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Tobacco / Gillette / Beastie Boys / Salvator Mundi / Xbox

On This Day (November 15): Your quick daily trip back in time.

Fatih Taskiran
November 15, 2025

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🌟 Editor's Note

Good morning — it’s Saturday, November 15. Today, we explore the first stock ticker, the Scramble for Africa, the invention of the safety razor, Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi," and much more—quick, sharp, and completely enlightening!

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🚀 Time Machine

-1492

Christopher Columbus records the first reference to tobacco in his journal.

-1777

After 16 months of debate, the Continental Congress in York, Pennsylvania, adopted the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union.

-1867

New York City unveils its first stock ticker. By providing investors with up-to-the-minute prices, the ticker revolutionized the stock market.

-1884

The Berlin Conference formalized European colonization and trade in Africa during the "Scramble for Africa."

-1904

King C. Gillette patented the safety razor.

-1943

Heinrich Himmler publicly orders that Romani people (Gypsies) be treated like Jews and sent to concentration camps.

-1969

Two million people participated in the Vietnam War Moratorium demonstration across the United States.

-1986

Beastie Boys release their debut album "Licensed to Ill," the first #1 rap album on the Billboard charts.

-2001

Microsoft released the Xbox gaming console, transforming consumer entertainment technology.

-2017

Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" sells for $450.3 million at auction, a world record price for any artwork.

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📸 Snapshot

The "pretty ankle contest" started in the early 1900s in women's beauty competitions, including one judged by a policeman in Hounslow, London, 1930

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