November 15
1763 - Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon began surveying the Mason-Dixon Line, which would settle a border dispute between Maryland, Pennsylvania and Delaware.
1777 - The Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation, the precursor to the U.S. Constitution.
1806 - Explorer Zebulon Pike spotted the mountaintop now known as Pikes Peak.
1864 - Late in the U.S. Civil War, Union forces led by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman began their “March to the Sea” from Atlanta; the campaign ended with the capture of Savannah on Dec. 21.
1937 - At the U.S. Capitol, members of the House and Senate met in air-conditioned chambers for the first time.
1939 - The cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial was laid by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1942 - The naval Battle of Guadalcanal ended during World War II with a decisive U.S. victory over Japanese forces.
1959 - Four members of the Clutter family of Holcomb, Kansas, were found murdered in their home. (Ex-convicts Richard Hickock and Perry Smith were later convicted of the killings and hanged in a case made famous by the Truman Capote book “In Cold Blood.”)
1961 - Former Argentine President Juan Peron, living in exile in Spain, married his third wife, Isabel.
1966 - The flight of Gemini 12, the final mission of the Gemini program, ended successfully as astronauts James A. Lovell and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. splashed down safely in the Atlantic after spending four days in orbit.
1969 - An estimated 250,000 protesters against the Vietnam War, the largest war protest ever, converged peacefully on Washington, D.C.
1984 - Stephanie Fae Beauclair, the infant publicly known as “Baby Fae” who had received a baboon’s heart to replace her own congenitally deformed one, died at Loma Linda University Medical Center in California three weeks after the transplant.
2002 - Hu Jinato replaced Jiang Zemin as China's Communist Party leader.
2003 - Two Black Hawk helicopters collided and crashed in Iraq; 17 U.S. troops were killed.
2012 - The Justice Department announced that BP had agreed to plead guilty to a raft of charges in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill and pay a record $4.5 billion, including nearly $1.3 billion in criminal fines.
2018 - The number of confirmed dead from the wildfire that had virtually destroyed the Northern California town of Paradise reached 63. (It would eventually total 85.)
2019 - Roger Stone, a longtime friend and ally of President Donald Trump, was convicted of all seven counts in a federal indictment accusing him of lying to Congress, tampering with a witness and obstructing the House investigation of whether Trump coordinated with Russia during the 2016 campaign.
2022 - Russia pounded Ukraine’s energy facilities with its biggest barrage of missiles since the start of its invasion, striking targets across the country and causing widespread blackouts.
Birthdays
22 - Sadie Stanley (actress)
29 - Emma Dumont (actress)
32 - Shailene Woodley (actress)
38 - Lily Aldridge (model)
40 - Sophia Di Martino (actress)
41 - Yaya Dacosta (actress/model)
42 - Lorena Ochoa (golfer)
46 - Sean Murray (actor)
47 - Virginie Ledoyen (actress)
49 - Chad Kroeger (singer)
50 - Sydney Tamiia Poitier (actress)
51 - Jonny Lee Miller (actor)
52 - Jay Harrington (actor)
53 - Jack Ingram (singer)
57 - Rachel True (actress)
61 - Judy Gold (comedian)
67 - John Roberts (news correspondent)
72 - Beverly D'Angelo (actress)
78 - Bob Gunton (actor)
83- Sam Waterston (actor)
91 - Petula Clark (singer)
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Today in Sports History - November 15
1960 - Elgin Baylor of the Los Angeles Lakers scores 71 points in a game against the New York Knicks.
1964 - Mickey Wright shoots a 62 at the Tall City Open in Texas, the lowest ever score for a female professional golfer.
1970 - Paul Brown, head coach of the expansion Cincinnati Bengals, defeats his former team, the Cleveland Browns, in a moment he calls his "greatest victory."
1983 - Mike Bossy (New York Islanders) got his 75th career hat trick.
1992 - Richard Petty drove in the final race of his 35-year career.
1998 - Barry Sanders (Detroit Lions) registered his fifth straight 100-yard running game. It was the 75th of his career.
2002 - Mike Modano of the Dallas Stars scored his 1,000th NHL point. He was only the 5th U.S.-born player to reach the milestone.
2005 - Major League Baseball players and owners agreed to tougher penalties for steroid use for the next season. The new rules called for a 50 game suspension for a first offense, 100 games for the second, a lifetime ban for a third, plus testing for amphetamines.
2017 - Three members of the UCLA men's basketball team are detained on charges of shoplifting while on a trip to China; the three are released upon the request of President Donald Trump.
2018 - LeBron James moves past Wilt Chamberlain into fifth place on the NBA's all-time scoring list.
2020 - Dustin Johnson wins the Masters Golf Tournament, which had been delayed due to the COVID pandemic.
