Notable Birthdays for November 15
Christoph von Graffenried (1661-1793) - Swiss-American settler, explorer, and founder of New Bern, NC.
Mary E. Byrd (1849-1943) - Astronomer and educator who was a pioneer of teaching astronomy at the collegiate level.
Sara Josephine Baker (1873-1945) - Physician who made significant contributions to public health, especially in urban poverty and ignorance caused to children.
Lewis Stone (1879-1953) - Actor best known for his role as Judge James Hardy in the Andy Hardy film series.
Franklin Pierce Adams (1881-1960) - Journalist best known for his newspaper column The Conning Tower.
Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) - Painter widely known as the Mother of American Modernism.
W. Averell Harriman (1891-1986) - Businessman and founder of investment bank Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Bill Melendez (1916-2008) - Mexican-American animator and voice actor known for his voices in Peanuts as Snoopy and Woodstock.
Thomas Williams (1926-1990) - Author of the novel The Hair of Harold Roux.
Ed Asner (1929-2021) - Actor remembered for his role as Lou Grant on the The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
Gloria Foster (1933-2001) - Actress knowing for her roles in Having Our Say and the miniseries The Atlanta Child Murders.
Little Willie John (1937-1968) - R&B singer Need Your Love So Bad (1956) and Fever (1956).
Yaphet Kotto (1939-2021) - Actor best known for his role as Lieutenant Al Giardello in the series Homicide: Life on the Street.
Tony Mendez (1940-2019) - CIA technical operations officer.
Sam Waterston (1940-Still Living) - Stage, film and television actor who played Jack McCoy on Law & Order.
Bob Gunton (1945-Still Living) - Supporting actor known for his roles in The Shawshank Redemption, Patch Adams, and Argo.
Beverly D'Angelo (1951-Still Living) - Actress known for her award winning roles as Ellen Griswold in the National Lampoon Vacation film and as Patsy Cline in Coal Miner's Daughter.
Randy Savage (1952-2011) - WWE and WWF professional wrestler who used the stage name Macho Man.
Kevin S. Bright (1954-Still Living) - Director and executive producer of the sitcom Friends.
Kevin Eubanks (1957-Still Living) - Former bandleader of the The Tonight Show Band.
Mark Acres (1962-Still Living) - Former NBA player.
Greg Anthony (1967-Still Living) - Former NBA player and current SiriusXM NBA Radio sportscaster.
Cynthia Breazeal (1967-Still Living) - Computer scientist and co-founder of Jibo, a company that developed personal assistant robots.
Sydney Tamiia Poitier (1973-Still Living) - Actress known for her roles in Abby and Veronica Mars.
Brandon DiCamillo (1976-Still Living) - Stuntman and personality performer who was a founding member of the CKY crew (Jackass and Viva La Bam).
Sean Murray (1977-Still Living) - Actor who is known for his role as Special Agent McGee on NCIS.
Lily Aldridge (1985-Still Living) - Model.
Shailene Woodley (1991-Still Living) - Actress who gained fame playing Amy in the series The Secret Life of the American Teenager.
Blake Pieroni (1995-Still Living) - Olympic gold medalist in swimming.
Memorable Events for November 15
1620 - Myles Standish leads 16 men in a foot exploration of Cape Cod.
1660 - The first kosher butcher is licensed in NY City.
1763 - Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon begin surveying Mason–Dixon line.
1777 - The Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation after 16 months of debate.
1791 - The first Catholic college (Georgetown) opens in the U.S.
1827 - Creek-indians lose all their property in US.
1842 - A slave revolt in the Cherokee Nation commences.
1849 - More than 150 people die on a steamboat after boilers explode.
1932 - Walt Disney Art School is created.
1939 - President Roosevelt begins the building of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.
1940 - 75,000 men are called to armed forces duty during peacetime.
1946 - Baseball player Ted Williams is picked as American League MVP.
1957 - The U.S. sentences Soviet spy Rudolf Ivanovich Abel.
1965 - Craig Breedlove sets a land speed record of 600.601 mph at the Bonneville Salt Flats, UT.
1968 - The Cleveland Transit System becomes the first transit system in the western hemisphere, providing quick transit service from downtown to the airport.
1969 - Dave Thomas founds and opens the first Wendy's fast food restaurant.
1969 - An American submarine collides with a Soviet submarine in the Barents Sea.
1969 - A peaceful demonstration brings 250,000-500,000 protesters to in Washington, D.C. in protest of the Vietnam War.
1971 - Intel releases the world's first commercial single-chip microprocessor.
1990 - President George W. Bush signs Clear Air Act of 1990.
2001 - Microsoft launches the Xbox.
2013 - Sony releases the PlayStation 4 (PS4).
2017 - Leonardo da Vinci's painting Salvator Mundi sells for $450.3 million at auction in NY.