A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on November 15 throughout history.
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Between 1492 and 1504, the Italian explorer and navigator Christopher Columbus led four transatlantic maritime expeditions in the name of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain to the Caribbean and to...
European colonization and trade in Africa are officially regulated at the international Berlin Conference, formalizing the "Scramble for Africa" among European powers
A safety razor is a shaving implement with a protective device positioned between the edge of the blade and the skin.
Mackenzie King retires after 21 years and 154 days as Prime Minister of Canada and is replaced by Louis St. Laurent, who is sworn in as the 12th Prime Minister of Canada
The Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam was a massive demonstration and teach-in across the United States against the United States involvement in the Vietnam War.
PLO delegation led by Yasser Arafat proclaims the State of Palestine and recognizes the existence of the State of Israel for the first time, at a conference in Algiers, Algeria.
Leonardo da Vinci's painting "Salvator Mundi" sells for $450.3 million at auction in New York, a record price for any artwork
First formal radio network, RCA takes over AT&T's 25-station network (NBC), including flagship station WEAF in NYC
The Beastie Boys were an American hip-hop group formed in New York City in 1981. They were composed of Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz (vocals, guitar), Adam "MCA" Yauch (vocals, bass), and Michael "Mike D"...
Mickey Wright shoots a 62, the lowest golf score for a female professional at the Tall City Open in Midland, Texas
British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton clinches his fourth consecutive and record-equalling seventh F1 World Drivers' Championship by winning the Turkish GP at Intercity Istanbul Park, Tuzla
Golfer Byron Nelson (74) weds advertising copy writer Peggy Simmons (42)
TV host and actor William Shatner (66) weds former Ford model Nerine Kidd (38) in Pasadena, California; widowed in 1999
Emperor Akihito's only daughter Princess Sayako (36) gives up her imperial title to wed Yoshiki Kuroda (40) at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, Japan
"Single White Female" actress Jennifer Jason Leigh (48) divorces writer Noah Baumbach (41) due to irreconcilable differences after 5 years of marriage
The death of Paganism in England: Pagan King Penda of Mercia and his allies are defeated at the Battle of Winwaed by Christian king Oswiu of Bernicia (as told by Bede)
Battle of Morgarten: Swiss beat duke Leopold I of Austria
Rudolph of Oron claims Jews have confessed to poisoning wells
Thomas Wolsey (March 1473 – 29 November 1530) was an English statesman and Catholic cardinal. When Henry VIII became King of England in 1509, Wolsey became the king's almoner.
Treaty of Schoonhoven: Henry of the Palatinate, Bishop of Utrecht, cedes lands to the Habsburgs in return for security help against resistant citizens
First kosher butcher (Asser Levy) licensed in New Amsterdam (now New York City)
The Exclusion Crisis ran from 1679 until 1681 in the reign of King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland.
The Austrian Netherlands were the territory of the Burgundian Circle of the Holy Roman Empire between 1714 and 1797.
NY General assembly permits Jews to omit phrase "upon the faith of a Christian" from abjuration oath
Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon begin surveying Mason–Dixon line between Pennsylvania and Maryland
1st Catholic college in US, Georgetown, opens
1st US college magazine, Yale Literary Government, publishes 1st issue
Allied troops occupies Groningen
Series of fires kills 10 in Edinburgh, Scotland
Dutch Business Me gets monopoly on opium trade in Java/Madura
Creek-indians lose all their property in US
William Vincent Wallace, conducts the premiere of his first opera, "Maritana" at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London, England
1st US poultry show opens in Boston
In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is given the necessary royal concession.
1st US mines school opens in basement of Columbia University, NY
Free postal delivery formally inaugurated
Bathe becomes member of Noordduitse Union
The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions of the United States and Canada (FOTLU) was a federation of labor unions created on November 15, 1881, at Turner Hall in Pittsburgh.
