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Old 11-15-2006, 12:28 PM
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November 15th
1630 ~ Death of Johannes Kepler, astrologer, astronomer and mathematician.

1787 ~ Death of Christoph Willibald Gluck, Composer.

1887 ~ Birthday of Georgia O'Keeffe, Painter.

1891 ~ Birthday of Erwin Rommel, German Field Marshal.

1920 ~ First assembly of the League of Nations was held in Geneva.

1940 ~ The Luftwaffe destroyed most of the English town of Coventry during World War II.

1942 ~ Birthday of Daniel Barenboim, Pianist & Conductor.

1960 ~ The Polaris missile became operational on the USS George Washington (SSBN-598).

1969 ~ The Soviet submarine K-19 collided with the American submarine USS Gato.

1971 ~ Intel released the first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004.
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