The Phenomenon of December 15: A Day Filled with Surprises and Celebrations Natural Disasters & Epidemics

1909  Francisco Tarrega y Eixea, composer, dies at 57   

1913  Nicaragua is recorded as becoming a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.   

1913  Muriel Rukeyser, US, poet (1977 Shelley Memorial Award).   

1914  After being closed for over four months, the NYSE got back into the swing of things on this day in 1914, albeit with a tight set of trading restrictions designed to prevent fiscal disaster.   

1914  Battle of Lodz ends; Russians retreat toward Moscow.   

1914  Ernie Toshack, cricket pace bowler (Aussie left-arm post-WWII)   

1915  Jose Toribio Merino Castro, admiral   

1916  French defeat Germans in WW I Battle of Verdun   

1916  Maurice Wilkins, England, physicist, worked with DNA (Nobel 1962).   

1917  Moldavian Republic declares independence from Russia.   

1918  American Jewish Congress holds it's 1st meeting.   

1918  Jeff Chandler, [Ira Grossel], Bkln, actor (Broken Arrow)   

1919  Edna St Vincent Millay's "Aria da Capo," premieres in NYC   

1919  Ake Seyffarth, 10K speed skater (Olympic-gold-1948)   

1921  Bobby Todd, US comic/actor (Original Sin).   

1922  IVVV (association) peace congress on war forms in Hague   

1922  Alan Freed, Penn, DJ, accepted payola/introduced term "rock-n-roll".   

1923  Freeman Dyson, English-born American physicist.   

1924  Ida Haendel, Polish violinist/author (Woman with Violin)   

1925  inaugural road with a depressed trough (Texas) opened to traffic   

1925  1st hockey game at Madison Sq Garden, Mont Candiens 3, NY Americans 1.   

1925  Sam Pollock, Canadian ice hockey general manager.   

1926  Facist national symbol elevated in Italy   

1927  Ed Hickman kidnaps child he later beheads.   

1928  Jimmy Nelson, Chic Ill, ventriloguist (Nestles, Farfel).   

1929  Walter Mittelholzer flies as 1st about the Kilimanjaro.   

1929  Keith Andrew, cricketer (England wicket-keeper in 2 Tests 1954-63).   

1930  Edna O'Brien, Irish novelist is born   

1930  Don Bradman takes his 1st Test Cricket wicket (Ivan Barrow, WI, lbw)   

1930  Alim-ud-Din, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in 25 Tests 1954-62).   

1931  Evald Schorm, Prague Czech, director (Courage for Every Day).   

1932  Edna O'Brien, Ireland, writer (Fanatic of Heart, Casualties of Peace).   

1933  Baseball owners agree to ban Sunday doubleheaders until after June 15   

1933  Jesse Belvin, Texarkana Arkansas, rock vocalist (Mr Easy)   

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