British SS Wah Yeung catches fire on Canton River off Hong Kong
The Proclamation of the Republic (Portuguese: Proclamação da República) was a military coup d'état that established the First Brazilian Republic on November 15, 1889.
Dutch soccer club NEC is established in Nijmegen
Eugen d'Albert's opera "Tiefland" premieres at the Neues Deutsches Theater in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia
Proclamation sets designs for Canadian $5 & $10 gold coins
US Senate 1st invokes the Cloture Rule to end a filibuster, passes Versailles Treaty [1]
Ernst Toller's "Massen und Menschen" premieres in Nuremberg
KYW-AM in Philadelphia PA begins radio transmissions
Dutch Christian Radio Society (NCRV) forms
Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur.
Harold Clayton Urey (April 29, 1893 – January 5, 1981) was an American physical chemist who conducted pioneering work on isotopes.
A Night at the Opera is a 1935 American comedy film starring the Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo and Chico), and featuring Kitty Carlisle, Allan Jones, Margaret Dumont, Sig Ruman, and Walter Woolf...
The Anti-Comintern Pact, officially the Agreement against the Communist International was an anti-communist pact concluded between Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan on 25 November 1936 and...
First US congressional session in air-conditioned rooms
Farewell Parade of International Brigades in Barcelona
The military occupation of Czechoslovakia by Nazi Germany began with the German annexation of the Sudetenland in 1938, continued with the creation of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and by...
1st 75,000 men called to armed forces duty during peacetime
The Cow Palace (originally the California State Livestock Pavilion) is an indoor arena and events center located in Daly City, California, situated on the city's northern border with neighboring San...
The Heinkel He 219 Uhu ("Eagle-Owl") is a night fighter designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Heinkel.
Surprise attack on office of Nethche Bank
House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) interrogates astronomer Harlow Shapley
Soccer team GVVV forms in Veenendaal
Arthur Dorrington, 1st black man in organized hockey is signed, by Atlantic City Seagulls of Eastern Amateur Hockey League
NY Yankee Gil McDougald wins AL Rookie of Year
WIBW TV channel 13 in Topeka, KS (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
First regularly scheduled commercial flights over North Pole begin as SAS (Scandinavian Airlines) inaugurates DC-6B service between Los Angeles, California and Copenhagen, Denmark, via Greenland and Winnipeg, Manitoba
Poland & Yugoslavia sign trade agreement
William August Fisher (11 July 1903 – 15 November 1971), better known by the alias Rudolf Ivanovich Abel, was a Soviet intelligence officer.
NFL Cleveland Browns halfback Bobby Mitchell sets club record for longest run from scrimmage (90-yards), beat Washington Redskins, 31-17
Elgin Baylor of NBA LA Lakers scores 71 points vs NY Knicks
Comet C/1961 T1 (Seki) approaches within 0.1019 AUs of Earth
Valium, created by chemist Leo Sternbach at Roche, approved by US Drug and Food Administration - most prescribed drug in the world 1969-1982 [1]
Ajax soccer star Johan Cruijff debuts against GVAV
The only fatality of the X-15 program occurs during the 191st flight when Air Force test pilot Michael J. Adams loses control of his aircraft descending from 81km, causing its mid air destruction over the Mojave Desert
1st date in controversial Jim Bouton baseball diary "Ball Four"
Janis Joplin, accused of vulgar & indicent language in Tampa, Florida
Paul Brown, as head coach of the expansion Cincinnati Bengals, defeats his former team the Cleveland Browns, a moment he calls his "greatest victory"
Circle-in the-Square Theater opens at 1633 Broadway NYC
The Yom Kippur War, also known as the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, the fourth Arab–Israeli War, the October War, or the Ramadan War, was fought from 6 to 25 October 1973 between Israel and a coalition of...
International Energy Agency formed in Paris within OECD framework in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis
Goodnight Vienna is the fourth studio album by Ringo Starr. It was recorded in the summer of 1974 in Los Angeles, and released on 15 November through Apple Records.
"Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" is a country music song first recorded by Ed Bruce, written by him and his wife Patsy Bruce.
Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. As of 2025 Greater Beirut has a population of 2.4 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, which makes it the twelfth-largest city in the...
die as Icelandic Airlines DC-8 crashes in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Harold Pinter (10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor.
Pope John Paul II was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death in 2005.
75th hat trick in NHL New York Islander franchise history, scored by Mike Bossy
"Emergency" 16th studio album by American band Kool & the Gang is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1985)
A research assistant is injured when a package from the Unabomber addressed to a University of Michigan professor explodes
Continental Airlines Flight 1713 was a commercial airline flight that crashed while taking off in a snowstorm from Stapleton International Airport in Denver, Colorado, United States, on November 15,...
91 m radio telescope dish at Green Bank, WV, collapses
"Batman" film is released on video tape
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is an Indian former international cricketer who captained the Indian national team.
Producers confirm that Milli Vanilli didn't sing on their album, resulting in the duo being stripped of their Best New Artist Grammy and sparking a scandal
Dow Jones Industrial Average drops 120.31 points (5th largest dive)
Cuban Ilyushin IL-18 flight to Puerto Plata crashes, 34 die
13 Cuban refugees land in Florida after stealing a crop-duster in Cuba
6.7-8.1 earthquake strikes Philippines, killing 45
The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S.
A transit of Mercury across the Sun takes place when the planet Mercury passes directly between the Sun and a superior planet.
A chartered Antonov AN-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola killing more than 40 people
The Xbox is a home video game console developed and marketed by Microsoft. It was released on November 15, 2001, in North America, followed by Australia, Europe, and Japan in 2002.
Sir Richard Starkey, known as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor who achieved international fame as the drummer for the Beatles.
First day of the Istanbul Bombings takes place, followed by additional bombings on November 20th
The Boeing 747 is a long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2023. After the introduction of the 707 in October...
A devastating Cyclone named Sidr hits Bangladesh, killing an estimated 5000 people and destroying Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest
At least 95 people are killed in Syrian conflicts
5 people are killed and 10 are injured after a train derails in Nashik, India
A 7.3 magnitude earthquake strikes under the Molucca Sea in eastern Indonesia, triggering a tsunami warning
Vladimir Putin's press secretary says media reports that the Russian president plans to leave the G20 Summit in Brisbane early are nonsense
A series of coordinated Islamist terrorist attacks took place on Friday, 13 November 2015 in Paris, France, and the city's northern suburb, Saint-Denis.
3 UCLA basketball players suspended after admitting shoplifting in China, only released at President Trump's request
LeBron James passes Wilt Chamberlain for 5th on the NBA's career scoring list with 44 points for the LA Lakers in 126-117 victory over Portland Trail Blazers at the Staples Center, Los Angeles
A Belgian racing pigeon called New Kim sells for a world-record price of €1.6 million (£1.4 million) at auction
Former Trump aide Stephen Bannon turns himself in after being found in contempt of US Congress by a federal grand jury, after refusing to comply with investigation into Jan 6
Gerhart Hauptmann, German author, known for german author, was born on 1862-11-15. Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann was a German dramatist and novelist.
August Krogh, Danish physiologist, known for danish physiologist, was born on 1874-11-15.
Randy Savage, American professional wrestler, known for american professional wrestler, was born on 1952-11-15.
Shailene Woodley, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1992-11-15. Shailene Woodley is an American actress.
Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Swedish musician, known for swedish singer, was born on 1946-11-15.
Lorena Ochoa is born
Paulo Dybala, Argentine athlete, known for argentine footballer, was born on 1994-11-15.
Johannes Kepler, German astronomer and mathematician, known for german astronomer and mathematician, died on 1630-11-15.
Cixi, Chinese regent of the qing dynasty, known for regent of the qing dynasty, died on 1908-11-15.
Margaret Mead, American cultural anthropologist, known for american cultural anthropologist, died on 1978-11-15.
