On this day, Nov. 15
1777 The Second Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation.
1806 Explorer Zebulon Pike sighted the mountaintop now known as Pikes Peak in present-day Colorado.
1864 During the Civil War, Union forces led by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman began their “March to the Sea” from Atlanta; the campaign ended with the capture of Savannah on Dec. 21.
1937 At the U.S. Capitol, members of the House and Senate met in air-conditioned chambers for the first time.
1942 The naval Battle of Guadalcanal ended during World War II with a decisive U.S. victory over Japanese forces.
1939 President Franklin D. Roosevelt laid the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.
1959 Four members of the Clutter family of Holcomb, Kan., were found murdered in their home. (Ex-convicts Richard Hickock and Perry Smith were later convicted of the killings and hanged in a case made famous by the Truman Capote book “In Cold Blood.”)
1961 Former Argentine President
JuanPeron, living in exile in Spain, married his third wife, Isabel.
1966 The flight of Gemini 12, the final mission of the Gemini program, ended successfully as astronauts James A. Lovell and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. splashed down safely in the Atlantic after spending four days in orbit.
1969 A quarter of a million protesters staged a peaceful demonstration in Washington against the Vietnam War.
1984 Stephanie Fae Beauclair, the infant publicly known as “Baby Fae” who had received a baboon’s heart to replace her own congenitally deformed one, died at Loma Linda University Medical Center in California three weeks after the transplant.
2003 Two Black Hawk helicopters collided and crashed in Iraq; 17 U.S. troops were killed.
2012 The Justice Department announced that BP had agreed to plead guilty to a raft of charges in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill and pay a record $4.5 billion, including nearly $1.3 billion in criminal fines.
2019 Roger Stone, a longtime friend and ally of President Donald Trump, was convicted of all seven counts in a federal indictment accusing him of lying to Congress, tampering with a witness and obstructing the House investigation of whether Mr. Trump coordinated with Russia during the 2016 campaign. (As Stone was about to begin serving a 40-month prison sentence, Mr. Trump commuted the sentence.)
Today’s birthdays: Singer Petula Clark, 90. Actor Sam Waterston, 82. Classical conductor Daniel Barenboim, 80. Pop singer Frida (ABBA), 77. Actor Bob Gunton, 77. Actor Beverly D’Angelo, 71. News correspondent John Roberts, 66. Former “Tonight Show” bandleader Kevin Eubanks, 65. Comedian Judy Gold, 60. Actor Rachel True, 56. Rapper E-40, 55. Country singer Jack Ingram, 52. Actor Jay Harrington, 51. Actor Jonny Lee Miller, 50. Rock musician Jesse Sandoval, 48. Actor Virginie Ledoyen, 46. Actor Sean Murray, 45. Pop singer Ace Young (TV: “American Idol”), 42. Golfer Lorena Ochoa, 41. Hip-hop artist B.o.B, 34. Actor Shailene Woodley, 31. Actor-dancer Emma Dumont, 28.