History for November 15

History for November 15 - On-This-Day.com

William Pitt the Elder 1708 - Known as the Great Commoner, 1st Earl of Chatham

• 1777 - The Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation, precursor to the U.S. Constitution.
• 1864 - Union Gen. William T. Sherman and his troops began their "March to the Sea" during the U.S. Civil War.
• 1939 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt laid the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC.
• 1988 - The Palestine National Council, the legislative body of the PLO, proclaimed the establishment of an independent Palestinian state at the close of a four-day conference in Algiers.
• 1999 - Representatives from China and President Clinton signed a major trade agreement that involved China's membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO).