Hisdates•ComPage 8: Historical Events In December - 15
Sunday, 17 August 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 World Court in Hague rules Iran should release all US hostages on December - 15.
1979 On this day in history bern Hoffman, actor (Major Dell Conway), dies at 66
1981 On December - 15 nASA launches Intelsat V
1982 Reputed to be 'Robin Hoods' tree, the 'Major Oak' in Sherwood forest, is fitted with a fire alarm on December - 15.
1982 Roy Williams, Teamsters pres, and 4 others convicted of bribery on this day in history.
1982 On December - 15 spain reopens border with Gibraltar
1983 On December - 15 columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via El Paso, Kelly AFB
1984 On this day in history uSSR launches Vega 1 for rendezvous with Halley's Comet
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 December - 15 cIA director William Casey suffers a cerebral seizure
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 Arnold Moss, actor (Gambit), dies at 79 on December - 15.
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 On December - 15 downing Street Declaration on Northern Ireland issued
1993 On this day in history gATT Uruguay Round completed
1993 Kakuei Tanaka, PM of Japan (1972-74), dies on December - 15.
1994 Diane Modahl banned from Athletics for Drug Use, in the UK on December - 15.
1994 Hans de Jong, musician/conductor (Amsterdams Vrouwenkoor), dies at 86 on this day in history.
1995 On this day in history 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
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 On this day in history lillian Disney, widow of Walt Disney, dies at 98
2005 On this day in history the first parliamentary elections under Iraq's new constitution.
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 December - 15.
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