Nov 15: Sachin would have completed 25 years today if he still played

Bangalore, Nov 14: Today is Saturday, November 15, 2014. What happened on this day in history? Oneindia takes a look at the past:

1533: Spanish explorer Francisco Pizarro enters Cuzco, Peru, the capital of the Inca Civilisation between 1438 and 1533.

1777: The Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation, instituting the permanent union of the United States of America.

1805: Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and their party reach the mouth of the Columbia River.

1859: The first modern revival of the athletic Olympic Games took place in Athens, Greece.

1881: The American Federation of Labor is founded.

1917: Second Prime Minister Alexander Kerensky flees and Bolsheviks take charge in Moscow during the October Revolution.

1920: Forty-one nations take part in the first League of Nations session in Geneva.

1922: Dr Alexis Carrel discovered white corpuscles.

1930: General strikes and riots braek out in Madrid, Spain.

1949: Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse hanged.

1960: The first submarine with nuclear missiles, USS George Washington, takes to sea in South Carolina.

1962: Cuba threatens to shoot down US reconnaissance plans over its territory.

1969: Massive anti-Vietnam War demonstration in Washington DC.

1984: Baby Fae dies three weeks after receiving a baboon heart transplant in Loma Linda, California.

1985: Anglo-Irish Agreement signed.

1986: Sania Mirza was born in Mumbai.

1988: Palestinian National Council proclaims the independent State of Palestine.

1989: Former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar makes his debut in international cricket against Pakistan.

2000: Three new states, namely, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand were born.

2007: Cyclone Sidr hits Bangladesh, killing an estimated 5,000 people.

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