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Historical Events on November 15

  • Castellania (Valletta)

    1760

    The secondly-built Castellania in Valletta is officially inaugurated with the blessing of the interior Chapel of Sorrows.

  • Continental Congress

    1777

    American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of debate the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation.

  • Sherman's March to the Sea

    1864

    American Civil War: Union General William Tecumseh Sherman begins Sherman's March to the Sea.

  • Liberal Government 1905-15

    1915

    Winston Churchill resigns from his Government, and soon commands the 6th Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers on the Western Front.

  • Schutzstaffel

    1943

    The Holocaust: German SS leader Heinrich Himmler orders that Gypsies are to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps"

  • Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam

    1969

    Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 250,000-500,000 protesters staged a peaceful demonstration against the war, including a symbolic "March Against Death".

  • Intel 4004

    1971

    Intel releases the world's first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004.

  • Buran (spacecraft)

    1988

    In the Soviet Union, the unmanned Shuttle Buran makes its only space flight.

  • State of Palestine

    1988

    Israeli-Palestinian conflict: An independent State of Palestine is proclaimed by the Palestinian National Council.

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