In context
- When
- Saturday, November 15 199729 years ago
- Category
- BirthA notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
- Era
- 20th century · 1990s
- Recorded from
- Wikipedia “On this day” feed
- Person
- Paula Badosa
Who they were
Paula Badosa, Spanish tennis player
Why this date
Paula Badosa appears on our November 15 calendar for 1997 as a birth entry.
November 15 through the years
Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.
- 1997Paula Badosa
- 2002Hu Jintao
- 20032003 Istanbul bombings
- 2006Al Jazeera English
- 2007Cyclone Sidr
- 20102010 Shanghai fire
- 2012Xi Jinping
- 2016Hong Kong High Court
- 20172017 West Attica floods
- 2020Lewis Hamilton
- 2022World population
Also in 1997
- May 11Deep Blue (chess computer)Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov in six games to become the first chess computer to win a match against a world champion.
- September 11NASANASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
- September 11Kurkse tragedyKurkse tragedy: Fourteen Estonian soldiers of the Baltic Battalion are drowned or die of hypothermia during a training exercise in the Ku…
- September 111997 Scottish devolution referendumAfter a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom.
- September 13German Air ForceA German Air Force Tupolev Tu-154 and a United States Air Force Lockheed C-141 Starlifter collide in mid-air near Namibia, killing 33.
- September 14Howrah–Ahmedabad Superfast ExpressEighty-one killed as five bogies of the Ahmedabad–Howrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
- September 18Ted TurnerUnited States media magnate Ted Turner donates US$1 billion to the United Nations.
- September 18Ottawa TreatyThe Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is adopted.
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When did Paula Badosa happen?
November 15 1997 — 29 years ago, on a Saturday.
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