WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Today is Wednesday, November 15, the 319th day of 2017. There are 46 days left in the year.

1980 — Pope John Paul II began 5 day visit to West Germany

1982 — Funeral services held in Moscow’s Red Square for Leonid I Brezhnev

1983 — 75th hat trick in Islander history- Mike Bossy

1983 — Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus proclaimed

1987 — 28 of 82 aboard Continental Airlines DC-9 die in crash at Denver

1987 — NY Giant Raul Allegre kicks 2, 50 or more yard field goals in a game

1988 — 91 m radio telescope dish at Green Bank, WV collapses

1988 — PLO proclaims the State of Palestine, recognizes Israeli existence

1988 — Soviet space shuttle makes unmanned maiden flight (2 orbits)