos, French author (b. 1920)
• 2015 — Herbert Scarf, American economist and academic (b. 1930)
• 2014 — Reg Withers, Australian soldier and politician, Australian Minister for the Capital Territory (b. 1924)
• 2014 — Jack Bridger Chalker, English painter and academic (b. 1918)
• 2014 — Lucien Clergue, French photographer and educator (b. 1934)

Sports on November 15

• College Football: Baylor Bears @ BYU Cougars — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• College Football: Louisville Cardinals @ North Carolina Tar Heels — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• College Football: Minnesota Golden Gophers @ Penn State Nittany Lions — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• College Football: Troy Trojans @ South Alabama Jaguars — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NHL: Minnesota Wild @ Boston Bruins — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NHL: Edmonton Oilers @ Toronto Maple Leafs — 00:00 UTC Scheduled

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Public Holidays on November 16

• 🌍 Día de la Revolución (Mexico)
• 🌍 Independence of Cartagena (Colombia)
• 🌍 Independencia de Cartagena (observado) (Colombia)
• 🌍 Revolution Day (Mexico)

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On This Day in History — November 16

• 1997 — After nearly 18 years of incarceration, the People's Republic of China releases Wei Jingsheng, a pro-democracy dissident, from jail for medical reasons.
• 1992 — The Hoxne Hoard is discovered by metal detectorist Eric Lawes in Hoxne, Suffolk.
• 1990 — Pop group Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award because the duo did not sing at all on the Girl You Know It's True album. Session musicians had provided all the vocals.
• 1989 — El Salvadoran army troops kills six Jesuit priests and two others at Jose Simeon Canas University.
• 1988 — The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic declares that Estonia is "sovereign" but stops short of declaring independence.
• 1988 — In the first open election in more than a decade, voters in Pakistan elect populist candidate Benazir Bhutto to be Prime Minister of Pakistan.

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Notable Births on November 16

• 1996 — Brendan Murray, Irish singer
• 1995 — Noah Gray-Cabey, American actor and pianist
• 1993 — Pete Davidson, American comedian and actor
• 1992 — George Akpabio, Nigerian footballer
• 1991 — Tomomi Kasai, Japanese actress and singer
• 1989 — Iamsu!, American rapper and producer

Notable Deaths on November 16

• 2015 — David Canary, American actor (b. 1938)
• 2015 — Michael C. Gross, American graphic designer and producer (b. 1945)
• 2015 — Bert Olmstead, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1926)
• 2015 — Alton D. Slay, American general (b. 1924)
• 2014 — Charles Champlin, American historian, author, and critic (b. 1926)
• 2014 — Jovan Ćirilov, Serbian poet and playwright (b. 1931)

Sports on November 16

• NBA: Houston Rockets @ Washington Wizards — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NHL: Edmonton Oilers @ Philadelphia Flyers — 00:30 UTC Scheduled
• NHL: Florida Panthers @ Dallas Stars — 01:00 UTC Scheduled
• NHL: Calgary Flames @ Anaheim Ducks — 01:00 UTC Scheduled
• NBA: Atlanta Hawks @ Milwaukee Bucks — 01:00 UTC Scheduled
• NFL: Pittsburgh Steelers @ Cincinnati Bengals — 01:20 UTC Scheduled

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