November 15 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for November 15
In the headlines today:

2005		Country singer (and American Idol winner) Carrie Underwood releases her Some Hearts album. (photo credit: Arista)
2004	US Secretary of State Colin Powell announces his resignation, following the re-election of incumbent President George W. Bush. Also announcing their resignations today are US Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman, Education Secretary Rod Paige and Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham.
1998	Civil rights activist Stokely Carmichael, who had changed his name to Kwame Ture, dies in Guinea at age 57.
1995	A partial shutdown of US government offices and services goes into a second day, due to Congress not agreeing to a stopgap funding proposal.
1990	The producer for Milli Vanilli reveals that the pop 'singers' did none of their own singing on their debut album.
1990	The NASA space shuttle Atlantis blasts off from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on a secret military mission.
1982	Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev is laid to rest in a lavish funeral held in Moscow's Red Square.
1966	Gemini 12 astronauts James Lovell and Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin splash down safely in the Atlantic.
1945	Venezuela is admitted to the United Nations.
1939	The cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial is laid by US president Franklin D. Roosevelt, in Washington, DC.
1926	The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) premieres with a network of 24 radio stations.
1806	The Colorado mountaintop now known as Pike's Peak is discovered by explorer Zebulon Pike.
1777	The Articles of Confederation are approved by the US Continental Congress.