The death of Paganism in England: Pagan King Penda of Mercia and his allies are defeated at the Battle of Winwaed by Christian king Oswiu of Bernicia (as told by Bede)
Battle of Morgarten: Swiss beat duke Leopold I of Austria
Rudolph of Oron claims Jews have confessed to poisoning wells
Between 1492 and 1504, the Italian explorer and navigator Christopher Columbus led four transatlantic maritime expeditions in the name of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain to the Caribbean and to...
Thomas Wolsey (March 1473 – 29 November 1530) was an English statesman and Catholic cardinal. When Henry VIII became King of England in 1509, Wolsey became the king's almoner.
Treaty of Schoonhoven: Henry of the Palatinate, Bishop of Utrecht, cedes lands to the Habsburgs in return for security help against resistant citizens
Johannes Kepler, German astronomer and mathematician, known for german astronomer and mathematician, died on 1630-11-15.
First kosher butcher (Asser Levy) licensed in New Amsterdam (now New York City)
The Exclusion Crisis ran from 1679 until 1681 in the reign of King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland.
The Austrian Netherlands were the territory of the Burgundian Circle of the Holy Roman Empire between 1714 and 1797.
NY General assembly permits Jews to omit phrase "upon the faith of a Christian" from abjuration oath
Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon begin surveying Mason–Dixon line between Pennsylvania and Maryland
1st Catholic college in US, Georgetown, opens
1st US college magazine, Yale Literary Government, publishes 1st issue
Allied troops occupies Groningen
Series of fires kills 10 in Edinburgh, Scotland
Dutch Business Me gets monopoly on opium trade in Java/Madura
Creek-indians lose all their property in US
William Vincent Wallace, conducts the premiere of his first opera, "Maritana" at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London, England
1st US poultry show opens in Boston
In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is given the necessary royal concession.
Gerhart Hauptmann, German author, known for german author, was born on 1862-11-15. Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann was a German dramatist and novelist.
1st US mines school opens in basement of Columbia University, NY
Free postal delivery formally inaugurated
Bathe becomes member of Noordduitse Union
August Krogh, Danish physiologist, known for danish physiologist, was born on 1874-11-15.
The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions of the United States and Canada (FOTLU) was a federation of labor unions created on November 15, 1881, at Turner Hall in Pittsburgh.
European colonization and trade in Africa are officially regulated at the international Berlin Conference, formalizing the "Scramble for Africa" among European powers
British SS Wah Yeung catches fire on Canton River off Hong Kong
The Proclamation of the Republic (Portuguese: Proclamação da República) was a military coup d'état that established the First Brazilian Republic on November 15, 1889.
Dutch soccer club NEC is established in Nijmegen
Eugen d'Albert's opera "Tiefland" premieres at the Neues Deutsches Theater in Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia
A safety razor is a shaving implement with a protective device positioned between the edge of the blade and the skin.
Cixi, Chinese regent of the qing dynasty, known for regent of the qing dynasty, died on 1908-11-15.
Proclamation sets designs for Canadian $5 & $10 gold coins
US Senate 1st invokes the Cloture Rule to end a filibuster, passes Versailles Treaty [1]
Ernst Toller's "Massen und Menschen" premieres in Nuremberg
KYW-AM in Philadelphia PA begins radio transmissions
Dutch Christian Radio Society (NCRV) forms
First formal radio network, RCA takes over AT&T's 25-station network (NBC), including flagship station WEAF in NYC
Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur.
Harold Clayton Urey (April 29, 1893 – January 5, 1981) was an American physical chemist who conducted pioneering work on isotopes.
A Night at the Opera is a 1935 American comedy film starring the Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo and Chico), and featuring Kitty Carlisle, Allan Jones, Margaret Dumont, Sig Ruman, and Walter Woolf...
The Anti-Comintern Pact, officially the Agreement against the Communist International was an anti-communist pact concluded between Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan on 25 November 1936 and...
