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Sunday, 21 December 2025
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 this day in history.
1953 On this day in history kishio Hirao, composer, dies at 46
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 On December - 15 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 Emergency crisis in North Ireland proclaimed after IRA strikes on December - 15.
1959 On December - 15 everly Brothers record "Let It Be Me"
1960 King Boudouin of Belgium marries dona Fabiola de Mora y Aragon on December - 15.
1961 On December - 15 adolf Eichmann convicted of crimes against humanity in Israel
1961 On this day in history william "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player, dies at 99
1962 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1964 On December - 15 canada adopts maple leaf flag
1964 Maple Leaf' formally adopted as the symbol for the Canadian national flag on this day in history.
1965 3rd cyclone of year kills another 10,000 at mouths of Ganges River, Bangladesh on this day in history.
1965 On December - 15 gemini 6 launched; makes first rendezvous in space (with Gemini 7)
1965 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 on December - 15.
1966 Audouin Dollfus discovers 10th satellite of Saturn, Janus on December - 15.
1966 On December - 15 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 On December - 15 walt Disney, animator, dies at 65, put in suspended animation
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 Jess Willard, Heavyweight boxing champ (1915-19), dies at 86 on this day in history.
1969 San Francisco Fire Department replaces leather helmets with plastic ones on December - 15.
1970 On this day in history ferryboat capsized in Korean Strait drowning 261
1970 On December - 15 soviet Venera 7 is first spacecraft to land on another planet (Venus)
1972 Edward Earle, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight), dies at 90 on this day in history.
1973 On December - 15 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 December - 15.
1973 On this day in history orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov, composer, dies at 61
1974 Erich Walter Sternberg, composer, dies at 83 on December - 15.
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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