December, 15th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Sunday 15, 2002:
BBC 7, digital radio station is launched in UK

Monday 15, 1997:
A chartered Tupolev TU-154 from Tajikistan crashes in the desert near Sharja, United Arab Emirates airport killing 85

Friday 15, 1995:
The European Communities Court of Justice passes the Bosman ruling

Thursday 15, 1994:
Palau becomes a member of the UN.

Wednesday 15, 1976:
Samoa becomes a member of the UN

Wednesday 15, 1965:
Gemini program: Gemini 6A is launched

Friday 15, 1961:
An Israeli war crimes tribunal sentences Adolph Eichmann to die for his part in the Jewish holocaust

Saturday 15, 1945:
General Douglas MacArthur orders end of Shinto as state religion of Japan

Friday 15, 1939:
Gone with the Wind premiers in Atlanta, Georgia

Friday 15, 1916:
France defeats Germany in Battle of Verdun

Tuesday 15, 1914:
The Battle of ?ód? ends; Russians retreat toward Moscow

Monday 15, 1913:
Nicaragua becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

Tuesday 15, 1891:
James Naismith introduces basketball.

Thursday 15, 1791:
The United States Bill of Rights is passed

Friday 15, 1256:
Hulagu Khan captures and destroys the Hashshashin stronghold at Alamut in present-day Iran.

Thursday 15, 687:
St. Sergius I becomes Pope

Tuesday 15, 533:
The Battle of Ticameron begins

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/15-december/on-this-day.html


People born on December 15

1981:
Thomas Herrion, American football player (b: December 15, 1981 ; d: August 20, 2005) (Biography of Thomas Herrion)

1979:
Adam Brody, American actor (b: December 15, 1979) (Biography of Adam Brody)

1976:
Baichung Bhutia, Indian footballer (b: December 15, 1976) (Biography of Baichung Bhutia)

1973:
Surya Bonaly, French-born figure skater (b: December 15, 1973) (Biography of Surya Bonaly)

1970:
Michael Shanks, Canadian actor (b: December 15, 1970) (Biography of Michael Shanks)

1968:
Javid Hussain, Indian film producer (b: December 15, 1968) (Biography of Javid Hussain)
Garrett Wang, American actor (b: December 15, 1968) (Biography of Garrett Wang)

1961:
Karin Resetarits, Austrian journalist and politician (b: December 15, 1961) (Biography of Karin Resetarits)

1955:
Paul Simonon, British bassist (The Clash) (b: December 15, 1955) (Biography of Paul Simonon)

1952:
Cassandra Harris Australian actress (b: December 15, 1952 ; d: December 28, 1991) (Biography of Cassandra Harris)

1949:
Don Johnson, American actor (b: December 15, 1949) (Biography of Don Johnson)

1942:
Dave Clark, American musician (Dave Clark Five) (b: December 15, 1942) (Biography of Dave Clark (musician))

1939:
Cindy Birdsong, American singer (Supremes) (b: December 15, 1939) (Biography of Cindy Birdsong)

1938:
Billy Shaw, American football player (b: December 15, 1938) (Biography of Billy Shaw)

1933:
Tim Conway, American actor and comedian (b: December 15, 1933) (Biography of Tim Conway)

1928:
Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian artist (b: December 15, 1928 ; d: February 19, 2000) (Biography of Friedensreich Hundertwasser)

1923:
Freeman Dyson, English-born physicist (b: December 15, 1923) (Biography of Freeman Dyson)

1922:
Alan Freed, American disc jockey (b: December 15, 1922 ; d: January 20, 1965) (Biography of Alan Freed)

1918:
Jeff Chandler, American actor (b: December 15, 1918 ; d: June 17, 1961) (Biography of Jeff Chandler (actor))

1916:
Buddy Cole, American pianist (b: December 15, 1916) (Biography of Buddy Cole (musician))

1912:
Stan Kenton, American musician (b: December 15, 1912 ; d: August 25, 1979) (Biography of Stan Kenton)
Ray Eames, American designer (b: December 15, 1912) (Biography of Ray Eames)

1910:
John A. Hammond, American musician and record producer (b: December 15, 1910) (Biography of John A. Hammond)

1907:
Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect (b: December 15, 1907) (Biography of Oscar Niemeyer)

1899:
Harold Abrahams, British athlete (b: December 15, 1899 ; d: January 14, 1977) (Biography of Harold Abrahams)

1892:
J. Paul Getty, American oil tycoon (b: December 15, 1892 ; d: June 6, 1976) (Biography of J. Paul Getty)

