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November 15
1763 - Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon began surveying the Mason-Dixon Line.
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 Pike's Peak.
1864 - During the Civil War, Union forces led by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman began their “March to the Sea” from Atlanta; the campaign ended with the capture of Savannah on Dec. 21.
1926 - The National Broadcasting Company debuted with a radio network of 24 stations.
1935 - The Commonwealth of the Philippines was established.
1939 - The cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial was laid by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1940 - The first 75,000 men were called to armed forces duty under peacetime conscription.
1942 - The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ended during World War II with a decisive U.S. victory over the Japanese.
1959 - A farmer, his wife and two of their children were found murdered in their home in Holcomb, Kansas -- a crime that was the subject of Truman Capote's non-fiction novel "In Cold Blood".
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 - About 250,000 protesters against the Vietnam War, the largest war protest ever, converged peacefully in Washington, D.C.
1984 - An infant who has received a baboon heart to replace her own congenitally deformed one died at a California medical center three weeks after the transplant.
1985 - Britain and Ireland signed an accord giving Dublin an official consultative role in governing Northern Ireland.
1987 - 28 of 82 people aboard a Continental Airlines DC-9, including the pilots, were killed when the jetliner crashed seconds after taking off from Denver’s Stapleton International Airport.
1988 - The Palestine National Council, the legislative body of the PLO, proclaimed the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.
1993 - A judge in Mineola, New York sentenced Joey Buttafuoco to six months in prison for the statutory rape of Amy Fisher, who shot and wounded Buttafuoco's wife, Mary Jo.
2002 - Hu Jinato replaced Jiang Zemin as China's Communist Party leader.
2011 - Hundreds of police officers in riot gear raided the Occupy Wall Street encampment in New York City, evicting hundreds of protesters and then demolishing the tent city.
2014 - Closing out his Asia-Pacific tour in Brisbane, Australia, President Barack Obama called on Asian nations to join the United States in confronting the globe’s biggest challenges, from climate change and poverty to violent extremism.
2018 - The number of confirmed dead from the wildfire that had virtually destroyed the Northern California town of Paradise reached 63, and authorities said they had 631 names on a missing persons list. (The death toll eventually reached 85.)
Birthdays
25 - Emma Dumont (actress/dancer)
25 - Viki Odintcova (model)
28 - Shailene Woodley (actress)
31 - Zena Grey (actress)
33 - Winston Duke (actor)
34 - Lily Aldridge (model)
37 - Yaya Dacosta (model)
38 - Lorena Ochoa (golfer)
42 - Sean Murray (actor)
43 - Virginie Ledoyen (actress)
45 - Chad Kroeger (singer/musician)
46 - Sydney Tamiia Poitier-Heartsong (actress)
47 - Jonny Lee Miller (actor)
48 - Jay Harrington (actor)
49 - Jack Ingram (country singer)
53 - Rachel True (actress)
57 - Judy Gold (comedian)
62 - Kevin Eubanks (musician)
63 - John Roberts (news correspondent)
68 - Beverly D'Angelo (actress)
74 - Bob Gunton (actor)
79 - Sam Waterston (actor)
80 - Yaphet Kotto (actor)
85 - Joanna Barnes (actress)
86 - Jack Burns (comedian)
87 - Petula Clark (singer)
90 - Ed Asner (actor)
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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.
1983 - Mike Bossy (New York Islanders) got his 75th career hat trick.
1992 - Richard Petty drove in his final race of his 35-year career.
1998 - Emmitt Smith (Dallas Cowboys) moved into third place on the all-time touchdown list when he got his 127th.
1998 - Barry Sanders (Detroit Lions) registered his fifth straight 100-yard running game. It was the 75th of his career.
2002 - Mike Modano (Dallas Stars) scored his 1,000th NHL point. He was only the 5th U.S.-born player to reach the milestone.
2004 - Maria Sharapova becomes the first Russian to win the tennis season-ending WTA Tour Championship, after beating Serena Williams in Los Angeles.
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.
2007 - Baseball home run king Barry Bonds was indicted on charges related to grand jury testimony during which he denied knowingly using performance-enhancing drugs. (Bonds was later convicted of obstruction of justice; his lawyers appealed.)
2017 - Three UCLA basketball players are detained after admitting to shoplifting in China; they were later released at upon the request of President Donald Trump.
2018 - LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers passes Wilt Chamberlain into fifth place on the NBA's all-time scoring list with 31,425 career points after scoring 44 points in a 126-117 win over the Portland Trail Blazers.
