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Wednesday, 07 January 2026
1952 "Two's Company" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 90 performances on December - 15. 
1953 On December - 15 wJHG TV channel 7 in Panama City, FL (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 On December - 15 kishio Hirao, composer, dies at 46
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 December - 15 netherlands Antilles becomes co-equal part of Kingdom of Netherlands
1954 On December - 15 fordham University scraps football team for financial reasons
1956 Emergency crisis in North Ireland proclaimed after IRA strikes on December - 15.
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 December - 15.
1961 William "Dummy" Hoy, professional baseball player, dies at 99 on this day in history.
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 December - 15.
1964 Canada adopts maple leaf flag on December - 15.
1964 On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.
1966 Audouin Dollfus discovers 10th satellite of Saturn, Janus on this day in history.
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 Beatles release "Christmas Time is Here Again" on December - 15.
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 December - 15 jess Willard, Heavyweight boxing champ (1915-19), dies at 86
1969 On this day in history san Francisco Fire Department replaces leather helmets with plastic ones
1970 On this day in history ferryboat capsized in Korean Strait drowning 261
1970 Soviet Venera 7 is first spacecraft to land on another planet (Venus) on December - 15.
1972 On this day in history edward Earle, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight), dies at 90
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 On this day in history pirates of Caribbean opens at Disneyland
1973 Orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.
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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