On this day: 15 November

Selected events and births on 15 November, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1760 – The chapel of the newly constructed Castellania in Valletta, Malta, was consecrated. Read more: Castellania (Valletta) Valletta
• 1859 – Sponsored by Greek businessman Evangelos Zappas, the first modern revival of the Olympic Games took place in Athens. Read more: Evangelos Zappas Zappas Olympics Olympic Games
• 1988 – The Soviet spacecraft Buran, a reusable vehicle built in response to NASA's Space Shuttle program, was launched, uncrewed, on its only flight. Read more: Buran (spacecraft) NASA Space Shuttle program
• 2012 – Xi Jinping replaced Hu Jintao as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, succeeding as the paramount leader of China. Read more: Xi Jinping Hu Jintao General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party

Born on this day

• 1948 – Jimmy Choo, Malaysian fashion designer[page needed] Read more: Jimmy Choo Wikipedia:Citing sources
• 1950 – Egon Vaupel, German lawyer and politician, 16th Mayor of Marburg Read more: Egon Vaupel List of mayors of Marburg
• 1954 – Aleksander Kwaśniewski, Polish journalist and politician, 3rd President of Poland Read more: Aleksander Kwaśniewski President of Poland
• 1970 – Alexander Kvitashvili, Georgian-Ukrainian academic and politician, 19th Ukrainian Minister of Healthcare Read more: Alexander Kvitashvili Minister of Healthcare (Ukraine)
• 1977 – Steven Miles, Australian politician, 40th Premier of Queensland Read more: Steven Miles Premier of Queensland
• 1994 – Ekaterina Alexandrova, Russian tennis player Read more: Ekaterina Alexandrova
• 1994 – Emma Dumont, American actress and model Read more: Emma Dumont
• 1995 – Blake Pieroni, American swimmer Read more: Blake Pieroni
• 1995 – Karl-Anthony Towns, Dominican-American basketball player Read more: Karl-Anthony Towns
• 1996 – Kim Min-jae, South Korean footballer Read more: Kim Min-jae (footballer)
• 1997 – Paula Badosa, Spanish tennis player Read more: Paula Badosa
• 2001 – TyTy Washington Jr., American basketball player Read more: TyTy Washington Jr.

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