
December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 16 days remaining. ==Events== *533 - The Battle of Ticameron begins *687 - Pope Sergius I becomes Pope *1256 - Hulagu Khan captures and destroys the Hashshashin stronghold at Alamut in present-day Iran. *1791 - The United States Bill of Rights is passed *1891 - James Naismith introduces basketball. *1913 - Nicaragua becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires Convention copyright treaty. *1914 - The Battle of Lodz ends; Russians retreat toward Moscow *1916 - France defeats Germany in Battle of Verdun *1939 - ''Gone With the Wind'' premiers in Atlanta, Georgia *1945 - General Douglas MacArthur orders end of Shinto as state religion of Japan *1961 - An Israeli war crimes tribunal sentences Adolph Eichmann to die for his part in the Jewish holocaust *1965 - Gemini program: Gemini 6A is launched *1976 - Samoa becomes a member of the UN *1994 - Netscape Navigator 1.0 is first released *1994 - Palau becomes a member of the UN. *1995 - The European Communities Court of Justice passes the Bosman ruling *1997 - A chartered Tupolev TU-154 from Tajikistan crashes in the desert near Sharja, United Arab Emirates airport killing 85 *2002 - BBC 7, digital radio station is launched in United Kingdom ==Births== *37 - Nero, Roman emperor (d. 68) *130 - Lucius Verus, Roman emperor (d. 169) *1242 - Prince Munetaka, Shogun of Japan (d. 1274) *1802 - János Bolyai, Hungary mathematician *1832 - Gustave Eiffel, civil engineer (d. 1923) *1852 - Antoine Henri Becquerel, French physicist and recipient of the Nobel Prize/Physics 1903 (d. 1908) *1859 - L. L. Zamenhof, initiator of Esperanto (d. 1917) *1860 - Niels Ryberg Finsen, Danish physician (d. 1904) *1861 - Charles Duryea, automobile pioneer (d. 1938) *1888 - Maxwell Anderson, writer (d. 1959) *1892 - J. Paul Getty, oil tycoon (d. 1976) *1899 - Harold Abrahams, British athlete (d. 1978) *1907 - Oscar Niemeyer, Brazil architect *1910 - John Hammond, musician (d. 1987) *1912 - Ray Eames, American designer (d. 1988) *1912 - Stan Kenton, musician (d. 1979) *1916 - Buddy Cole (musician), pianist (d. 1964) *1918 - Jeff Chandler (actor), actor (d. 1961) *1922 - Alan Freed, disc jockey (d. 1965) *1923 - Freeman Dyson, physicist *1928 - Friedensreich Hundertwasser, painter and graphic artist (d. 2000) *1933 - Tim Conway, actor, comedian *1938 - Michael Bogdanov, film director and theatre manager *1938 - Billy Shaw, Pro Football Hall of Famer *1939 - Cindy Birdsong, singer, member of the Supremes *1942 - Dave Clark, musician ("Dave Clark Five") *1949 - Don Johnson, actor (''Miami Vice'') *1952 - Cassandra Harris Australian actress (d. 1991) *1955 - Paul Simonon, British musician, bassist with The Clash *1961 - Karin Resetarits, Austrian journalist and politician *1968 - Javid Hussain, film producer *1968 - Garret Wang, actor (''Star Trek: Voyager'') *1969 - Rick Law, illustrator, producer *1973 - Surya Bonaly, figure skating *1976 - Baichung Bhutia, football player *1979 - Adam Brody, actor *1988 - George Brower, student at Horace Greeley High School ==Deaths== *1025 - Basil II, Byzantine emperor (b. 958) *1072 - Alp Arslan, Seljuk sultan (b. 1029) *1263 - King Haakon IV of Norway (b. 1204) *1683 - Izaak Walton, writer (b. 1593) *1792 - Joseph Martin Kraus, composer (b. 1756) *1816 - Charles Stanhope, engineer, inventor of the calculator *1872 - Mary Anne Evans, wife of Benjamin Disraeli (b. 1792) *1890 - Sitting Bull, Sioux nation leader (b. c.1831) *1943 - Fats Waller, musician (b. 1904) *1944 - Glenn Miller, bandleader (presumed date) (b. 1904) *1958 - Wolfgang Ernst Pauli, physicist (b. 1900) *1966 - Walt Disney, animator, cartoonist (b. 1901) *1968 - Jess Willard, boxing *1970 - Michael Shanks, Canadian actor. *1975 - Anatole Litvak, writer *1984 - Jan Peerce, American tenor (b. 1904) *1991 - Vasily Grigoryevich Zaitsev, Soviet sniper, World War II hero. *2001 - Rufus Thomas, musician (b. 1917) *2003 - Johnny Cunningham, Scottish musician, member of Silly Wizard *2003 - George Fisher, American political cartoonist *2003 - Keith Magnuson, National Hockey League player (car accident) *2004 - Chiang Fang-liang, the widow of Chiang Ching-kuo and the First Lady of the Republic of China on Taiwan from 1978 to 1988. ==Holidays and observances== *Roman Empire - Consualia in honor of Consus is held. *Feast day of St. Valerian (Abbenza), martyred in 457 *Zamenhof Day celebrated in the Esperanto movement in honor of L. L. Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto. == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/15 BBC: On This Day] ---- December 14 - December 16 - November 15 - January 15 -- historical anniversaries la:15 Decembris
