Page 8: Historical Events In December - 15

1978  On December - 15 chill Wills, actor (Frontier Circus, Rounders), dies at 75   

1979  On this day in history deposed Shah of Iran leaves US for Panama   

1979  On December - 15 world Court in Hague rules Iran should release all US hostages   

1979  Bern Hoffman, actor (Major Dell Conway), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history nASA launches Intelsat V   

1982  Reputed to be 'Robin Hoods' tree, the 'Major Oak' in Sherwood forest, is fitted with a fire alarm on this day in history.   

1982  On December - 15 roy Williams, Teamsters pres, and 4 others convicted of bribery   

1982  On this day in history spain reopens border with Gibraltar   

1983  Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via El Paso, Kelly AFB on December - 15.   

1984  USSR launches Vega 1 for rendezvous with Halley's Comet on December - 15.   

1984  On this day in history avon Long, actor (Roots: Next Generation), dies at 74   

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  CIA director William Casey suffers a cerebral seizure on this day in history.   

1988  Lori Davis of Long Island sues Mike Tyson for grabbing her buttocks on December - 15.   

1989  On December - 15 panama declares war on the United States   

1989  Arnold Moss, actor (Gambit), dies at 79 on December - 15.   

1990  On this day in history rocker Rod Stewart marries super model Rachel Hunter   

1990  Betty Warren actress (Passport to Pimlico), dies on December - 15.   

1991  On this day in history horatio Luro, US horse trainer (Northern Dancer), dies at 90   

1993  On this day in history downing Street Declaration on Northern Ireland issued   

1993  GATT Uruguay Round completed on December - 15.   

1993  Kakuei Tanaka, PM of Japan (1972-74), dies on December - 15.   

1994  Diane Modahl banned from Athletics for Drug Use, in the UK on December - 15.   

1994  On December - 15 hans de Jong, musician/conductor (Amsterdams Vrouwenkoor), dies at 86   

1995  On this day in history 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   

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  Lillian Disney, widow of Walt Disney, dies at 98 on this day in history.   

2005  On December - 15 the first parliamentary elections under Iraq's new constitution.   

2006  An alleged assassination attempt on the Palestinian prime minister Ismail Haniyeh sparks inter-Palestinian clashes on December - 15.   

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  On this day in history lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter successfully flies for the first time.   

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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1534  On December - 15 birth of lucas Osiander, composer   

1567  On this day in history birth of christoph Demantius, composer   

1574  On December - 15 birth of samuel Besler, composer   

1610  David Teniers II, Flemish courtpainter (Theatrum Pictorium) was born on December - 15.   

1648  Gregory King, English statistician (Natural & Political Observations) was born on this day in history.   

1657  On this day in history birth of michel-Richard Delalande, composer   

1667  Ludwig Ernst, composer was born on this day in history.   

1720  J F Beck, writer was born on this day in history.   

1025  On this day in history basilius II, the Bulgarendoder, Byzantine emperor (976-1025), dies   

1072  Death of Alp Arslan, Turkish sultan in Persia (b. 1029) on December - 15.   

1230  Ottokar I, king of Bohemia (1197-1230), dies on this day in history.   

1263  On this day in history death of king Haakon IV of Norway (b. 1204)   

1515  Alfonso de Albuquerque, viceroy of Portuguese Indies, dies on December - 15.   

1576  On this day in history joachim Hopperus, [Hoppers], Frisian lawyer/politician, dies at 53   

1598  Philip van Marnix, Flemish ruler of St Aldegonde/poet, dies at 58 on December - 15.   

1621  Charles d'albert duke of Luynes/PM of France, dies at 43 on this day in history.