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Wednesday, 31 December 2025
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 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 NASA launches Intelsat V on this day in history.
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 Spain reopens border with Gibraltar on this day in history.
1983 On this day in history columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via El Paso, Kelly AFB
1984 USSR launches Vega 1 for rendezvous with Halley's Comet on this day in history.
1984 Avon Long, actor (Roots: Next Generation), dies at 74 on December - 15.
1985 Sylvester Stallone and Brigitte Nielson wed on December - 15.
1986 On this day in history carnegie Hall reopens after a $50 million facelift
1986 On December - 15 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 Panama declares war on the United States on December - 15.
1989 Arnold Moss, actor (Gambit), dies at 79 on December - 15.
1990 Rocker Rod Stewart marries super model Rachel Hunter on this day in history.
1990 On December - 15 betty Warren actress (Passport to Pimlico), dies
1991 On this day in history horatio Luro, US horse trainer (Northern Dancer), dies at 90
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 this day in history.
1994 On this day in history 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 December - 15.
1995 James Geoffrey Cutcliffe Hepburn, tap-dancer/socialist, dies at 88 on this day in history.
1996 Gerald Moverley, priest, dies at 74 on December - 15.
1997 On December - 15 lillian Disney, widow of Walt Disney, dies at 98
2005 The first parliamentary elections under Iraq's new constitution on this day in history.
2006 On this day in history an alleged assassination attempt on the Palestinian prime minister Ismail Haniyeh sparks inter-Palestinian clashes.
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 On December - 15 lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter successfully flies for the first time.
2006 The Japanese government passes a bill to upgrade the Japan Defense Agency to a Ministry on December - 15.
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