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Saturday, 20 December 2025
1934 On this day in history fokker F18 Snip flies to Neth West Indies 
1934 On December - 15 maggis Lena Walker, 1st US (black) woman to head a bank, dies at 69
1935 On December - 15 detroit Lions win NFL championship
1936 KVL-AM in Seattle Wash changes call letters to KEEN (now KING) on this day in history.
1937 On December - 15 john [Thomas] Sladek, US, sci-fi author (Tik-Tok, Bugs)
1938 Groundbreaking begins for Jefferson Memorial in Wash DC on this day in history.
1939 In Seaford, Delaware, Nylon commercially produced for the first time on this day in history.
1939 The commercial manufacture of nylon yarn, Seaford, Delaware on December - 15.
1939 The world premiere of the movie Gone With the Wind is held in Atlanta, GA on December - 15.
1939 World premiere of "Gone With The Wind" in Atlanta GA on this day in history.
1939 "Gone With the Wind" premieres in Atlanta on this day in history.
1939 On December - 15 tom McKibbin, cricketer (5 Tests for Aust 1895-1898, 17 wkts), dies
1941 A musical standard was recorded this day on Victor Records. Lena Horne sang the torch classic that became her signature Stormy Weather on this day in history.
1941 On this day in history uSS Swordfish becomes first US sub to sink a Japanese ship
1941 On December - 15 gas/electrical use restricted in Holland
1941 On December - 15 a musical standard was recorded this day on Victor Records. Lena Horne sang the torch classic that became her signature: Stormy Weather.
1942 On this day in history massachusetts issues first US vehicular license plate tabs
1942 The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities issued the first plastic license-plate tabs on this day in history.
1942 Massachusetts issues 1st US vehicular license plate tabs on December - 15.
1943 Thomas W "Fats" Waller, jazz pianist (Hot Chocolate), dies at 39 in KC Missouri on this day in history.
1944 A single-engine plane carrying bandleader Glenn Miller vanishes over the English Channel while en route to Paris on December - 15.
1944 On December - 15 glenn Miller presumed dead after his plane disappeared over the English Channel
1944 On this day in history bandleader, Major Glenn Miller, lost over English Channel
1944 Glenn Miller, US band leader/jazz composer, dies at 40 on December - 15.
1945 On December - 15 john J "Cardinal" O'Connor, ordained as a priest
1946 Chic Bears beat NY Giants 24-14 in NFL championship game on this day in history.
1946 Conrad Haebler, historian (Hundert Kalenderinkunabeln), dies at 89 on December - 15.
1948 Former state department official Alger Hiss indicted in NYC for perjury on December - 15.
1948 Former state dept official Alger Hiss indicted in NYC for perjury on this day in history.
1949 On December - 15 albert Camus' "Les Justes" premieres in Paris
1950 NYC's Port Authority opens on December - 15.
1950 On this day in history ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone to retain heavyweight boxing title
1950 Robert Muller-Hartmann, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.
1951 Eric Drummond, 1st sec-gen League of Nations (1919-33), dies at 75 on December - 15.
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