November 15th, 1979

Born on November 15th, 1979

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 16,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 774 days, exactly on June 1st, 2026, people who were born on November 15th, 1979 will be 17,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on November 15th, 1979?

November 15th, 1979

A package from Unabomber Ted Kaczynski begins smoking in the cargo hold of a flight from Chicago to Washington, D.C., forcing the plane to make an emergency landing.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kaczynski

What else 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.

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

Born on November 15th, 1979

44

Brett Lancaster

Australian cyclist

*November 15th, 1979, Shepparton

44

Albert Rivera

Spanish politician

*November 15th, 1979, Barcelona

44

Robert Kendrick

American tennis player

*November 15th, 1979, Fresno

44

Intan Paramaditha

Indonesian writer and feminist academic

*November 15th, 1979, Bandung City

44

Josemi

Spanish footballer

*November 15th, 1979, Torremolinos

44

Brooks Bollinger

American football player

*November 15th, 1979, Bismarck

44

Jonathan Islas

Mexican actor

*November 15th, 1979, Mexico City

44

John Stephens

Australian baseball player

*November 15th, 1979, Sydney

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

69

Uli Stielike

German association football player and manager

*November 15th, 1954, Ketsch

30

Paulo Dybala

Argentine and Italian association football player (born 1993)

*November 15th, 1993, Laguna Larga

40

Imanol Erviti

Road bicycle racer

*November 15th, 1983, Pamplona

27

Vanessa Nakate

Ugandan Climate Change Activist

*November 15th, 1996, Kampala

40

John Heitinga

Dutch association football player

*November 15th, 1983, Alphen aan den Rijn

72

Beverly D'Angelo

American actress

*November 15th, 1951, Columbus

43

Ace Young

American singer-songwriter

*November 15th, 1980, Denver

40

Fernando Verdasco

Spanish tennis player

*November 15th, 1983, Madrid

47

Virginie Ledoyen

French actress and model

*November 15th, 1976, 10th arrondissement of Paris

46

Peter Phillips

Son of Anne, Princess Royal; nephew of Charles III (born 1977)

*November 15th, 1977, St. Mary's Hospital

45

Judith Richter

German actress

*November 15th, 1978, Munich

88

Mahmoud Abbas

President of the State of Palestine since 2005

*November 15th, 1935, Safed

83

Sam Waterston

American actor, producer and director

*November 15th, 1940, Cambridge

55

Uwe Rösler

German association football manager and former player

*November 15th, 1968, Altenburg

42

Christian de la Campa

American actor

*November 15th, 1981, Houston

49

Ingrida Šimonytė

Prime Minister of Lithuania

*November 15th, 1974, Vilnius

43

Hamza Namira

Egyptian singer, songwriter, and music producer

*November 15th, 1980, Diriyah

42

Lorena Ochoa

Mexican professional golfer

*November 15th, 1981, Guadalajara

32

Shailene Woodley

American actress

*November 15th, 1991, San Bernardino

50

Jeroen Willems

Dutch actor (1962-2012)

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

Same year
Born in 1979

45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1979 is a normal year and no leap year.

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