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December 15 Events in History - December 15 Birthdays - December 15 Deaths
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December 15, 1997 San Francisco 49ers retire Joe Montana's #16 December 15, 1996 Dottie Pepper and Juli Inkster win LPGA Diner's Club Golf Matches December 15, 1996 Jim Colbert and Bob Murphy wins Diner's Club Senior PGA Golf Matches December 15, 1996 Tom Lehman and Duffy Waldoff wins Diner's Club PGA Golf Matches December 15, 1995 Playboy goes back on sale after 36 year ban in Ireland December 15, 1994 "Tuna Christmas" opens at Booth Theater New York City for 20 performances December 15, 1994 John Bruton becomes Ireland's premier December 15, 1994 Liberia militia kills 48 inhabitants of Monrovia December 15, 1993 C-130 flies into a Philippines hill and explodes, 16 killed December 15, 1993 Haitian premier Robert Malval resigns December 15, 1993 John Williams final appearance as conductor of Boston Pops December 15, 1993 Lee Aspen resigns as secretary of defense December 15, 1993 Y-12 crashes at Phonesavanh, Laos: 18 killed December 15, 1993 British premier Major/Irish premier Reynolds signs Downing Street Declaration concerning Northern Ireland self determination December 15, 1992 Arthur Ashe is named Sports Illustrated Sportman of Year December 15, 1992 WNew AM (1130) New York City resigns air, replaced by WBBR December 15, 1991 "Nick and Nora" closes at Marquis Theater New York City after 9 performances December 15, 1991 Deb Richard wins JBP Cup LPGA Match Play Golf Championship December 15, 1990 Rocker Rod Stewart marries super model Rachel Hunter December 15, 1988 Lori Davis of Long Island sues Mike Tyson for grabbing her buttocks December 15, 1987 "Les Miserables" opens at Shubert Theatre, Boston December 15, 1986 150 killed during race riot in Karachi December 15, 1986 CIA director William Casey suffers a cerebral seizure December 15, 1986 Carnegie Hall reopens after a $50 million facelift December 15, 1985 Sylvester Stallone and Brigitte Nielson wed December 15, 1984 U.S.S.R. launches Vega 1 for rendezvous with Halley's Comet December 15, 1983 3 Kansas City Royals suspended due to cocaine usage December 15, 1983 Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via El Paso, Kelly AFB December 15, 1983 Last 80 U.S. combat soldiers in Grenada withdrew December 15, 1983 Wendy Wasserstein's "Isn't It Romantic," premieres in New York City December 15, 1982 Bill Parcells becomes 12th head coach of New York Giants December 15, 1982 Roy Williams, Teamsters pres, and 4 others convicted of bribery December 15, 1982 Sao Tome and Principe constitution approved December 15, 1982 Spain reopens border with Gibraltar December 15, 1981 4th Emmy Sports Award presentation December 15, 1981 NASA launches Intelsat V December 15, 1980 New York Yankee Dave Winfield becomes highest-paid player, 10 years $15M December 15, 1980 Premier Queddei troops conquers Chad capital N'djamena December 15, 1980 ZBZ Sangha registered after 5 years of administrative hassles in Warsaw December 15, 1979 Deposed Shah of Iran leaves U.S. for Panama December 15, 1979 World Court in Hague rules Iran should relase all U.S. hostages December 15, 1978 Saint Maarten Patriotic Movement (SPM) forms under W James December 15, 1978 Test Cricket debut of Malcolm Marshall, vs. India at Bangalore December 15, 1976 Argo Merchant tanker off Massachusetts' SE coast, spills 7.6 m gallons of crude when ship ran aground December 15, 1976 Jamaica premier Manley wins elections December 15, 1974 A's Catfish Hunter is ruled a free agent (later signs with Yankees) December 15, 1973 American Psychiatric Association declares homosexuality is not mental illness December 15, 1973 Golf Resort (Disney Inn) opens December 15, 1973 Pirates of Caribbean ride opens at Disneyland December 15, 1973 Sandy Hawley becomes 1st jockey to win 500 races in 1 year December 15, 1973 Tennessee beats Temple 11-6 in low scoring NCAA basketball game December 15, 1973 US Psychiatrist say homosexuals are not mentally ill December 15, 1971 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. December 15, 1970 Ferryboat capsized in Korean Strait drowning 261 December 15, 1970 S Korean ferry