1763 - Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon began surveying the Mason-Dixon Line.
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 Pike's Peak.
1864 - During the Civil War, Union forces led by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman began their “March to the Sea” from Atlanta; the campaign ended with the capture of Savannah on Dec. 21.
1926 - The National Broadcasting Company debuted with a radio network of 24 stations.
1935 - The Commonwealth of the Philippines was established.
1939 - The cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial was laid by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1940 - The first 75,000 men were called to armed forces duty under peacetime conscription.
1942 - The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ended during World War II with a decisive U.S. victory over the Japanese.
1959 - A farmer, his wife and two of their children were found murdered in their home in Holcomb, Kansas -- a crime that was the subject of Truman Capote's non-fiction novel "In Cold Blood".
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 - About 250,000 protesters against the Vietnam War, the largest war protest ever, converged peacefully in Washington, D.C.
1984 - An infant who has received a baboon heart to replace her own congenitally deformed one died at a California medical center three weeks after the transplant.
1985 - Britain and Ireland signed an accord giving Dublin an official consultative role in governing Northern Ireland.
1987 - 28 of 82 people aboard a Continental Airlines DC-9, including the pilots, were killed when the jetliner crashed seconds after taking off from Denver’s Stapleton International Airport.
1988 - The Palestine National Council, the legislative body of the PLO, proclaimed the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.
1993 - A judge in Mineola, New York sentenced Joey Buttafuoco to six months in prison for the statutory rape of Amy Fisher, who shot and wounded Buttafuoco's wife, Mary Jo.
2002 - Hu Jinato replaced Jiang Zemin as China's Communist Party leader.
2011 - Hundreds of police officers in riot gear raided the Occupy Wall Street encampment in New York City, evicting hundreds of protesters and then demolishing the tent city.
2014 - Closing out his Asia-Pacific tour in Brisbane, Australia, President Barack Obama called on Asian nations to join the United States in confronting the globe’s biggest challenges, from climate change and poverty to violent extremism.
2018 - The number of confirmed dead from the wildfire that had virtually destroyed the Northern California town of Paradise reached 63, and authorities said they had 631 names on a missing persons list. (The death toll eventually reached 85.)
Birthdays
25 - Emma Dumont (actress/dancer)
25 - Viki Odintcova (model)
28 - Shailene Woodley (actress)
31 - Zena Grey (actress)
33 - Winston Duke (actor)
34 - Lily Aldridge (model)
37 - Yaya Dacosta (model)
38 - Lorena Ochoa (golfer)
42 - Sean Murray (actor)
43 - Virginie Ledoyen (actress)
45 - Chad Kroeger (singer/musician)
46 - Sydney Tamiia Poitier-Heartsong (actress)
47 - Jonny Lee Miller (actor)
48 - Jay Harrington (actor)
49 - Jack Ingram (country singer)
53 - Rachel True (actress)
57 - Judy Gold (comedian)
62 - Kevin Eubanks (musician)
63 - John Roberts (news correspondent)
68 - Beverly D'Angelo (actress)
74 - Bob Gunton (actor)
79 - Sam Waterston (actor)
80 - Yaphet Kotto (actor)
85 - Joanna Barnes (actress)
86 - Jack Burns (comedian)
87 - Petula Clark (singer)
90 - Ed Asner (actor)
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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.
1983 - Mike Bossy (New York Islanders) got his 75th career hat trick.
1992 - Richard Petty drove in his final race of his 35-year career.
1998 - Emmitt Smith (Dallas Cowboys) moved into third place on the all-time touchdown list when he got his 127th.
1998 - Barry Sanders (Detroit Lions) registered his fifth straight 100-yard running game. It was the 75th of his career.
2002 - Mike Modano (Dallas Stars) scored his 1,000th NHL point. He was only the 5th U.S.-born player to reach the milestone.
2004 - Maria Sharapova becomes the first Russian to win the tennis season-ending WTA Tour Championship, after beating Serena Williams in Los Angeles.
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.
2007 - Baseball home run king Barry Bonds was indicted on charges related to grand jury testimony during which he denied knowingly using performance-enhancing drugs. (Bonds was later convicted of obstruction of justice; his lawyers appealed.)
2017 - Three UCLA basketball players are detained after admitting to shoplifting in China; they were later released at upon the request of President Donald Trump.
2018 - LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers passes Wilt Chamberlain into fifth place on the NBA's all-time scoring list with 31,425 career points after scoring 44 points in a 126-117 win over the Portland Trail Blazers.
