November 15
This day in history:
- 1777 – American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of debate the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation.
- 1920 – The Free City of Danzig is established.
- 2016 – Hong Kong's High Court bans elected politicians Yau Wai-ching and Baggio Leung from the city's Parliament.
- 2002 – Hu Jintao becomes General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and a new nine-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
Births:
- 1692 – Eusebius Amort, German poet and theologian (d. 1775)
- 1931 – Pascal Lissouba, Congolese politician, President of the Republic of the Congo (d. 2020)
- 1984 – Asia Kate Dillon, American actor and producer
Deaths:
- 1916 – Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
- 655 – Penda of Mercia, king of Mercia
- 1712 – Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun, English politician (b. 1675)
Holidays:
- King's Feast (Belgium)
- Shichi-Go-San (Japan)
- National Tree Planting Day (Sri Lanka)
Random Article of the day:
The True Story of Lynn Stuart
The True Story of Lynn Stuart (originally titled The Other Life of Lynn Stuart) is a 1958 American biographical crime drama film starring Betsy Palmer, Jack Lord, Barry Atwater and released by Columbia Pictures.
Marking the final directorial effort of Lewis Seiler, it dramatizes the true story of a young Santa Ana, California, housewife who became a volunteer undercover narcotics agent in the 1950s. The woman, known publicly only by the pseudonym Lynn Stuart to protect her from possible reprisals, served in that capacity for six years and provided information which ultimately led to approximately 30 drug-related convictions.