November 15
1763
Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon began surveying the Mason-Dixon line.
1777
The Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation, the precursor to the U.S. Constitution.
1806
Explorer Zebulon Pike spotted the mountaintop now known as Pikes Peak.
1939
The cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial was laid by President Roosevelt.
1969
About 250,000 protesters against the Vietnam War, the largest war protest ever, converged peacefully on Washington, DC.
2002
Hu Jintao replaced Jiang Zemin as China’s Communist Party leader.
Birthdays
Erwin Rommel
1891–1944, German Field Marshal.
William Pitt
statesman (1708)
William Herschel
astronomer (1738)
Felix Frankfurter
jurist (1882)
Georgia O’Keeffe
painter (1887)
William Averell Harriman
public official (1891)
Edward Asner
actor (1929)