Namyong-Ho sinks in Strait of Korea, 308 killed December 15, 1970 Soviet Venera 7 is 1st spacecraft to land on another planet (Venus) December 15, 1969 Plastic Ono Band, play their only concert at London's Lyceum Ballroom December 15, 1969 San Francisco Fire Department replaces leather helmets with plastic ones December 15, 1967 Beatles release "Christmas Time is Here Again" December 15, 1967 Joe Garagiola joins Today Show panel December 15, 1967 Silver Bay bridge (Oh-WV) collapes during afternoon rush hr, 34 die December 15, 1966 "Joyful Noise" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 12 performances December 15, 1966 Audouin Dollfus discovers 10th satellite of Saturn, Janus December 15, 1966 John W Mecom, Jr. becomes 1st owner of New Orlean Saints December 15, 1965 3rd cyclone of year kills another 15,000 at mouths of Ganges River December 15, 1965 Bangladesh windstorm kills 10,000 December 15, 1965 D Heneker and J Taylor's musical "Charlie Girl," premieres in London December 15, 1965 Gemini 6 launched; makes 1st rendezvous in space (with Gemini 7) December 15, 1965 Queen Juliana opens Zeeland Bridge to Oosterschelde December 15, 1965 William Eckert replaces Ford Frick as 4th commissioner of baseball December 15, 1964 1st time 4 people in space December 15, 1964 American Radio Relay League (organization for hams) founded December 15, 1964 Canada adopts maple leaf flag December 15, 1962 Vaughn Meader's "1st Family," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 12 weeks December 15, 1961 Adolf Eichmann convicted of crimes against humanity in Israel December 15, 1961 Equal access rule, political parties get TV broadcasting time December 15, 1961 John F. Kennedy visits Puerto Rico December 15, 1961 L J Suenens appointed archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels December 15, 1960 King Boudouin of Belgium marries dona Fabiola de Mora y Aragon December 15, 1959 Everly Brothers record "Let It Be Me" December 15, 1956 Emergency crisis in North Ireland proclaimed after IRA strikes December 15, 1956 KGW TV channel 8 in Portland, OR (NBC) begins broadcasting December 15, 1956 WRAL TV channel 5 in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina (CBS) begins broadcasting December 15, 1954 Fordham University scraps football team for financial reasons December 15, 1954 Netherlands Antilles becomes co-equal part of Kingdom of Netherlands December 15, 1953 WJHG TV channel 7 in Panama City, Florida (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting December 15, 1952 "Two's Company" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 90 performances December 15, 1952 Christine Jorgenson is 1st person to undergo a sex-change operation December 15, 1952 KHON TV channel 2 in Honolulu, HI (NBC) begins broadcasting December 15, 1952 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientales Ecclesias December 15, 1950 Ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone to retain heavyweight boxing title December 15, 1950 New York City's Port Authority opens December 15, 1949 Albert Camus' "Les Justes" premieres in Paris December 15, 1948 Former state department official Alger Hiss indicted in New York City for perjury December 15, 1946 Chicago Bears beat New York Giants 24-14 in NFL championship game December 15, 1946 Giants Filchock and Hapes suspended by NFL, didn't report bribe attempt December 15, 1945 John J "Cardinal" O'Connor, ordained as a priest December 15, 1944 Bandleader, Major Glenn Miller, lost over English Channel December 15, 1944 Hizbu'allah (Arm forces for Allah) forms December 15, 1944 U.S. Congress gives General Eisenhower his 5th star December 15, 1944 US troops lands on Mindoro December 15, 1942 Massachusetts issues 1st U.S. vehicular license plate tabs December 15, 1941 Gas/electrical use restricted in Holland December 15, 1941 German submarine U-127 sinks December 15, 1941 Nazi's transfers 100 Czech citizens/Heinrich Himmler falls faint December 15, 1941 North Africa: allied assault up Italians Gazala-posing December 15, 1941 USS Swordfish becomes 1st U.S. submarine to sink a Japanese ship December 15, 1939 "Gone With the Wind" premieres in Atlanta December 15, 1939 1st commercial manufacture of nylon yarn, Seaford, Delaware