1763 - Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon began surveying the Mason-Dixon Line, which would settle a border dispute between Maryland, Pennsylvania and Delaware.
1777 - The Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation, the precursor to the U.S. Constitution.
1806 - Explorer Zebulon Pike spotted the mountaintop now known as Pikes Peak.
1864 - Late in the U.S. Civil War, Union forces led by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman began their “March to the Sea” from Atlanta; the campaign ended with the capture of Savannah on Dec. 21.
1937 - At the U.S. Capitol, members of the House and Senate met in air-conditioned chambers for the first time.
1939 - The cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial was laid by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1942 - The naval Battle of Guadalcanal ended during World War II with a decisive U.S. victory over Japanese forces.
1959 - Four members of the Clutter family of Holcomb, Kansas, were found murdered in their home. (Ex-convicts Richard Hickock and Perry Smith were later convicted of the killings and hanged in a case made famous by the Truman Capote book “In Cold Blood.”)
1961 - Former Argentine President Juan Peron, living in exile in Spain, married his third wife, Isabel.
1966 - The flight of Gemini 12, the final mission of the Gemini program, ended successfully as astronauts James A. Lovell and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. splashed down safely in the Atlantic after spending four days in orbit.
1969 - An estimated 250,000 protesters against the Vietnam War, the largest war protest ever, converged peacefully on Washington, D.C.
1984 - Stephanie Fae Beauclair, the infant publicly known as “Baby Fae” who had received a baboon’s heart to replace her own congenitally deformed one, died at Loma Linda University Medical Center in California three weeks after the transplant.
2002 - Hu Jinato replaced Jiang Zemin as China's Communist Party leader.
2003 - Two Black Hawk helicopters collided and crashed in Iraq; 17 U.S. troops were killed.
2012 - The Justice Department announced that BP had agreed to plead guilty to a raft of charges in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill and pay a record $4.5 billion, including nearly $1.3 billion in criminal fines.
2018 - The number of confirmed dead from the wildfire that had virtually destroyed the Northern California town of Paradise reached 63. (It would eventually total 85.)
2019 - Roger Stone, a longtime friend and ally of President Donald Trump, was convicted of all seven counts in a federal indictment accusing him of lying to Congress, tampering with a witness and obstructing the House investigation of whether Trump coordinated with Russia during the 2016 campaign.
2022 - Russia pounded Ukraine’s energy facilities with its biggest barrage of missiles since the start of its invasion, striking targets across the country and causing widespread blackouts.
Birthdays
22 - Sadie Stanley (actress)
29 - Emma Dumont (actress)
32 - Shailene Woodley (actress)
38 - Lily Aldridge (model)
40 - Sophia Di Martino (actress)
41 - Yaya Dacosta (actress/model)
42 - Lorena Ochoa (golfer)
46 - Sean Murray (actor)
47 - Virginie Ledoyen (actress)
49 - Chad Kroeger (singer)
50 - Sydney Tamiia Poitier (actress)
51 - Jonny Lee Miller (actor)
52 - Jay Harrington (actor)
53 - Jack Ingram (singer)
57 - Rachel True (actress)
61 - Judy Gold (comedian)
67 - John Roberts (news correspondent)
72 - Beverly D'Angelo (actress)
78 - Bob Gunton (actor)
83- Sam Waterston (actor)
91 - Petula Clark (singer)
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Today in Sports History - November 15
1960 - Elgin Baylor of the Los Angeles Lakers scores 71 points in a game against the New York Knicks.
1964 - Mickey Wright shoots a 62 at the Tall City Open in Texas, the lowest ever score for a female professional golfer.
1970 - Paul Brown, head coach of the expansion Cincinnati Bengals, defeats his former team, the Cleveland Browns, in a moment he calls his "greatest victory."
1983 - Mike Bossy (New York Islanders) got his 75th career hat trick.
1992 - Richard Petty drove in the final race of his 35-year career.
1998 - Barry Sanders (Detroit Lions) registered his fifth straight 100-yard running game. It was the 75th of his career.
2002 - Mike Modano of the Dallas Stars scored his 1,000th NHL point. He was only the 5th U.S.-born player to reach the milestone.
2005 - Major League Baseball players and owners agreed to tougher penalties for steroid use for the next season. The new rules called for a 50 game suspension for a first offense, 100 games for the second, a lifetime ban for a third, plus testing for amphetamines.
2017 - Three members of the UCLA men's basketball team are detained on charges of shoplifting while on a trip to China; the three are released upon the request of President Donald Trump.
2018 - LeBron James moves past Wilt Chamberlain into fifth place on the NBA's all-time scoring list.
2020 - Dustin Johnson wins the Masters Golf Tournament, which had been delayed due to the COVID pandemic.