Calendar page 2023: November 15
The current calendar page for November 15, 2023:
46th calendar week, 319th day of the year
46 days until the end of the year
Astrological sign: Scorpio
Name day: Albert, Leopold, Marinus, Findan
HISTORICAL DATES
2022 - According to United Nations calculations, the world's population will reach around the eight billion mark. By 2037 it is likely to be nine billion and by 2058 ten billion.
2018 - The Gelsenkirchen Administrative Court orders a driving ban for older diesel cars in Essen from July 1, 2019. For the first time in Germany, this includes a busy highway, the A40.
2003 - In Istanbul, at least 26 people die in almost simultaneous explosions outside two synagogues. Two Turkish suicide bombers with alleged links to Al-Qaeda are said to have detonated the bombs.
2003 - During a tour of the new luxury liner "Queen Mary 2" in France, 15 visitors are killed when a jetty collapses.
1993 - Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan leave the rouble zone and introduce their own currencies, the tenge and sum.
1983 - The part of Cyprus occupied by Turkish troops is declared the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. It is not recognized internationally.
1908 - The Congo is declared a Belgian colony ("Belgian Congo"). 1960 - The country becomes independent and is renamed Zaire in 1971. It has been called the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 1997.
1884 - The so-called Congo Conference begins in Berlin at the invitation of German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck. Representatives of the European colonial powers, the USA and the Ottoman Empire meet to coordinate the exploitation of the continent of Africa.
1688 - The Protestant governor of the Netherlands, William III of Orange, takes possession of England without bloodshed in the "Glorious Revolution" and becomes king in 1689.
BIRTHDAYS
1963 - Andreas Kriegenburg (60), German theater director, in-house director at the Burgtheater Vienna 1999-2001, head director at the Thalia Theater Hamburg 2001-2009
1958 - Leslie Malton (65), US-American actress ("The Great Bellheim", "A Made Man")
1948 - Georg Ringsgwandl (75), German music cabaret artist (album "Der Gaudibursch vom Hindukusch"), German Cabaret Award 1988
1948 - Maria Bill (75), Austrian-Swiss actress and singer ("Piaf")
1943 - Abdallah Frangi (80), Palestinian politician, Palestinian General Delegate to Germany 1993-2005
DAYS OF DEATH
1998 - Stokely Carmichael, black US civil rights activist and publicist, chairman of the "Black Panther Party" 1967-1969, born 1941
1978 - Margaret Mead, US ethnologist ("Coming of Age in Samoa"), born 1901
The Historical Dates section of the November 15, 2023 calendar page includes significant events from previous years, such as the declaration of the Congo as a Belgian colony in 1908 and the establishment of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in 1983, which are crucial milestones in world History. Furthermore, understanding these Historical Dates can provide valuable context and insight into the socio-political climate of different eras.
Source: www.dpa.com