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December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 16 days remaining. ==Events== *533 - The Battle of Ticameron begins *687 - Pope Sergius I becomes Pope *1256 - Hulagu Khan captures and destroys the Hashshashin stronghold at Alamut in present-day Iran. *1791 - The United States Bill of Rights is passed *1891 - James Naismith introduces basketball. *1913 - Nicaragua becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires Convention copyright treaty. *1914 - The Battle of Lodz ends; Russians retreat toward Moscow *1916 - France defeats Germany in Battle of Verdun *1939 - ''Gone With the Wind'' premiers in Atlanta, Georgia *1945 - General Douglas MacArthur orders end of Shinto as state religion of Japan *1961 - An Israeli war crimes tribunal sentences Adolph Eichmann to die for his part in the Jewish holocaust *1965 - Gemini program: Gemini 6A is launched *1976 - Samoa becomes a member of the UN *1994 - Netscape Navigator 1.0 is first released *1994 - Palau becomes a member of the UN. *1995 - The European Communities Court of Justice passes the Bosman ruling *1997 - A chartered Tupolev TU-154 from Tajikistan crashes in the desert near Sharja, United Arab Emirates airport killing 85 *2002 - BBC 7, digital radio station is launched in United Kingdom ==Births== *37 - Nero, Roman emperor (d. 68) *130 - Lucius Verus, Roman emperor (d. 169) *1242 - Prince Munetaka, Shogun of Japan (d. 1274) *1802 - János Bolyai, Hungary mathematician *1832 - Gustave Eiffel, civil engineer (d. 1923) *1852 - Antoine Henri Becquerel, French physicist and recipient of the Nobel Prize/Physics 1903 (d. 1908) *1859 - L. L. Zamenhof, initiator of Esperanto (d. 1917) *1860 - Niels Ryberg Finsen, Danish physician (d. 1904) *1861 - Charles Duryea, automobile pioneer (d. 1938) *1888 - Maxwell Anderson, writer (d. 1959) *1892 - J. Paul Getty, oil tycoon (d. 1976) *1899 - Harold Abrahams, British athlete (d. 1978) *1907 - Oscar Niemeyer, Brazil architect *1910 - John Hammond, musician (d. 1987) *1912 - Ray Eames, American designer (d. 1988) *1912 - Stan Kenton, musician (d. 1979) *1916 - Buddy Cole (musician), pianist (d. 1964) *1918 - Jeff Chandler (actor), actor (d. 1961) *1922 - Alan Freed, disc jockey (d. 1965) *1923 - Freeman Dyson, physicist *1928 - Friedensreich Hundertwasser, painter and graphic artist (d. 2000) *1933 - Tim Conway, actor, comedian *1938 - Michael Bogdanov, film director and theatre manager *1938 - Billy Shaw, Pro Football Hall of Famer *1939 - Cindy Birdsong, singer, member of the Supremes *1942 - Dave Clark, musician ("Dave Clark Five") *1949 - Don Johnson, actor (''Miami Vice'') *1952 - Cassandra Harris Australian actress (d. 1991) *1955 - Paul Simonon, British musician, bassist with The Clash *1961 - Karin Resetarits, Austrian journalist and politician *1968 - Javid Hussain, film producer *1968 - Garret Wang, actor (''Star Trek: Voyager'') *1969 - Rick Law, illustrator, producer *1973 - Surya Bonaly, figure skating *1976 - Baichung Bhutia, football player *1979 - Adam Brody, actor *1988 - George Brower, student at Horace Greeley High School ==Deaths== *1025 - Basil II, Byzantine emperor (b. 958) *1072 - Alp Arslan, Seljuk sultan (b. 1029) *1263 - King Haakon IV of Norway (b. 1204) *1683 - Izaak Walton, writer (b. 1593) *1792 - Joseph Martin Kraus, composer (b. 1756) *1816 - Charles Stanhope, engineer, inventor of the calculator *1872 - Mary Anne Evans, wife of Benjamin Disraeli (b. 1792) *1890 - Sitting Bull, Sioux nation leader (b. c.1831) *1943 - Fats Waller, musician (b. 1904) *1944 - Glenn Miller, bandleader (presumed date) (b. 1904) *1958 - Wolfgang Ernst Pauli, physicist (b. 1900) *1966 - Walt Disney, animator, cartoonist (b. 1901) *1968 - Jess Willard, boxing *1970 - Michael Shanks, Canadian actor. *1975 - Anatole Litvak, writer *1984 - Jan Peerce, American tenor (b. 1904) *1991 - Vasily Grigoryevich Zaitsev, Soviet sniper, World War II hero. *2001 - Rufus Thomas, musician (b. 1917) *2003 - Johnny Cunningham, Scottish musician, member of Silly Wizard *2003 - George Fisher, American political cartoonist *2003 - Keith Magnuson, National Hockey League player (car accident) *2004 - Chiang Fang-liang, the widow of Chiang Ching-kuo and the First Lady of the Republic of China on Taiwan from 1978 to 1988. ==Holidays and observances== *Roman Empire - Consualia in honor of Consus is held. *Feast day of St. Valerian (Abbenza), martyred in 457 *Zamenhof Day celebrated in the Esperanto movement in honor of L. L. Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto. == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/15 BBC: On This Day] ---- December 14 - December 16 - November 15 - January 15 -- historical anniversaries la:15 Decembris
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