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15 November 2024
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2012 - Xi Jinping replaced Hu Jintao as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, succeeding as the paramount leader of China.Leader of China since 2012
Anniversary
2000 - Edoardo Agnelli, son of the industrialist patriarch Gianni Agnelli, was found dead under a bridge on the outskirts of Turin, Italy.Son of Italian head of Fiat (1954–2000)
Anniversary
1988 - The Soviet spacecraft Buran, a reusable vehicle built in response to NASA's Space Shuttle program, was launched, uncrewed, on its only flight.Soviet winged orbital vehicle
Anniversary
1959 - Two men murdered a family in Holcomb, Kansas; the events became the subject of Truman Capote's non-fiction novel In Cold Blood, a pioneering work of the true crime genre.1959 killings in Kansas, US
Anniversary
1943 - The Holocaust: In the Romani Holocaust, Nazi official Heinrich Himmler ordered that the Romani were to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps".Genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany
Historical events
History
2022 - The world population reached eight billion.Total number of living humans on Earth
History
2020 - Lewis Hamilton wins the Turkish Grand Prix and secures his seventh drivers' title, equalling the all-time record held by Michael Schumacher.British racing driver (born 1985)
History
2017 - A flood a few miles outside of Athens results in the death of 25 people.Natural disaster in Greece
History
2016 - Hong Kong's High Court bans elected politicians Yau Wai-ching and Baggio Leung from the city's Parliament.Superior court of record
History
2012 - Xi Jinping becomes General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and a new seven-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.Leader of China since 2012
History
2010 - A fire in a high-rise apartment building in Shanghai, China kills 58 people.Fire in 2010 that destroyed a building in Shanghai
History
2007 - Cyclone Sidr hits Bangladesh, killing an estimated 5,000 people and destroying parts of the world's largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans.North Indian Ocean cyclone in 2007
History
2006 - Al Jazeera English launches worldwide.Qatari English-language news channel
History
2003 - The first day of the 2003 Istanbul bombings, in which two car bombs, targeting two synagogues, explode, kill 25 people and wound 300 more.Al-Qaeda suicide bombings in Istanbul, Turkey
History
2002 - Hu Jintao becomes General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and a new nine-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.Leader of China from 2002 to 2012
Notable births
Born
2001 - TyTy Washington Jr., American basketball playerAmerican basketball player (born 2001)
Born
1996 - Kim Min-jae, South Korean footballerSouth Korean footballer (born 1996)
Born
1995 - Karl-Anthony Towns, Dominican-American basketball playerAmerican basketball player (born 1995)
Born
1994 - Ekaterina Alexandrova, Russian tennis playerRussian tennis player (born 1994)
Born
1994 - Emma Dumont, American actress and modelAmerican actor, model, dancer (born 1994)
Born
1994 - Bryce Cartwright, Australian rugby league playerAustralian rugby league footballer
Notable deaths
Died
2024 - Celeste Caeiro, Portuguese pacifist (born 1933)Portuguese restaurant worker during the Carnation Revolution (1933–2024)
Died
2024 - Béla Károlyi, Romanian-American gymnastics coach (born 1942)Romanian-American gymnastics coach (1942–2024)
Died
2024 - Jon Kenny, Irish comedian and actor (born 1957)Irish comedian and actor (1957–2024)
Died
2024 - Yuriko, Princess Mikasa, Japanese princess (born 1923)Japanese princess (1923–2024)
Died
2017 - Lil Peep, American singer and rapper (born 1996)American rapper (1996–2017)
Died
2016 - Mose Allison, American pianist and songwriter (born 1927)American pianist, singer, and songwriter (1927–2016)
Sky
Moon phase
Full Moon
99.1% illuminated
Lunar age: 13.8 days
Sun zodiac
Scorpio
23.62 degrees
Constellation: Libra
Moon zodiac
Taurus
18.12 degrees
Constellation: Aries
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.