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What is celebrated on November 15?

See the observances and verified observance-history milestones attached to November 15. Each observance keeps its own source and date details.

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2018
Institutional decision

National Coquito Day

The creator launch announcement is dated November 15, 2018; this is treated as the public establishment date of the private observance, not as a legislative adoption date.

1999
Later action

Anexión del Partido de Nicoya

Reformed Articles 1 and 2 of Law No. 2034, including the statutory framework for official commemoration in Guanacaste.

1997
First observance

America Recycles Day®

EPA’s Fall 1997 Reusable News describes 15 November 1997 as the first-ever America Recycles Day.

1986
First observance

National Philanthropy Day®

AFP states that the first official celebration took place in 1986, and the federal instruments designate November 15, 1986.

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6 observances

Each observance is shown once in this view, with its own source and scope details available on the guide page.

0 repeat predictably

0 use a fixed annual date and 0 follow a reusable calendar rule.

0 are edition-specific

These dates are shown only for the year or edition that has been confirmed.

1 have a country-specific scope

Country-specific observances are not presented as worldwide events.

6 have in-depth guides

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Major global guides on November 15

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A reviewed starting point drawn from prominent global observances with strong institutional or organizer sources. Each observance keeps its own documented status and scope.

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Other in-depth guides on November 15

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

America Recycles Day®

15 November each year · Keep America Beautiful / United States recycling awareness

Keep America Beautiful identifies America Recycles Day on November 15 as its national recycling-awareness program

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

Day of the Imprisoned Writer

15 November each year · International / PEN International campaign

PEN International states that each year on 15 November it marks the Day of the Imprisoned Writer; PEN traces the campaign to its Writers in Prison Committee in 1981.

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

National Philanthropy Day®

15 November · Philanthropy and fundraising communities / chapter celebrations in North America and beyond

AFP history plus U.S. and Canadian primary legal records establish Douglas Freeman’s origin role, the first official 1986 celebration, a date-specific U.S. federal designation, and permanen…

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

Proclamation of the Republic — Brazil

15 November annually · Brazil / national holiday commemorating the Proclamation of the Republic

The 15 November 1889 historical event is the anniversary anchor. Federal legal sources show November 15 in the national-commemoration framework by Decree 155-B of 1890 and as a national hol…

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6 observances

All observances on this date

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

America Recycles Day®

15 November each year · Keep America Beautiful / United States recycling awareness

Keep America Beautiful identifies America Recycles Day on November 15 as its national recycling-awareness program

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

Day of the Imprisoned Writer

15 November each year · International / PEN International campaign

PEN International states that each year on 15 November it marks the Day of the Imprisoned Writer; PEN traces the campaign to its Writers in Prison Committee in 1981.

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

National Philanthropy Day®

15 November · Philanthropy and fundraising communities / chapter celebrations in North America and beyond

AFP history plus U.S. and Canadian primary legal records establish Douglas Freeman’s origin role, the first official 1986 celebration, a date-specific U.S. federal designation, and permanen…

Source-backedFixed AnnualIn-depth guide

Proclamation of the Republic — Brazil

15 November annually · Brazil / national holiday commemorating the Proclamation of the Republic

The 15 November 1889 historical event is the anniversary anchor. Federal legal sources show November 15 in the national-commemoration framework by Decree 155-B of 1890 and as a national hol…

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This page combines fixed annual dates, reusable calendar rules and year-specific dates confirmed for 2026. Variable or historical dates are included only when they are clearly supported.

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