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Muirhead & Sons Pipe Band officially disbands on their 50th anniversary, 1978
Muirhead & Sons Pipe Band officially disbands on their 50th anniversary, 1978 Muirhead and Sons Pipe Band, founded in 1928, was a pipe band based in Grangemouth, Scotland. The band was named after, and affiliated with, the company Muirhead & Sons, a sawmill based in Grangemouth and founded by George A. Muirhead in the 1880s …

Birth of Tom Clifford, rugby player, in Ballyporeen, Co. Tipperary
Birth of Tom Clifford, rugby player, in Ballyporeen, Co. Tipperary Tom Clifford (15 November 1923 – 1 October 1990) was an Irish rugby union player who played in the prop position. Clifford played club rugby with Young Munster, represented the Munster provincial team, was capped 14 times for Ireland, and was a member of the Lions team that toured in 1950. …

Aneurin Bevan Welsh Labor Party Leader is born
Aneurin Bevan Welsh Labor Party Leader is born Aneurin Bevan was a Welsh politician and a prominent member of the Labour Party. He was born on November 15, 1897, in Tredegar, Wales. Aneurin Bevan is best known for his role in the establishment of the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom. …

William Pearse, brother of Patrick, is born in Dublin
William Pearse, brother of Patrick, is born in Dublin William James Pearse (Irish: Uilliam Seamus Mac Piarais; 15 November 1881 – 4 May 1916) was an Irish republican executed for his part in the Easter Rising. He was a younger brother of Patrick Pearse, a leader of the rising. …

Statue to Greyfriars Bobby
Statue to Greyfriars Bobby Greyfriars Bobby (4 May 1855 – 14 January 1872) was a Skye Terrier or Dandie Dinmont Terrier who became known in 19th-century Edinburgh for spending 14 years guarding the grave of his owner until he died on 14 January 1872. The story continues to be well known in Scotland, through several books and films. …

Edinburghs Great Fire began destroying High Street, Parliament Square and the Tron Kirk
Edinburghs Great Fire began destroying High Street, Parliament Square and the Tron Kirk On November 15, 1824, a devastating fire occurred in the Old Town of Edinburgh and is considered one of the most destructive fires in the city’s history. …