Historical Events In December - 15
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1978 Chill Wills, actor (Frontier Circus, Rounders), dies at 75 on December - 15.
1979 On this day in history deposed Shah of Iran leaves US for Panama
1979 World Court in Hague rules Iran should release all US hostages on December - 15.
1979 On December - 15 bern Hoffman, actor (Major Dell Conway), dies at 66
1981 On December - 15 nASA launches Intelsat V
1982 On this day in history reputed to be 'Robin Hoods' tree, the 'Major Oak' in Sherwood forest, is fitted with a fire alarm
1982 Roy Williams, Teamsters pres, and 4 others convicted of bribery on this day in history.
1982 Spain reopens border with Gibraltar on December - 15.
1983 Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via El Paso, Kelly AFB on December - 15.
1984 On December - 15 uSSR launches Vega 1 for rendezvous with Halley's Comet
1984 Avon Long, actor (Roots: Next Generation), dies at 74 on this day in history.
1985 On this day in history sylvester Stallone and Brigitte Nielson wed
1986 On this day in history carnegie Hall reopens after a $50 million facelift
1986 On December - 15 cIA director William Casey suffers a cerebral seizure
1988 Lori Davis of Long Island sues Mike Tyson for grabbing her buttocks on this day in history.
1989 Panama declares war on the United States on December - 15.
1989 Arnold Moss, actor (Gambit), dies at 79 on December - 15.
1990 Rocker Rod Stewart marries super model Rachel Hunter on this day in history.
1990 On December - 15 betty Warren actress (Passport to Pimlico), dies
1991 Horatio Luro, US horse trainer (Northern Dancer), dies at 90 on December - 15.
1993 On this day in history downing Street Declaration on Northern Ireland issued
1993 On December - 15 gATT Uruguay Round completed
1993 Kakuei Tanaka, PM of Japan (1972-74), dies on this day in history.
1994 On this day in history diane Modahl banned from Athletics for Drug Use, in the UK
1994 Hans de Jong, musician/conductor (Amsterdams Vrouwenkoor), dies at 86 on this day in history.
1995 The New York Stock Exchange charged into the record books on this day. The Big Board posted a new mark for trading volume, as 652.8 million shares changed hands, topping the old mark of 608.2 million shares on this day in history.
1995 James Geoffrey Cutcliffe Hepburn, tap-dancer/socialist, dies at 88 on this day in history.
1996 Gerald Moverley, priest, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1997 On December - 15 lillian Disney, widow of Walt Disney, dies at 98
2005 The first parliamentary elections under Iraq's new constitution on December - 15.
2006 On this day in history an alleged assassination attempt on the Palestinian prime minister Ismail Haniyeh sparks inter-Palestinian clashes.
2006 On December - 15 jigme Singye Wangchuck, the King of Bhutan, abdicates in favour of his son Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck a year earlier than expected.
2006 Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter successfully flies for the first time on December - 15.
2006 On this day in history the Japanese government passes a bill to upgrade the Japan Defense Agency to a Ministry.
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