December 15

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December 15 in recent years

2008 (Monday)

2007 (Saturday)

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December 15 is the Template:Day/Totaldays Template:Ordinal/th day of the year (Template:Day/Totaldays Template:Ordinal/th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "[" days remaining until the end of the year.

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays and observances
5 External links

[edit] Events

533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Ticameron.
1167 - Sicilian chancellor Stephen du Perche moves the royal court to Messina to prevent a rebellion.
1256 - Hulagu Khan captures and destroys the Hashshashin stronghold at Alamut in present-day Iran as part of the Mongol offensive on Islamic southwest Asia.
1467 - Stephen III of Moldavia defeats Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, with the latter being injured thrice, at the Battle of Baia.
1791 - The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia legislature.
1864 - In the Battle of Nashville, Union forces under George H. Thomas almost completely destroy the Army of Tennessee under John B. Hood.
1868 - Shogunate rebels found Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō.
1891 - James Naismith introduces the first version of basketball, with thirteen rules, a peach basket nailed to either end of his school's gymnasium, and two teams of nine players.
1913 - Nicaragua becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1914 - World War I: The Serbian Army recaptures Belgrade from the invading Austro-Hungarian Army.
1914 - Gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hojyo coal mine, Kyūshū, Japan, 687 killed. This accident is the worst coal mine disaster in Japanese history.
1915 - World War I: Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig replaces John French, 1st Earl of Ypres as Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force.
1917 - World War I: An armistice is reached between the new Bolshevik government and the Central Powers.
1939 - Gone with the Wind premieres in Atlanta, Georgia.
1941 - Annihilation of Jews in Kharkiv, Ukraine: at temperatures of -15 degrees C below zero near the Rogan works, 8 km away from Kharkiv in "Drobitsky Ravine" (Drobitsky Yar), over 15 000 Jews are shot.
1941 - The American Federation of Labor adopts a no-strike policy in war industries.
1945 - Occupation of Japan: General Douglas MacArthur orders that Shinto be abolished as state religion of Japan.
1960 - King Baudouin of Belgium marries Fabiola Fernanda María de las Victorias Antonia Adelaida de Mora y Aragón in Brussels.
1960 - Richard Paul Pavlick is arrested for attempting to blow up and assassinate the U.S. President-Elect, John F. Kennedy only four days earlier.
1961 - In Jerusalem, Adolph Eichmann is sentenced to death after being found guilty of 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people and membership of an outlawed organization.
1965 - Gemini program: Gemini 6A, crewed by Wally Schirra and Thomas Stafford, is launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida. Four orbits later, it achieved the first space rendezvous with Gemini 7.
1967 - The Silver Bridge collapses, killing 46 people.
1970 - Illinois State Constitution is adopted at a special election.
1973 - John Paul Getty III, grandson of J. Paul Getty, American billionaire is found alive near Naples, Italy, after being kidnapped by an Italian gang on July 10, 1973
1976 - Samoa becomes a member of the UN.
1978 - President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will recognize the People's Republic of China and cutoff all relations with Taiwan
1993 - History of Northern Ireland: The Downing Street Declaration is issued by British Prime Minister John Major and Irish Taoiseach Albert Reynolds.
1988 - James Brown becomes inmate #155413 at the State Park Correctional Institute in South Carolina after several committed crimes.
1994 - The web browser Netscape Navigator 1.0 is released.
1994 - Palau becomes a member of the UN.
1995 - The European Communities Court of Justice hands down the "Bosman ruling", giving EU footballers the right to a free transfer at the end of their contracts, with the provision that they are transferring from one UEFA Federation to another.
1997 - A chartered Tupolev TU-154 from Tajikistan crashes in the desert near Sharja, United Arab Emirates airport killing 85.
2001 - The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 to fortify it, without fixing its famous lean.
2005 - The 43rd known Mersenne prime is discovered by Dr. Curtis Cooper & Dr. Steven Boone of USA, participants of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search distributed computing project. The prime number is 2nd largest known prime and has more than nine million digits.
2005 - Latvia amends its constitution to eliminate possibility of gays and lesbians being entitled to marry.
2005 - Argentina's president Néstor Kirchner announces the early repayment of its external debt to the IMF.
2005 - Introduction of the F-22 Raptor into USAF active service.
2005 - The 2005 Atlantic Power Outage began.
2006 - First flight of the F-35 Lightning II.

