On this day 15th November
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Facts
1492 Christopher Columbus notes 1st recorded reference to tobacco
1884 European Colonization and trade in Africa is officially regulated at the international Berlin Conference, formalizing European powers "Scramble for Africa"
1904 King C. Gillette patents the Gillette razor blade
1948 Mackenzie King retires after 22 years as Prime Minister of Canada
1969 An estimated 2 million people take part in the Vietnam War Moratorium demonstration across the United States
Deaths
565 Justinian I (The Great), Byzantinian Emperor (527-565), dies at 82.
1630 Johannes Kepler, German astronomer (planetary Motion), dies at 58
1794 John Witherspoon, president of the College of New Jersey, dies at 71
1954 Lionel Barrymore, [Blythe], American actor (Dr Kildare, Key Largo), dies at 76
1958 Tyrone Power, American actor (The Mark of Zorro), dies of a heart attack at 44
1978 Margaret Mead, American anthropologist (Thoughts & Female), dies of pancreatic cancer at 76
2002 Myra Hindley, English murderess (b. 1942)
2010 Larry Evans, American chess grandmaster and journalist (b. 1932)
2015 Cynthia Payne, English brothel madam, dies at 82
2015 Saeed Jaffrey, Indian actor (The Chess Players, Gandhi), dies at 86
Born on this day
1972 Jonny Lee Miller, English actor (Trainspotting, Elementary), born in London
Larry Evans
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