Page 9: Historical Events In December - 15

2007  President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf had lifted the State of Emergency in Pakistan on this day in history.   

2011  The United States formally declares an end to the Iraq War on December - 15.   

2012  18 Asylum seekers drown in the Aegean Sea on the way to Greece from Turkey on this day in history.   

2017  Anita Hill is appointed to lead a Hollywood commission on sexual harassment, spearheaded by Kathleen Kennedy on this day in history.   

2018  Diplomats from 200 countries agree to a set of rules to implement the UN Paris Climate Agreement in Katowice, Poland on December - 15.   

2018  On December - 15 egyptian Archaeologists announce discovery of 4,400 year old tomb of Fifth Dynasty priest in Saqqara pyramid complex near Cairo   

2018  Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announces establishment of independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church, splitting from Russian Orthodox on December - 15.   

2018  Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge in Fort Worth, Texas on December - 15.   

2018  On December - 15 at the Katowice Climate Change Conference, nearly 200 nations agree rules on implementing the 2015 Paris agreement.   

2020  UK newspaper "The Sun" publishes recording of Tom Cruise berating his film crew for breaking COVID-19 protocols on December - 15.   

2020  The International Criminal Court accuses the Philippines of crimes against humanity in its war on drugs on this day in history.   

2021  On December - 15 bruce Springsteen sells his music back catalogue to Sony Music Entertainment for an estimated $500 million, in possibly the biggest deal ever for a single artist [1]   

2021  Las Vegas' McCarran Airport officially changes name to Harry Reid International Airport on this day in history.   

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1534  On December - 15 birth of lucas Osiander, composer   

1567  On December - 15 birth of christoph Demantius, composer   

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

1610  On December - 15 birth of david Teniers II, Flemish courtpainter (Theatrum Pictorium)   

1648  On this day in history birth of gregory King, English statistician (Natural & Political Observations)   

1657  On December - 15 birth of michel-Richard Delalande, composer   

1667  On December - 15 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  Death of Alp Arslan, Turkish sultan in Persia (b. 1029) on December - 15.   

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 December - 15.   

1598  On this day in history 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