[edit] Births

37 - Nero, Roman Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty (d. 68)
1832 - Gustave Eiffel, French engineer and architect (Eiffel tower) (d. 1923)
1852 - Henri Becquerel, French physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1908)
1859 - L. L. Zamenhof, Polish initiator of Esperanto (d. 1917)
1860 - Niels Ryberg Finsen, Danish physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1904)
1860 - Abner Powell, American baseball player (d. 1953)
1861 - Charles Duryea, American automobile pioneer (d. 1938)
1878 - Hans Carossa, German writer (d. 1956)
1888 - Maxwell Anderson, American writer (d. 1959)
1892 - J. Paul Getty, American oil tycoon (d. 1976)
1896 - Betty Smith, American author (d. 1972)
1899 - Harold Abrahams, English sprinter (d. 1978)
1907 - Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect
1910 - John H. Hammond, American musician (d. 1987)
1911 - Stan Kenton, American musician (d. 1979)
1912 - Ray Eames, American designer (d. 1988)
1913 - Roger Gaudry, French Canadian chemist, businessman and corporate director (d. 2001)
1913 - Muriel Rukeyser, American poet (d. 1980)
1916 - Buddy Cole, American pianist (d. 1964)
1916 - Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-born physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 2004)
1917 - Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, linguist and writer of Pakistan (d. 2005)
1918 - Jeff Chandler, American actor (d. 1961)
1919 - Max Yasgur, owner of the Woodstock Festival site (d. 1973)
1920 - Kurt Schaffenberger, American comics artist (d. 2002)
1921 - Alan Freed, American disc jockey (d. 1965)
1923 - Freeman Dyson, English-born American physicist
1923 - Uziel Gal, Israeli firearm designer (d. 2002)
1923 - Valentin Varennikov, Russian general and statesman
1925 - Sam Pollock, Canadian ice hockey general manager
1925 - Kasey Rogers, American actress (d. 2006)
1928 - Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian artist (d. 2000)
1928 - Jerry Wallace, American singer
1930 - Edna O'Brien, Irish novelist and short story writer
1932 - Jesse Belvin, American musician (d. 1960)
1933 - Bapu, Indian cartoonist, designer and film director
1933 - Tim Conway, American actor and comedian
1933 - Donald Woods, South African journalist and anti-apartheid activist (d. 2001)
1938 - Billy Shaw, American football player
1939 - Cindy Birdsong, American singer (The Supremes)
1940 - Nick Buoniconti, American football player
1942 - Dave Clark, English musician (The Dave Clark Five)
1943 - Kathleen Blanco, American politician
1943 - Lucien den Arend, Dutch artist
1944 - Jim Leyland, American baseball manager
1944 - Chico Mendes, Brazilian campaigner (d. 1988)
1945 - Thaao Penghlis, Australian actor
1946 - Art Howe, American baseball player and manager
1948 - Melanie Chartoff, American actress
1948 - Cassandra Harris, Australian actress (d. 1991)
1949 - Don Johnson, American actor
1952 - Allan Simonsen, Danish footballer
1952 - Julie Taymor, American director
1953 - J. M. DeMatteis, American comic book writer
1955 - Paul Simonon, English bassist (The Clash)
1957 - Mario Marois, Canadian ice hockey player
1957 - Mike McAlary, American journalist (d. 1998)
1957 - Yuuichi Nagashima, Japanese voice actor
1960 - Walter Werzowa, Austrian composer
1961 - Karin Resetarits, Austrian journalist
1963 - Andrew Luster, Max Factor heir
1963 - Helen Slater, American actress
1966 - Manos Papayiannis, Greek fashion model and actor
1967 - David Howells, English footballer
1967 - Mo Vaughn, American baseball player
1968 - Javid Hussain, Indian film producer
1968 - Osama Ali Maher, Swedish politician
1968 - Garrett Wang, American actor
1969 - Chantal Petitclerc, Canadian wheelchair athlete
1970 - Frankie Dettori, Italian jockey
1970 - Michael Shanks, Canadian actor
1972 - Rodney Harrison, American football player
1972 - Stuart Townsend, Irish actor
1973 - Surya Bonaly, French-born American figure skater
1973 - Ryu Seung-wan, South Korean actor and director
1976 - Baichung Bhutia, Indian footballer
1976 - Aaron Miles, American baseball player
1976 - Elix Skipper, American professional wrestler
1978 - Mark Jansen, Dutch guitarist (Epica)
1978 - Jerome McDougle, American football player
1979 - Adam Brody, American actor
1979 - Eric Young, Canadian professional wrestler
1980 - Sergio Pizzorno, English guitarist (Kasabian)
1981 - Najoua Belyzel, French singer
1981 - Brendan Fletcher, Canadian actor
1981 - Andy González, Puerto Rican baseball player
1981 - Thomas Herrion, American football player (d. 2005)
1981 - Creighton Lovelace, American Baptist minister
1982 - Charlie Cox, English actor
1982 - Borja García, Spanish racing driver
1982 - George O. Gore II, American actor
1983 - René Goguen (René Duprée), Canadian professional wrestler
1983 - Ronnie Radke, American singer (Escape the Fate)
1984 - Joshua Third, British Guitarist in The Horrors.
1986 - Snejana Onopka, Ukrainian supermodel
1991 - Eunice Cho, American actress