This day in history
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Friday, 14 November 2014
On this day... November 15:
On this day...
November 15
:
Republic Day
in
Brazil
(
1889
);
Shichi-Go-San
in Japan
655
–
Penda of Mercia
was defeated by
Oswiu of Northumbria
at the
Battle of the Winwaed
in modern-day
Yorkshire
, England.
1864
–
American Civil War
:
Union Army
General
William T. Sherman
began his "
March to the Sea
", inflicting significant damage to property and infrastructure on his way from
Atlanta
to
Savannah, Georgia
.
1889
–
Brazilian Emperor
Pedro II
(pictured)
was
overthrown
in a coup led by
Deodoro da Fonseca
, and Brazil was proclaimed
a republic
.
1959
– Two men murdered a family in
Holcomb, Kansas
, US; the events became the subject of
Truman Capote
's
non-fiction novel
In Cold Blood
, a pioneering work of the
true crime
genre.
2002
– After ten years as
General Secretary of the Communist Party of China
Hu Jintao
stepped down and was replaced by
Xi Jinping
.
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