DAY IN HISTORY

Monday, November 15, 2021

Today is the 319th day of 2021 and the 55th day of autumn.

TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1920, the League of Nations held its first assembly in Geneva.

In 1939, President Franklin Roosevelt laid the cornerstone for the Jefferson Memorial during a ceremony in Washington, D.C.

In 1969, Vietnam anti-war demonstrations reached a peak when an estimated quarter- to half-million protesters marched peacefully in Washington, D.C.

In 2006, the international 24-hour news channel Al Jazeera English launched worldwide.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS:

William Herschel (1738-1822), astronomer; Felix Frankfurter (18821965), U.S. Supreme Court justice; Marianne Moore (1887-1972), poet; Georgia O’keeffe (18871986), artist; Ed Asner (1929-2021), actor; Petula Clark (1932- ), singer; Sam Waterston (1940- ), actor; Daniel Barenboim (1942- ), pianist/conductor; Randy Savage (19522011), wrestler; Jonny Lee Miller (1972- ), actor; Asia Kate Dillon (1984- ), actor; Shailene Woodley (1991), actress; Karl-anthony Towns (1995- ), basketball player.

TODAY’S FACT:

Georgia O’keeffe was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest U.S. civilian honor, by President Gerald Ford in 1977.

TODAY’S SPORTS: In 2005, Major League Baseball team owners and the players’ union agreed on a tougher testing policy for steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs.

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“I have already settled it for myself so flattery and criticism go down the same drain and I am quite free.” — Georgia O’keeffe

TODAY’S NUMBER:

22 — average age of a U.S. infantryman serving in the Vietnam War.

TODAY’S MOON: Between first quarter moon (Nov. 11) and full moon (Nov. 19).