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Historical Events In December - 15
Tuesday, 21 March 2023
1952 On December - 15 "Two's Company" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 90 performances 
1953 WJHG TV channel 7 in Panama City, FL (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.
1953 Kishio Hirao, composer, dies at 46 on this day in history.
1954 On December - 15 davy Crockett, Indian Fighter was featured on Walt Disney’s TV series for the first time. Crockett was played by Fess Parker.
1954 On this day in history netherlands Antilles becomes co-equal part of Kingdom of Netherlands
1954 Fordham University scraps football team for financial reasons on this day in history.
1956 On this day in history emergency crisis in North Ireland proclaimed after IRA strikes
1959 Everly Brothers record "Let It Be Me" on this day in history.
1960 King Boudouin of Belgium marries dona Fabiola de Mora y Aragon on this day in history.
1961 Adolf Eichmann convicted of crimes against humanity in Israel on this day in history.
1961 On this day in history william "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player, dies at 99
1962 On December - 15 vaughn Meader's "The first Family," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 12 wks
1962 Charles Laughton, English actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at 63 on December - 15.
1964 On December - 15 canada adopts maple leaf flag
1964 On December - 15 maple Leaf' formally adopted as the symbol for the Canadian national flag
1965 On December - 15 3rd cyclone of year kills another 10,000 at mouths of Ganges River, Bangladesh
1965 On December - 15 gemini 6 launched; makes first rendezvous in space (with Gemini 7)
1965 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1966 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 on December - 15.
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 On December - 15 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.
1968 On this day in history jess Willard, Heavyweight boxing champ (1915-19), dies at 86
1969 San Francisco Fire Department replaces leather helmets with plastic ones on December - 15.
1970 Ferryboat capsized in Korean Strait drowning 261 on this day in history.
1970 On this day in history soviet Venera 7 is first spacecraft to land on another planet (Venus)
1972 On December - 15 edward Earle, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight), dies at 90
1973 Jean Paul Getty III, grandson of billionaire J. Paul Getty, is found alive in southern Italy five months after his kidnapping on December - 15.
1973 On December - 15 pirates of Caribbean opens at Disneyland
1973 On December - 15 orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov, composer, dies at 61
1974 Erich Walter Sternberg, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.
1975 On December - 15 mukhtar Ashrafi, composer, dies at 63
1976 Argo Merchant tanker off Massachusetts' SE coast, spills 7.6 m gallons of crude when the ship runs aground on this day in history.
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