First US congressional session in air-conditioned rooms
Farewell Parade of International Brigades in Barcelona
The military occupation of Czechoslovakia by Nazi Germany began with the German annexation of the Sudetenland in 1938, continued with the creation of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and by...
1st 75,000 men called to armed forces duty during peacetime
The Cow Palace (originally the California State Livestock Pavilion) is an indoor arena and events center located in Daly City, California, situated on the city's northern border with neighboring San...
The Heinkel He 219 Uhu ("Eagle-Owl") is a night fighter designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Heinkel.
Surprise attack on office of Nethche Bank
House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) interrogates astronomer Harlow Shapley
Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Swedish musician, known for swedish singer, was born on 1946-11-15.
Soccer team GVVV forms in Veenendaal
Mackenzie King retires after 21 years and 154 days as Prime Minister of Canada and is replaced by Louis St. Laurent, who is sworn in as the 12th Prime Minister of Canada
Arthur Dorrington, 1st black man in organized hockey is signed, by Atlantic City Seagulls of Eastern Amateur Hockey League
NY Yankee Gil McDougald wins AL Rookie of Year
Randy Savage, American professional wrestler, known for american professional wrestler, was born on 1952-11-15.
WIBW TV channel 13 in Topeka, KS (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
First regularly scheduled commercial flights over North Pole begin as SAS (Scandinavian Airlines) inaugurates DC-6B service between Los Angeles, California and Copenhagen, Denmark, via Greenland and Winnipeg, Manitoba
Poland & Yugoslavia sign trade agreement
William August Fisher (11 July 1903 – 15 November 1971), better known by the alias Rudolf Ivanovich Abel, was a Soviet intelligence officer.
NFL Cleveland Browns halfback Bobby Mitchell sets club record for longest run from scrimmage (90-yards), beat Washington Redskins, 31-17
Elgin Baylor of NBA LA Lakers scores 71 points vs NY Knicks
Comet C/1961 T1 (Seki) approaches within 0.1019 AUs of Earth
Valium, created by chemist Leo Sternbach at Roche, approved by US Drug and Food Administration - most prescribed drug in the world 1969-1982 [1]
Mickey Wright shoots a 62, the lowest golf score for a female professional at the Tall City Open in Midland, Texas
Ajax soccer star Johan Cruijff debuts against GVAV
The only fatality of the X-15 program occurs during the 191st flight when Air Force test pilot Michael J. Adams loses control of his aircraft descending from 81km, causing its mid air destruction over the Mojave Desert
1st date in controversial Jim Bouton baseball diary "Ball Four"
The Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam was a massive demonstration and teach-in across the United States against the United States involvement in the Vietnam War.
Janis Joplin, accused of vulgar & indicent language in Tampa, Florida
Paul Brown, as head coach of the expansion Cincinnati Bengals, defeats his former team the Cleveland Browns, a moment he calls his "greatest victory"
Circle-in the-Square Theater opens at 1633 Broadway NYC
The Yom Kippur War, also known as the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, the fourth Arab–Israeli War, the October War, or the Ramadan War, was fought from 6 to 25 October 1973 between Israel and a coalition of...
International Energy Agency formed in Paris within OECD framework in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis
Goodnight Vienna is the fourth studio album by Ringo Starr. It was recorded in the summer of 1974 in Los Angeles, and released on 15 November through Apple Records.
"Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" is a country music song first recorded by Ed Bruce, written by him and his wife Patsy Bruce.
Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. As of 2025 Greater Beirut has a population of 2.4 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, which makes it the twelfth-largest city in the...
die as Icelandic Airlines DC-8 crashes in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Harold Pinter (10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor.
Margaret Mead, American cultural anthropologist, known for american cultural anthropologist, died on 1978-11-15.
Pope John Paul II was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death in 2005.
