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Historical Events
on December 15th
- Lead Story
- Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens,2001
- American Revolution
- The Bill of Rights becomes law,1791
- Automotive
- Stephen M. Balzer patents rotary-engine auto,1896
- Civil War
- Battle of Nashville, Tennessee,1864
- Cold War
- United States announces that it will recognize communist China,1978
- Crime
- James Brown begins his prison sentence,1988
- Disaster
- Heavy rain leads to mudslides in Venezuela,1999
- General Interest
- Bill of Rights is finally ratified,1791
- Architect of the Holocaust sentenced to die,1961
- Billionaire's kidnapped grandson found in Italy,1973
- Hollywood
- Schindler’s List opens, wins Spielberg his first Oscar,1993
- Literary
- George Orwell delivers the manuscript for The Road to Wigan Pier,1936
- Music
- Legendary bandleader Glenn Miller disappears over the English Channel,1944
- Old West
- Sitting Bull killed by Indian police,1890
- Presidential
- U.S. House of Representatives recommends impeaching Clinton,1998
- Sports
- Jockey Sandy Hawley wins record 500th race,1973
- Vietnam War
- U.S. bombers strike industrial targets in North Vietnam,1965
- Nixon announces additional U.S. troop withdrawals,1969
- World War I
- British begin evacuation of Gallipoli,1915
- World War II
- MacArthur orders end of Shinto as Japanese state religion,1945
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