November 15th

November 15  is the 320th day of the year.  There are 46 days remaining until the end of the year.

1660 1st kosher butcher (Asser Levy) licensed in New Amsterdam (NYC)

1763 Feuding gay lovers, Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, draw the line between Pennsylvania and Maryland.

1777 Articles of Confederation is adopted by Continental Congress producing 10 years of confusion before the Constitution is ratified.

1835 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin enjoy some time off in Tahiti.

1864 Union Major General Sherman burns Atlanta.

1937 1st congressional session in air-conditioned chambers [not noticed due to all the hot air still circulating in the chamber]

1950 Arthur Dorrington is 1st black man in organized hockey, Atlantic City Seagulls of Eastern Amateur Hockey League

1956 Elvis Presley's 1st film, "Love Me Tender," premieres in New York City

1965 Craig Breedlove sets land speed record (600.601 mph-966.57 kph) much to the dismay of his boyfriend

1969 Wendy's Hamburgers makes a hot and juicy offer for the 1st time.  She recently hit on something special with Dave's Hot 'n' Juicy...

1989 Aaron Sorkin's "Few Good Men" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 497 performances

1990 Producers confirm that Milli Vanilli didn't sing on their album

1993 Joey Buttafuoco is sentenced to 6 months for statutory rape of Amy Fisher

1995 "Master Class" opens at Golden Theater New York City for 601 performances

2006 Al Jazeera launches Al Jazeera English–think Ebonics for Arabs

1738 Sir William Herschel, German-born English father of modern astronomer famous for discovering Uranus...the planet 

1881 Franklin Pearce Adams, probably gay US columnist, wit, fouding member of the Thanatopsis Literary and Inside Straight Club (Algonquin Round Table)/Information Please panelist 

1910 Geoffrey Toone, probably gay Irish actor 

1928 C. W. McCall [William Dale Fries, Jr.], maybe gay US advertising director/songwriter/singer (“Convoy”)/mayor 

1939 Yaphet Kotto, US actor 

1940 Sam Waterston, US actor 

1945 Bob Gunton, US actor 

1957 Kevin Eubanks, maybe gay US musician/former Tonight Show Band Leader 

1962 Judy Gold, 6'3" gay US comedienne/producer 

1967 Francois Ozon, gay French movie director/most of his films deal with explicit sexuality & nudity 

1971 Marcelo Faria, Brazilian actor 

1972 Jonny Lee Miller, English actor/my friend Stevil’s fantasy 

1972 [Luis Nicolau] Nico Puig, maybe gay Brazilian actor/G Magazine model 

1975 Scott Henshall, gay English fashion designer 

1976 Yannick Lawry, gay Australian radio host 

1980 [Brett Asa] Ace Young, US singer/songwriter/actor/American Idol 

1981 John Haritan, US model 

1958 Tyrone Power, bisexual US actor (Mark of Zorro), will forever be the prince of foxes

1978 Margaret Mead, bisexual US anthropologist (Thoughts and Female), goes native

2009 Dennis Cole, US actor, is no longer young and restless.