Lorena Ochoa is born
75th hat trick in NHL New York Islander franchise history, scored by Mike Bossy
"Emergency" 16th studio album by American band Kool & the Gang is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1985)
A research assistant is injured when a package from the Unabomber addressed to a University of Michigan professor explodes
The Beastie Boys were an American hip-hop group formed in New York City in 1981. They were composed of Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz (vocals, guitar), Adam "MCA" Yauch (vocals, bass), and Michael "Mike D"...
Golfer Byron Nelson (74) weds advertising copy writer Peggy Simmons (42)
Continental Airlines Flight 1713 was a commercial airline flight that crashed while taking off in a snowstorm from Stapleton International Airport in Denver, Colorado, United States, on November 15,...
PLO delegation led by Yasser Arafat proclaims the State of Palestine and recognizes the existence of the State of Israel for the first time, at a conference in Algiers, Algeria.
91 m radio telescope dish at Green Bank, WV, collapses
"Batman" film is released on video tape
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is an Indian former international cricketer who captained the Indian national team.
Producers confirm that Milli Vanilli didn't sing on their album, resulting in the duo being stripped of their Best New Artist Grammy and sparking a scandal
Dow Jones Industrial Average drops 120.31 points (5th largest dive)
Cuban Ilyushin IL-18 flight to Puerto Plata crashes, 34 die
Shailene Woodley, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1992-11-15. Shailene Woodley is an American actress.
13 Cuban refugees land in Florida after stealing a crop-duster in Cuba
6.7-8.1 earthquake strikes Philippines, killing 45
Paulo Dybala, Argentine athlete, known for argentine footballer, was born on 1994-11-15.
The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S.
TV host and actor William Shatner (66) weds former Ford model Nerine Kidd (38) in Pasadena, California; widowed in 1999
A transit of Mercury across the Sun takes place when the planet Mercury passes directly between the Sun and a superior planet.
A chartered Antonov AN-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola killing more than 40 people
The Xbox is a home video game console developed and marketed by Microsoft. It was released on November 15, 2001, in North America, followed by Australia, Europe, and Japan in 2002.
Sir Richard Starkey, known as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor who achieved international fame as the drummer for the Beatles.
First day of the Istanbul Bombings takes place, followed by additional bombings on November 20th
Emperor Akihito's only daughter Princess Sayako (36) gives up her imperial title to wed Yoshiki Kuroda (40) at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, Japan
The Boeing 747 is a long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2023. After the introduction of the 707 in October...
A devastating Cyclone named Sidr hits Bangladesh, killing an estimated 5000 people and destroying Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest
"Single White Female" actress Jennifer Jason Leigh (48) divorces writer Noah Baumbach (41) due to irreconcilable differences after 5 years of marriage
At least 95 people are killed in Syrian conflicts
5 people are killed and 10 are injured after a train derails in Nashik, India
A 7.3 magnitude earthquake strikes under the Molucca Sea in eastern Indonesia, triggering a tsunami warning
Vladimir Putin's press secretary says media reports that the Russian president plans to leave the G20 Summit in Brisbane early are nonsense
A series of coordinated Islamist terrorist attacks took place on Friday, 13 November 2015 in Paris, France, and the city's northern suburb, Saint-Denis.
Leonardo da Vinci's painting "Salvator Mundi" sells for $450.3 million at auction in New York, a record price for any artwork
3 UCLA basketball players suspended after admitting shoplifting in China, only released at President Trump's request
LeBron James passes Wilt Chamberlain for 5th on the NBA's career scoring list with 44 points for the LA Lakers in 126-117 victory over Portland Trail Blazers at the Staples Center, Los Angeles
British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton clinches his fourth consecutive and record-equalling seventh F1 World Drivers' Championship by winning the Turkish GP at Intercity Istanbul Park, Tuzla
A Belgian racing pigeon called New Kim sells for a world-record price of €1.6 million (£1.4 million) at auction
Former Trump aide Stephen Bannon turns himself in after being found in contempt of US Congress by a federal grand jury, after refusing to comply with investigation into Jan 6