1888:
Maxwell Anderson, American writer (b: December 15, 1888 ; d: February 28, 1959) (Biography of Maxwell Anderson)

1861:
Charles Duryea, American automobile pioneer (b: December 15, 1861) (Biography of Charles Duryea)

1860:
Niels Ryberg Finsen, Danish physician (b: December 15, 1860 ; d: September 24, 1904) (Biography of Niels Ryberg Finsen)

1859:
L. L. Zamenhof, Russian initiator of Esperanto (b: December 15, 1859 ; d: April 14, 1917) (Biography of L. L. Zamenhof)

1852:
Henri Becquerel, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: December 15, 1852 ; d: August 25, 1908) (Biography of Henri Becquerel)

1832:
Gustave Eiffel, French civil engineer (b: December 15, 1832 ; d: December 27, 1923) (Biography of Gustave Eiffel)

1802:
János Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (b: December 15, 1802 ; d: January 27, 1860) (Biography of János Bolyai)

1648:
Gregory King, English statistician (b: December 15, 1648 ; d: August 29, 1712) (Biography of Gregory King)

1610:
David Teniers the Younger, Flemish artist (b: December 15, 1610) (Biography of David Teniers the Younger)

1567:
Christoph Demantius, German composer (b: December 15, 1567 ; d: April 20, 1643) (Biography of Christoph Demantius)

1242:
Prince Munetaka, Japanese shogun (b: December 15, 1242 ; d: September 2, 1274) (Biography of Prince Munetaka)

130:
Lucius Verus, Roman Emperor (b: December 15, 130) (Biography of Lucius Verus)

37:
Nero, Roman Emperor (b: December 15, 37 ; d: June 9, 6 (Biography of Nero)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/15-december/births.html

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They left us on December 15

2003:
George Fisher, American cartoonist (b: April 8, 1923 ; d: December 15, 2003) (Biography of George Fisher (cartoonist))

2001:
Rufus Thomas, American musician (b: March 26, 1917 ; d: December 15, 2001) (Biography of Rufus Thomas)

1991:
Vasily Zaitsev, Russian World War II hero (b: March 23, 1915 ; d: December 15, 1991) (Biography of Vasily Grigoryevich Zaitsev)

1989:
Arnold Moss, American character actor (b: January 28, 1910 ; d: December 15, 1989) (Biography of Arnold Moss)

1984:
Jan Peerce, American tenor (b: June 3, 1904 ; d: December 15, 1984) (Biography of Jan Peerce)

1975:
Anatole Litvak, Ukrainian-born film director (b: May 10, 1902 ; d: December 15, 1975) (Biography of Anatole Litvak)

1968:
Jess Willard, American boxer (b: December 29, 1881 ; d: December 15, 1968) (Biography of Jess Willard)

1966:
Walt Disney, American animated film producer (b: December 5, 1901 ; d: December 15, 1966) (Biography of Walt Disney)

1958:
Wolfgang Ernst Pauli (d: December 15, 1958) (Biography of Wolfgang Ernst Pauli)

1943:
Fats Waller, American pianist (b: May 21, 1904 ; d: December 15, 1943) (Biography of Fats Waller)

1890:
Sitting Bull (d: December 15, 1890) (Biography of Sitting Bull)

1792:
Joseph Martin Kraus, Swedish composer (b: June 20, 1756 ; d: December 15, 1792) (Biography of Joseph Martin Kraus)

1753:
Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (d: December 15, 1753) (Biography of Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington)

1715:
George Hickes (d: December 15, 1715) (Biography of George Hickes)

1683:
Izaak Walton, English angler (b: August 9, 1593 ; d: December 15, 1683) (Biography of Izaak Walton)

1675:
(baptism) Johannes Vermeer, Flemish painter (b: October 31, 1632 ; d: December 15, 1675) (Biography of Johannes Vermeer)

1673:
Margaret Cavendish (d: December 15, 1673) (Biography of Margaret Cavendish)

1621:
Charles de Luynes (d: December 15, 1621) (Biography of Charles de Luynes)

1598:
Philips van Marnix, lord of Sint-Aldegonde (d: December 15, 1598) (Biography of Philips van Marnix, lord of Sint-Aldegonde)

1263:
Haakon IV of Norway (d: December 15, 1263) (Biography of Haakon IV of Norway)

1072:
Alp Arslan (d: December 15, 1072) (Biography of Alp Arslan)

1025:
Basil II (d: December 15, 1025) (Biography of Basil II)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/15-december/deaths.html