Hisdates•ComPage 8: Historical Events In December - 15
Friday, 31 October 2025
1978 On this day in history chill Wills, actor (Frontier Circus, Rounders), dies at 75 
1979 On this day in history deposed Shah of Iran leaves US for Panama
1979 On this day in history world Court in Hague rules Iran should release all US hostages
1979 Bern Hoffman, actor (Major Dell Conway), dies at 66 on this day in history.
1981 On this day in history nASA launches Intelsat V
1982 Reputed to be 'Robin Hoods' tree, the 'Major Oak' in Sherwood forest, is fitted with a fire alarm on this day in history.
1982 On this day in history roy Williams, Teamsters pres, and 4 others convicted of bribery
1982 On this day in history spain reopens border with Gibraltar
1983 Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via El Paso, Kelly AFB on December - 15.
1984 USSR launches Vega 1 for rendezvous with Halley's Comet on December - 15.
1984 Avon Long, actor (Roots: Next Generation), dies at 74 on December - 15.
1985 Sylvester Stallone and Brigitte Nielson wed on December - 15.
1986 Carnegie Hall reopens after a $50 million facelift on December - 15.
1986 CIA director William Casey suffers a cerebral seizure on this day in history.
1988 On December - 15 lori Davis of Long Island sues Mike Tyson for grabbing her buttocks
1989 On this day in history panama declares war on the United States
1989 On this day in history arnold Moss, actor (Gambit), dies at 79
1990 On this day in history rocker Rod Stewart marries super model Rachel Hunter
1990 Betty Warren actress (Passport to Pimlico), dies on December - 15.
1991 Horatio Luro, US horse trainer (Northern Dancer), dies at 90 on this day in history.
1993 Downing Street Declaration on Northern Ireland issued on this day in history.
1993 On this day in history gATT Uruguay Round completed
1993 On December - 15 kakuei Tanaka, PM of Japan (1972-74), dies
1994 On this day in history diane Modahl banned from Athletics for Drug Use, in the UK
1994 On this day in history hans de Jong, musician/conductor (Amsterdams Vrouwenkoor), dies at 86
1995 The New York Stock Exchange charged into the record books on this day. The Big Board posted a new mark for trading volume, as 652.8 million shares changed hands, topping the old mark of 608.2 million shares on December - 15.
1995 James Geoffrey Cutcliffe Hepburn, tap-dancer/socialist, dies at 88 on December - 15.
1996 On this day in history gerald Moverley, priest, dies at 74
1997 Lillian Disney, widow of Walt Disney, dies at 98 on this day in history.
2005 The first parliamentary elections under Iraq's new constitution on this day in history.
2006 An alleged assassination attempt on the Palestinian prime minister Ismail Haniyeh sparks inter-Palestinian clashes on this day in history.
2006 On this day in history jigme Singye Wangchuck, the King of Bhutan, abdicates in favour of his son Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck a year earlier than expected.
2006 Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter successfully flies for the first time on this day in history.
2006 The Japanese government passes a bill to upgrade the Japan Defense Agency to a Ministry on this day in history.
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