Daily Calendar for Saturday, November 15, 2025
Died
- Johannes Kepler (astronomer) β
- Lionel Barrymore (actor) β
- Margaret Mead (author) β
Born
- Sir William Herschel (astronomer) β
- James O'Neill (actor) β
- Franklin Pierce Adams (newspaper columnist) β
- Felix Frankfurter (U.S. Supreme Court justice) β
- Georgia O'Keeffe (painter) β
- Marianne Moore (poet) β
- Joseph Wapner (judge & TV personality) β
- Ed Asner (actor) β
- Petula Clark (singer) β
- Sam Waterston (actor) β
- Kevin Eubanks (musician & The Tonight Show bandleader) β
- Helen Mersi Kelesi (tennis player) β
- Jonny Lee Miller (actor) β
- Zena Grey (actress) β
Events
- Pikes Peak first sighted by Zebulon M. Pike β
- First U.S. poultry show began, Boston, Massachusetts β
- First meeting of the Assembly of the League of Nations β
- Sadie Hawkins Day debuted in Al Capp’s Li’l Abner comic strip β
- First gas-turbine electric locomotive in the United States was track-tested, Erie, Pennsylvania β
- Elvis Presley’s first movie, Love Me Tender, premiered β
- Walt Disney announced plans to build Epcot Center
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- A magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck Japan β
Weather
- Forty-five inches of snow fell on Watertown, New York, in 24 hours β
- Thirty-five tornadoes ripped through the Midwest β
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