Page 5: Historical Events In December - 15
Tuesday, 04 November 2025
						1909  On this day in history francisco Tarrega y Eixea, composer, dies at 57  
 
					
						1913  Nicaragua becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty on this day in history.  
 
					
						1913  Muriel Rukeyser, US, poet (1977 Shelley Memorial Award) on this day in history.  
 
					
						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 on December - 15.  
 
					
						1914  On December - 15 battle of Lodz ends; Russians retreat toward Moscow  
 
					
						1914  Ernie Toshack, cricket pace bowler (Aussie left-arm post-WWII) on December - 15.  
 
					
						1915  Jose Toribio Merino Castro, admiral on this day in history.  
 
					
						1916  On December - 15 french defeat Germans in WW I Battle of Verdun  
 
					
						1916  Maurice Wilkins, England, physicist, worked with DNA (Nobel 1962) on this day in history.  
 
					
						1917  On this day in history moldavian Republic declares independence from Russia  
 
					
						1918  American Jewish Congress holds it's 1st meeting on December - 15.  
 
					
						1918  On December - 15 jeff Chandler, [Ira Grossel], Bkln, actor (Broken Arrow)  
 
					
						1919  Edna St Vincent Millay's "Aria da Capo," premieres in NYC on this day in history.  
 
					
						1919  On December - 15 ake Seyffarth, 10K speed skater (Olympic-gold-1948)  
 
					
						1921  On this day in history bobby Todd, US comic/actor (Original Sin)  
 
					
						1922  On December - 15 iVVV (association) peace congress on war forms in Hague  
 
					
						1922  On December - 15 alan Freed, Penn, DJ, accepted payola/introduced term "rock-n-roll"  
 
					
						1923  On December - 15 freeman Dyson, English-born American physicist  
 
					
						1924  On this day in history ida Haendel, Polish violinist/author (Woman with Violin)  
 
					
						1925  First road with a depressed trough (Texas) opened to traffic on this day in history.  
 
					
						1925  1st hockey game at Madison Sq Garden, Mont Candiens 3, NY Americans 1 on this day in history.  
 
					
						1925  Sam Pollock, Canadian ice hockey general manager on this day in history.  
 
					
						1926  Facist national symbol elevated in Italy on this day in history.  
 
					
						1927  On December - 15 ed Hickman kidnaps child he later beheads  
 
					
						1928  On this day in history jimmy Nelson, Chic Ill, ventriloguist (Nestles, Farfel)  
 
					
						1929  Walter Mittelholzer flies as 1st about the Kilimanjaro on this day in history.  
 
					
						1929  Keith Andrew, cricketer (England wicket-keeper in 2 Tests 1954-63) on December - 15.  
 
					
						1930  On this day in history the birth of Edna O'Brien, Irish novelist  
 
					
						1930  On December - 15 don Bradman takes his 1st Test Cricket wicket (Ivan Barrow, WI, lbw)  
 
					
						1930  On this day in history alim-ud-Din, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in 25 Tests 1954-62)  
 
					
						1931  On December - 15 evald Schorm, Prague Czech, director (Courage for Every Day)  
 
					
						1932  Edna O'Brien, Ireland, writer (Fanatic of Heart, Casualties of Peace) on December - 15.  
 
					
						1933  Baseball owners agree to ban Sunday doubleheaders until after June 15 on December - 15.  
 
					
						1933  Jesse Belvin, Texarkana Arkansas, rock vocalist (Mr Easy) on December - 15.  
 
					
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