At A Glance

15 November 2019 at a glance

Day of the week
15 November 2019 was a Friday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Lose You to Love Me” by Selena Gomez.
Top Film of 2019
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2019 was Avengers: Endgame.
Star sign
The star sign for 15 November is Scorpio.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 15 November 2019 fell in the Year of the Pig.
Birthstone
The birthstone for November is Topaz.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 15 November 2019 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 15 November

  • 2006 Al Jazeera English launches worldwide.
  • 2012 Xi Jinping becomes General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and a new seven-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
  • 2016 Hong Kong's High Court bans elected politicians Yau Wai-ching and Baggio Leung from the city's Parliament.
  • 2020 Lewis Hamilton wins the Turkish Grand Prix and secures his seventh drivers' title, equalling the all-time record held by Michael Schumacher.
  • 2022 The world population reached eight billion.

Famous people born on November 15

  • Shailene Woodley, American actress (born 1991)
  • Jonny Lee Miller, English-American actor (born 1972)
  • Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (1891–1944)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns, Dominican-American basketball player (born 1995)

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Events of 2019 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2019 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • March 8 – Captain Marvel, directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, is released by Marvel Studios as the 21st film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). It becomes the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2019 during its run, earning $1.128 billion worldwide.
  • March 13 – Boeing grounds its entire global fleet of 737 Max aircraft in response to evidence gathered following the crashes of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 and Lion Air Flight 610.
  • April 5 – Shazam!, directed by David F. Sandberg, is released as the seventh film in the DC Extended Universe.

Life in the US in 2019

President

Donald Trump

Gas (per gallon)

$2.60

Loaf of Bread

$2.30

Average House

$363,300

Weekly Wage

$932

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