Page 7: Historical Events In December - 15

1952  On December - 15 "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  On this day in history kishio Hirao, composer, dies at 46   

1954  On this day in history davy Crockett, Indian Fighter was featured on Walt Disney’s TV series for the first time. Crockett was played by Fess Parker.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1959  Everly Brothers record "Let It Be Me" on this day in history.   

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

1961  Adolf Eichmann convicted of crimes against humanity in Israel on December - 15.   

1961  On December - 15 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 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  On this day in history 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  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 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 this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history walt Disney, animator, dies at 65, put in suspended animation   

1967  Beatles release "Christmas Time is Here Again" on December - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Ferryboat capsized in Korean Strait drowning 261 on this day in history.   

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

1972  Edward Earle, actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight), dies at 90 on December - 15.   

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 December - 15.   

1974  On December - 15 erich Walter Sternberg, composer, dies at 83   

1975  Mukhtar Ashrafi, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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  Lucas Osiander, composer was born on this day in history.   

1567  On this day in history birth of christoph Demantius, composer   

1574  On this day in history birth of samuel Besler, composer   

1610  On this day in history birth of david Teniers II, Flemish courtpainter (Theatrum Pictorium)   

1648  Gregory King, English statistician (Natural & Political Observations) was born on December - 15.   

1657  Michel-Richard Delalande, composer was born on this day in history.   

1667  Ludwig Ernst, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1025  On December - 15 basilius II, the Bulgarendoder, Byzantine emperor (976-1025), dies   

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

1230  On this day in history 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 December - 15 alfonso de Albuquerque, viceroy of Portuguese Indies, dies   

1576  Joachim Hopperus, [Hoppers], Frisian lawyer/politician, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1598  Philip van Marnix, Flemish ruler of St Aldegonde/poet, dies at 58 on December - 15.   

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