Page 7: Historical Events In December - 15

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

1953  On December - 15 wJHG TV channel 7 in Panama City, FL (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting   

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 December - 15 netherlands Antilles becomes co-equal part of Kingdom of Netherlands   

1954  Fordham University scraps football team for financial reasons on December - 15.   

1956  On December - 15 emergency crisis in North Ireland proclaimed after IRA strikes   

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 December - 15 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  On this day in history charles Laughton, English actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at 63   

1964  On December - 15 canada adopts maple leaf flag   

1964  On this day in history maple Leaf' formally adopted as the symbol for the Canadian national flag   

1965  On this day in history 3rd cyclone of year kills another 10,000 at mouths of Ganges River, Bangladesh   

1965  Gemini 6 launched; makes first rendezvous in space (with Gemini 7) on this day in history.   

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 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  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  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 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  On this day in history pirates of Caribbean opens at Disneyland   

1973  Orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov, composer, dies at 61 on December - 15.   

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

1567  Christoph Demantius, composer was born on this day in history.   

1574  Samuel Besler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1610  David Teniers II, Flemish courtpainter (Theatrum Pictorium) was born on December - 15.   

1648  On this day in history birth of gregory King, English statistician (Natural & Political Observations)   

1657  Michel-Richard Delalande, composer was born on December - 15.   

1667  On December - 15 birth of ludwig Ernst, composer   

1720  J F Beck, writer was born on this day in history.   

1025  On this day in history basilius II, the Bulgarendoder, Byzantine emperor (976-1025), dies   

1072  On this day in history death of alp Arslan, Turkish sultan in Persia (b. 1029)   

1230  Ottokar I, king of Bohemia (1197-1230), dies on this day in history.   

1263  On December - 15 death of king Haakon IV of Norway (b. 1204)   

1515  On December - 15 alfonso de Albuquerque, viceroy of Portuguese Indies, dies   

1576  On this day in history joachim Hopperus, [Hoppers], Frisian lawyer/politician, dies at 53   

1598  On December - 15 philip van Marnix, Flemish ruler of St Aldegonde/poet, dies at 58   

1621  Charles d'albert duke of Luynes/PM of France, dies at 43 on this day in history.