Wikimedia templateNovember 15Deodoro da Fonseca1859 Sponsored by Greek businessman Evangelos Zappas, the first modern revival of the Olympic Games took place in Athens.1864 American Civil War: Union army general William Tecumseh Sherman began his March to the Sea, inflicting significant damage to property and infrastructure using scorched-earth tactics on his way from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia.1889 Brazilian emperor PedroII was overthrown in a coup led by Deodoro da Fonseca (pictured), while the country was proclaimed a republic.1922 During a general strike in Guayaquil, Ecuador, police and military fired into a crowd, killing at least 300 people.1959 Two men murdered a family in Holcomb, Kansas; the events became the subject of Truman Capote's non-fiction novel In Cold Blood, a pioneering work of the true crime genre.Madeleine de Scudry (b.1607)Sara Josephine Baker (b.1873)Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (d.1959)Margaret Mead (d.1978)More anniversaries: November 14November 15November 16ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout