November 15th, 1960

Born on November 15th, 1960

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on November 15th?

November 15th, 2012

Xi Jinping replaced Hu Jintao as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, succeeding as the paramount leader of China.

November 15th, 1988

The Soviet spacecraft Buran, a reusable vehicle built in response to NASA's Space Shuttle program, was launched, uncrewed, on its only flight.

November 15th, 1959

Two men murdered a family in Holcomb, Kansas; the events became the subject of Truman Capote's non-fiction novel In Cold Blood, a pioneering work of the true crime genre.

November 15th, 1943

The Holocaust: In the Romani Holocaust, Nazi official Heinrich Himmler ordered that the Romani were to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps".

November 15th, 1935

The Commonwealth of the Philippines was officially established, with Manuel L. Quezon inaugurated as its president.

November 15th, 1922

During a general strike in Guayaquil, Ecuador, police and military fired into a crowd, killing at least 300 people.

November 15th, 1908

As a result of numerous atrocities in the territory, the Congo Free State was annexed to Belgium to form the Belgian Congo.

November 15th, 1889

Brazilian emperor Pedro II was overthrown in a coup led by Deodoro da Fonseca, while the country was proclaimed a republic.

November 15th, 1864

American Civil War: Union Army general William Tecumseh Sherman began his March to the Sea, inflicting significant damage to property and infrastructure using scorched-earth tactics on his way from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia.

November 15th, 1859

Sponsored by Greek businessman Evangelos Zappas (pictured), the first modern revival of the Olympic Games took place in Athens.

November 15th, 1760

The chapel of the newly constructed Castellania in Valletta, Malta, was consecrated.

November 15th, 0655

Penda of Mercia and Æthelhere of East Anglia were defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria at the Battle of the Winwaed in Yorkshire, England.

November 15th, 0565

Justin II became Byzantine emperor, having allegedly been chosen by his uncle Justinian I as his successor on his deathbed.

November 15th, 2022

The world population reached eight billion.

November 15th, 2020

Lewis Hamilton wins the Turkish Grand Prix and secures his seventh drivers' title, equalling the all-time record held by Michael Schumacher.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on November 15th

Born on November 15th, 1960

51

Susanne Lothar

German actress (1960-2012)

*November 15th, 1960, Hamburg †July 21st, 2012, Berlin

63

Karen Clark Sheard

American musician and songwriter

*November 15th, 1960, Detroit

63

Willi Langer

Austrian bassist

*November 15th, 1960, St. Pölten

63

Dann Huff

American record producer and songwriter

*November 15th, 1960, Nashville

63

Josette Simon

Antiguan-British actress (active 1980– )

*November 15th, 1960, Leicester

63

Franziska Buch

German film director

*November 15th, 1960, Stuttgart

Same Day
Who's birthday is on November 15th?

69

Uli Stielike

German association football player and manager

*November 15th, 1954, Ketsch

72

Beverly D'Angelo

American actress

*November 15th, 1951, Columbus

50

Jeroen Willems

Dutch actor (1962-2012)

*November 15th, 1962, Maastricht †December 3rd, 2012, Amsterdam

30

Paulo Dybala

Argentine and Italian association football player (born 1993)

*November 15th, 1993, Laguna Larga

83

Sam Waterston

American actor, producer and director

*November 15th, 1940, Cambridge

65

Lesley Laird

Scottish politician (born 1958)

*November 15th, 1958, Greenock

88

Mahmoud Abbas

President of the State of Palestine since 2005

*November 15th, 1935, Safed

27

Vanessa Nakate

Ugandan Climate Change Activist

*November 15th, 1996, Kampala

55

Uwe Rösler

German association football manager and former player

*November 15th, 1968, Altenburg

62

Christian Stückl

German director

*November 15th, 1961, Oberammergau

67

Gloria Foster

American actress (1933–2001)

*November 15th, 1933, Chicago †September 29th, 2001, New York City

87

Martin Bangemann

German politician

*November 15th, 1934, Wanzleben †June 28th, 2022, Saint-Vincent-la-Châtre

75

Klaus Ampler

German cyclist (1940-2016)

*November 15th, 1940, Malbork †May 6th, 2016, Leipzig

61

Judy Gold

American comedian

*November 15th, 1962, Newark

69

Emma Dent Coad

British politician (born 1954)

*November 15th, 1954, London

70

James Widdoes

American actor and director

*November 15th, 1953, Pittsburgh

78

Bob Gunton

American film, television and stage actor

*November 15th, 1945, Santa Monica

83

Gerhart Hauptmann

German dramatist who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1912 (1862-1946)

*November 15th, 1862, Szczawno-Zdrój †June 6th, 1946, Jagniątków

66

Kevin Eubanks

American guitarist (born 1957)

*November 15th, 1957, Philadelphia

40

John Heitinga

Dutch association football player

*November 15th, 1983, Alphen aan den Rijn

Same year
Born in 1960

63

Vince Clarke

English synth-pop musician and songwriter

*July 3rd, 1960, South Woodford tube station

63

Sydney Youngblood

American/German singer

*December 2nd, 1960, San Antonio

64

Åse Michaelsen

Norwegian politician

*June 4th, 1960, Mandal Municipality

63

Sally Yates

American lawyer, 36th United States Deputy Attorney General

*August 20th, 1960, Atlanta

64

Naruhito

Emperor of Japan since 2019

*February 23rd, 1960, Hospital of the Imperial Household

64

Lene Kaaberbøl

Danish writer

*March 24th, 1960, Copenhagen

63

David Duchovny

American actor and writer

*August 7th, 1960, New York City

64

Pierre Littbarski

German association football player and manager

*April 16th, 1960, West Berlin

32

Jón Páll Sigmarsson

Icelandic strongman, powerlifter and bodybuilder

*April 28th, 1960, Hafnarfjörður †January 16th, 1993, Reykjavík

60

Diego Maradona

Argentine football player and manager (1960–2020)

*October 30th, 1960, Lanús †November 25th, 2020, Dique Luján

64

Armin Reutershahn

German association football manager

*March 1st, 1960, Duisburg

64

Christopher Barker

Swiss actor

*May 2nd, 1960, Rome

63

Friederike Seyfried

German archaeologist and egyptologist

*November 19th, 1960, Mosbach

63

John Leguizamo

American actor, comedian, producer, and writer (born 1960)

*July 22nd, 1960, Bogotá

63

Jane Lynch

American actress

*July 14th, 1960, Evergreen Park

64

Susanne Zimmer

Danish politician

*June 9th, 1960, Brønderslev

63

Colin Firth

English actor and producer

*September 10th, 1960, Grayshott

64

Ivanna Lie

Indonesian badminton player

*March 7th, 1960, Bandung

63

Bobby Ertanto

Badminton player

*August 2nd, 1960, Surabaya

64

Misbun Sidek

Badminton player

*February 17th, 1960, Banting

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Leap year

Yes: 1960 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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