December 15, 1939 Snip departs for 1st flight to Paramaribo/Curacao December 15, 1938 Groundbreaking begins for Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C. December 15, 1936 KVL-AM in Seattle Washington changes call letters to KEEN (now KING) December 15, 1935 Detroit Lions win NFL championship December 15, 1935 Max Euwe becomes world champ chess beating Alexander Aljechin December 15, 1934 Fokker F18 Snip flies to Netherlands West Indies December 15, 1933 Baseball owners agree to ban Sunday doubleheaders until after June 15 December 15, 1930 Don Bradman takes his 1st Test Cricket wicket (Ivan Barrow, WI, lbw) December 15, 1929 Walter Mittelholzer flies as 1st about the Kilimanjaro December 15, 1927 Ed Hickman kidnaps child he later beheads December 15, 1926 Facist national symbol elevated in Italy December 15, 1925 1st hockey game at Madison Square Garden, Mont Candiens 3, New York Americans 1 December 15, 1925 1st road with a depressed trough (Texas) opens to traffic December 15, 1922 IVVV (association) peace congress on war forms in Hague December 15, 1919 Edna St. Vincent Millay's "Aria da Capo," premieres in New York City December 15, 1919 Fiume (Rijeka) declares it's Independence December 15, 1918 American Jewish Congress holds it's 1st meeting December 15, 1917 Moldavian Republic declares independence from Russia December 15, 1916 French defeat Germans in WW I Battle of Verdun December 15, 1914 Battle of Lodz ends; Russians retreat toward Moscow December 15, 1914 British fleet forfeits chance to destroy German fleet in North Sea December 15, 1914 Swedish troops over run Belgrade in Austria-Hungary December 15, 1909 Thomas J Lynch becomes president of baseball's National League December 15, 1899 Battle at Colenso, South Africa (Boers-British army) December 15, 1894 Cricket day 2 1st T Aus vs. Eng Aus 586 (Gregory 201) England 3-130 December 15, 1893 Dvoraks "From the New World" premieres at Carnegie Hall New York City December 15, 1891 James Naismith invents basketball (Canada) December 15, 1877 Thomas Edison patents phonograph December 15, 1874 1st reigning king to visit U.S. (of Hawaii) received by President Grant December 15, 1864 Battle of Nashville, TN December 15, 1864 Raid on Stoneman: Abingdon and Glade Springs, VA December 15, 1863 Skirmish at Bean's Station, Tennessee (Knoxville Campaign) December 15, 1859 GR Kirchoff describes chemical composition of Sun December 15, 1854 1st street-cleaning machine in U.S. 1st used in Philadelphia December 15, 1836 Patent Office burns in Wash, DC December 15, 1820 1st General pharmacopoeia in U.S. published, Boston December 15, 1815 Rossini gets assignment for Il barbiere di Siviglia December 15, 1811 Earthquake hits New Madrid, Missouri December 15, 1810 1st Irish magazine in U.S., Shamrock, is published December 15, 1794 Revolutionary Tribunal abolished in France December 15, 1792 1st life insurance policy issued in U.S. (Phila) December 15, 1791 1st U.S. law school established at University of Pennsylvania December 15, 1791 Bill of Rights ratified when Virginia gave its approval December 15, 1745 Battle at Kesseldorf: Prussia beats Saksen and Austria December 15, 1688 Lord Delamere sides with King James II [NS 12/25] December 15, 1680 Tax revolt on Terschelling due to tax on cereal December 15, 1667 Brandenburg declares himself neutral in Devolutie War December 15, 1664 English colonizing Connecticut December 15, 1660 Philippines: Andres Malongs rebels plunders Bagnotan December 15, 1640 Duke of Braganca crowned King Johan IV of Portugal December 15, 1612 Simon Marius, is 1st to observe Andromeda galaxy through a telescope December 15, 1593 State of Holland grants patent on windmill with crankshaft December 15, 1586 Laevinus Torrentius, becomes bishop of Antwerp December 15, 1582 Leidse university names Rembert Dodoens prof of botany/medicine December 15, 1582 Spanish Netherlands/Denmark/Norway adopt Gregorian calendar December 15, 1569 Westmoreland flees to Scotland December 15, 1488 Bartholomeus Diaz returns to Portugal after sailing round Cape of Good Hope December 15, 1124 Chancellor Haimeric selects pope (Lamberto becomes Honorius II) December 15, 687 St. Sergius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Conon |