Historical Events In December - 15

1978  On December - 15 chill Wills, actor (Frontier Circus, Rounders), dies at 75  

1979  Deposed Shah of Iran leaves US for Panama on this day in history.  

1979  World Court in Hague rules Iran should release all US hostages on December - 15.  

1979  Bern Hoffman, actor (Major Dell Conway), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1981  On December - 15 nASA launches Intelsat V  

1982  On this day in history reputed to be 'Robin Hoods' tree, the 'Major Oak' in Sherwood forest, is fitted with a fire alarm  

1982  On this day in history roy Williams, Teamsters pres, and 4 others convicted of bribery  

1982  Spain reopens border with Gibraltar on this day in history.  

1983  On December - 15 columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via El Paso, Kelly AFB  

1984  USSR launches Vega 1 for rendezvous with Halley's Comet on December - 15.  

1984  On December - 15 avon Long, actor (Roots: Next Generation), dies at 74  

1985  On December - 15 sylvester Stallone and Brigitte Nielson wed  

1986  Carnegie Hall reopens after a $50 million facelift on this day in history.  

1986  On this day in history cIA director William Casey suffers a cerebral seizure  

1988  Lori Davis of Long Island sues Mike Tyson for grabbing her buttocks on this day in history.  

1989  On this day in history panama declares war on the United States  

1989  On December - 15 arnold Moss, actor (Gambit), dies at 79  

1990  Rocker Rod Stewart marries super model Rachel Hunter on this day in history.  

1990  Betty Warren actress (Passport to Pimlico), dies on December - 15.  

1991  Horatio Luro, US horse trainer (Northern Dancer), dies at 90 on December - 15.  

1993  On this day in history downing Street Declaration on Northern Ireland issued  

1993  On December - 15 gATT Uruguay Round completed  

1993  On December - 15 kakuei Tanaka, PM of Japan (1972-74), dies  

1994  On December - 15 diane Modahl banned from Athletics for Drug Use, in the UK  

1994  Hans de Jong, musician/conductor (Amsterdams Vrouwenkoor), dies at 86 on December - 15.  

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 this day in history.  

1995  James Geoffrey Cutcliffe Hepburn, tap-dancer/socialist, dies at 88 on December - 15.  

1996  Gerald Moverley, priest, dies at 74 on December - 15.  

1997  On this day in history lillian Disney, widow of Walt Disney, dies at 98  

2005  On December - 15 the first parliamentary elections under Iraq's new constitution.  

2006  On December - 15 an alleged assassination attempt on the Palestinian prime minister Ismail Haniyeh sparks inter-Palestinian clashes.  

2006  On December - 15 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 December - 15.  

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1534  Lucas Osiander, composer was born on December - 15.  

1567  On December - 15 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  On this day in history birth of michel-Richard Delalande, composer  

1667  On this day in history birth of ludwig Ernst, composer  

1720  On December - 15 birth of j F Beck, writer  

1025  Basilius II, the Bulgarendoder, Byzantine emperor (976-1025), dies on this day in history.  

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

1230  Ottokar I, king of Bohemia (1197-1230), dies on December - 15.  

1263  Death of King Haakon IV of Norway (b. 1204) on this day in history.  

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

1576  On December - 15 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  On this day in history charles d'albert duke of Luynes/PM of France, dies at 43