15 November

Sir William Herschel
15 November 1738 – 25 August 1822
English astronomer who discovered the planet Uranus.

Georgia O’Keeffe
15 November 1887 – 6 March 1986
American artist, paintings can be seen in the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; National Gallery of Art, Washington DC; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth; Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts; Phoenix Art Museum; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

Harald Sverdup
15 November 1888 – 21 August 1957
Norwegian Oceanographer whose research led to the ability to predict surfing conditions.

Ellen Demorest
15 November 1824 – 10 August 1898
American who devised paper patterns for making clothing.

Mantovani
15 November 1905 – 29 March 1980
American band leader of a ‘pops orchestra’.

James Ballard
15 November 1930 – 19 April 2009
English author, wrote ‘Empire of the Sun’ and numerous others.

Petula Clark
15 November 1932
English actress and singer with numerous hits over the last 50 years.

Anni-Frid Lyngstad
15 November 1945
Norwegian born member of the Swedish pop music group ABBA.

Today’s Quote
Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is.
… Elbert Hubbard (1856 – 1915)

Today’s No. 1 Hit
1975 – Island Girl by Elton John.

Today’s events
15 November 1837 – Isaac Pitman introduced his shorthand writing system, used by secretaries to ‘write’ dictated information.
15 November 1859 – Zappas Olympics opens in Athens, being the first revival of the ancient Olympic Games.
15 November 1920 – Inaugural meeting of the League of Nations, in Geneva.
15 November 1926 – Debut of networked radio broadcasting when (in America) RCA establishes NBC.
15 November 1971 – The integrated microprocessor (type 4004) released by Intel.
15 November 1988 – The first Fairtrade organisation Stichting Max Havelaar launched in The Netherlands.