Today In History...! Nov 15 Have A Nice Day....! Srinivasan Balaji 1738 – William Herschel, (German-born astronomer who discovered Uranus Planet) was Born. 1791 – The first U.S Catholic college, Georgetown University, opens its doors. 1806 – Pike expedition: Lieutenant Zebulon Pike sees a distant mountain peak while near the Colorado foothills of the Rocky Mountains (it is later named Pikes Peak). 1859 – The first modern revival of the Olympic Games takes place in Athens, Greece. 1889 – Brazil is declared a republic by Marechal Deodoro da Fonseca and Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup. 1901 - Miller Reese patented an electrical hearing aid. 1920 - The League of Nations met for the first time in Geneva, Switzerland. 1923 – The German Rentenmark is introduced in Germany to counter Inflation in the Weimar Republic. 1926 - The National Broadcasting Co. (NBC) debuted with a radio network of 24 stations. The first network radio broadcast was a four-hour spectacular. 1939 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt laid the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC. 1940 - The first 75,000 men were called to Armed Forces duty under peacetime conscription. 1945 – Venezuela joins the United Nations. 1949 – Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte are executed for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi. 1965 - The Soviet probe, Venera 3, was launched from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. On March 1, 1966, it became the first unmanned spacecraft to reach the surface of another planet when it crashed on Venus. 1966 - The flight of Gemini 12 ended successfully as astronauts James A. Lovell and Edwin Buzz Aldrin Jr. splashed down safely in the Atlantic Ocean. 1969 – In Columbus, Ohio, Dave Thomas opens the first Wendys restaurant. 1971 – Intel releases worlds first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004. 1982 – Vinoba Bhave, (Indian human rights advocate) was Passed away. 1983 – Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is founded. Recognised only by Turkey. 1986 – Sania Mirza, (Indian tennis player) was Born. 1988 – In the Soviet Union, the unmanned Shuttle Buran makes its only space flight. 1988 – The first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, is launched in the Netherlands. 1990 – Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis launches with flight STS-38. 1990 – The Peoples Republic of Bulgaria is disestablished and a new republican government is instituted. 1992 - Richard Petty drove in the final race of his 35-year career. 1999 - Representatives from China and the United States signed a major trade agreement that involved Chinas membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO). 2000 – Jharkhand state comes into existence in India. 2005 - In Amiens, France, Isabelle Dinoire became the first person to undergo a partial face transplant. She had been attacked by a dog earlier in the year. 2005 – Boeing formally launches the stretched Boeing 747-8 variant with orders from Cargolux and Nippon Cargo Airlines. 2006 – Al Jazeera English launches worldwide. 2007 – Cyclone Sidr hit Bangladesh, killing an estimated 5000 people and destroyed the worlds largest mangrove forest, Sundarbans. 2011- The first Gas Summit of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum opens in Doha. 2011-அணுஆயுதங்களை சுமந்துசெல்லும் திறந்வாய்ந்த அக்னி-II பிரைம் ஏவுகணை ஒடிசா கடற்கரையின் வீலர் தீவில் வெற்றிகரமாக பரிசோதித்து பார்க்கப்பட்டது. 2012 – K. C. Pant, (Indian politician) was Passed away. 2013 – Sony Playstation 4 is released in The United States.
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