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| November 15 is the 320th day of the year. There are 46 days remaining until the end of the year. |
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| 1660 1st kosher butcher (Asser Levy) licensed in New Amsterdam (NYC) |
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| 1763 Feuding gay lovers, Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, draw the line between Pennsylvania and Maryland. |
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| 1777 Articles of Confederation is adopted by Continental Congress producing 10 years of confusion before the Constitution is ratified. |
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| 1835 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin enjoy some time off in Tahiti. |
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| 1864 Union Major General Sherman burns Atlanta. |
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| 1937 1st congressional session in air-conditioned chambers [not noticed due to all the hot air still circulating in the chamber] |
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| 1950 Arthur Dorrington is 1st black man in organized hockey, Atlantic City Seagulls of Eastern Amateur Hockey League |
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| 1956 Elvis Presley's 1st film, "Love Me Tender," premieres in New York City |
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| 1965 Craig Breedlove sets land speed record (600.601 mph-966.57 kph) much to the dismay of his boyfriend |
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| 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... |
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| 1989 Aaron Sorkin's "Few Good Men" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 497 performances |
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| 1990 Producers confirm that Milli Vanilli didn't sing on their album |
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| 1993 Joey Buttafuoco is sentenced to 6 months for statutory rape of Amy Fisher |
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| 1995 "Master Class" opens at Golden Theater New York City for 601 performances |
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| 2006 Al Jazeera launches Al Jazeera English–think Ebonics for Arabs |
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| 1738 Sir William Herschel, German-born English father of modern astronomer famous for discovering Uranus...the planet |
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| 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 |
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| 1910 Geoffrey Toone, probably gay Irish actor |
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| 1928 C. W. McCall [William Dale Fries, Jr.], maybe gay US advertising director/songwriter/singer (“Convoy”)/mayor |
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| 1939 Yaphet Kotto, US actor |
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| 1940 Sam Waterston, US actor |
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| 1945 Bob Gunton, US actor |
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| 1957 Kevin Eubanks, maybe gay US musician/former Tonight Show Band Leader |
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| 1962 Judy Gold, 6'3" gay US comedienne/producer |
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| 1967 Francois Ozon, gay French movie director/most of his films deal with explicit sexuality & nudity |
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| 1971 Marcelo Faria, Brazilian actor |
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| 1972 Jonny Lee Miller, English actor/my friend Stevil’s fantasy |
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| 1972 [Luis Nicolau] Nico Puig, maybe gay Brazilian actor/G Magazine model |
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| 1975 Scott Henshall, gay English fashion designer |
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| 1976 Yannick Lawry, gay Australian radio host |
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| 1980 [Brett Asa] Ace Young, US singer/songwriter/actor/American Idol |
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| 1981 John Haritan, US model |
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| 1958 Tyrone Power, bisexual US actor (Mark of Zorro), will forever be the prince of foxes |
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| 1978 Margaret Mead, bisexual US anthropologist (Thoughts and Female), goes native |
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| 2009 Dennis Cole, US actor, is no longer young and restless. |
