WHAT HAPPENED ON 15. NOVEMBER
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In Brașov, Romania, workers rebel against the communist regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu. (15. November 1987)

In the Soviet Union, the unmanned Shuttle Buran makes its only space flight. (15. November 1988)

Israeli–Palestinian conflict: An independent State of Palestine is proclaimed by the Palestinian National Council. (15. November 1988)

The first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, is launched in the Netherlands. (15. November 1988)

Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis launches with flight STS-38. (15. November 1990)

The Communist People's Republic of Bulgaria is disestablished and a new republican government is instituted. (15. November 1990)

A chartered Antonov An-24 crashes after takeoff from Luanda, Angola, killing more than 40 people. (15. November 2000)

Jharkhand state comes into existence in India. (15. November 2000)

Hu Jintao becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and a new nine-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated. (15. November 2002)

The first day of the 2003 Istanbul bombings, in which two car bombs, targeting two synagogues, explode, killing 25 people and wounding about 300. Additional bombings follow on November 20. (15. November 2003)

Al Jazeera English launches worldwide. (15. November 2006)

Cyclone Sidr hits Bangladesh, killing an estimated 5,000 people and destroying parts of the world's largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans. (15. November 2007)

Xi Jinping becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and a new seven-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated. (15. November 2012)

Four people are killed and 16 others are injured in the Midland train wreck after a Union Pacific train struck a parade float in Midland, Texas. (15. November 2012)