Page 7: Historical Events In December - 15

1952  "Two's Company" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 90 performances on this day in history.   

1953  WJHG TV channel 7 in Panama City, FL (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting on December - 15.   

1953  Kishio Hirao, composer, dies at 46 on December - 15.   

1954  Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter was featured on Walt Disney’s TV series for the first time. Crockett was played by Fess Parker on December - 15.   

1954  Netherlands Antilles becomes co-equal part of Kingdom of Netherlands on December - 15.   

1954  On December - 15 fordham University scraps football team for financial reasons   

1956  On this day in history emergency crisis in North Ireland proclaimed after IRA strikes   

1959  On December - 15 everly Brothers record "Let It Be Me"   

1960  On December - 15 king Boudouin of Belgium marries dona Fabiola de Mora y Aragon   

1961  On December - 15 adolf Eichmann convicted of crimes against humanity in Israel   

1961  William "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player, dies at 99 on December - 15.   

1962  Vaughn Meader's "The first Family," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 12 wks on December - 15.   

1962  On December - 15 charles Laughton, English actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at 63   

1964  On this day in history canada adopts maple leaf flag   

1964  Maple Leaf' formally adopted as the symbol for the Canadian national flag on December - 15.   

1965  3rd cyclone of year kills another 10,000 at mouths of Ganges River, Bangladesh on December - 15.   

1965  Gemini 6 launched; makes first rendezvous in space (with Gemini 7) on December - 15.   

1965  On December - 15 in the first raid on a major North Vietnamese industrial target, U.S. Air Force planes destroy a thermal power plant at Uong Bi, l4 miles north of Haiphong. The plant reportedly supplied about 15 percent of North Vietnam's total electric power production.   

1966  Audouin Dollfus discovers 10th satellite of Saturn, Janus on December - 15.   

1966  On this day in history one of the greatest names in children’s television and movie production died on this day. Walt (Walter Elias) Disney died in Burbank, California. Mr. Disney was 65 years old.   

1966  Walt Disney, animator, dies at 65, put in suspended animation on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history beatles release "Christmas Time is Here Again"   

1967  The Silver Bridge across the Ohio River collapsed during rush hour. Dozens of cars fell into the icy water. Forty-six people lost their lives in the accident, and many others were injured on December - 15.   

1968  Jess Willard, Heavyweight boxing champ (1915-19), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1969  On December - 15 san Francisco Fire Department replaces leather helmets with plastic ones   

1970  On December - 15 ferryboat capsized in Korean Strait drowning 261   

1970  Soviet Venera 7 is first spacecraft to land on another planet (Venus) on this day in history.   

1972  On December - 15 edward Earle, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight), dies at 90   

1973  On this day in history jean Paul Getty III, grandson of billionaire J. Paul Getty, is found alive in southern Italy five months after his kidnapping.   

1973  Pirates of Caribbean opens at Disneyland on this day in history.   

1973  On December - 15 orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov, composer, dies at 61   

1974  Erich Walter Sternberg, composer, dies at 83 on December - 15.   

1975  On this day in history mukhtar Ashrafi, composer, dies at 63   

1976  On December - 15 argo Merchant tanker off Massachusetts' SE coast, spills 7.6 m gallons of crude when the ship runs aground   

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1534  On this day in history birth of lucas Osiander, composer   

1567  On December - 15 birth of christoph Demantius, composer   

1574  On this day in history 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  Michel-Richard Delalande, composer was born on December - 15.   

1667  Ludwig Ernst, composer was born on December - 15.   

1720  J F Beck, writer was born on December - 15.   

1025  Basilius II, the Bulgarendoder, Byzantine emperor (976-1025), dies on this day in history.   

1072  On December - 15 death of alp Arslan, Turkish sultan in Persia (b. 1029)   

1230  On December - 15 ottokar I, king of Bohemia (1197-1230), dies   

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

1515  On this day in history alfonso de Albuquerque, viceroy of Portuguese Indies, dies   

1576  Joachim Hopperus, [Hoppers], Frisian lawyer/politician, dies at 53 on December - 15.   

1598  Philip van Marnix, Flemish ruler of St Aldegonde/poet, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1621  On this day in history charles d'albert duke of Luynes/PM of France, dies at 43