About December 15
December 15, 2024 is the 350th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 16 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
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Sagittarius is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 45 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On December 15
- 1791 –The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.
- 1864 –In the Battle of Nashville, Union forces under George H. Thomas almost completely destroy the Army of Tennessee under John B. Hood.
- 1868 –Shogunate rebels found Ezo Republic in Hokkaidō.
- 1906 –The London Underground’s Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.
- 1913 –Nicaragua becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires Convention.
- 1914 –A gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hojyo coal mine, Kyūshū, Japan, kills 687.
- 1917 –World War I: An armistice is reached between the new Bolshevik government and the Central Powers.
- 1939 –Gone with the Wind receives its première at Loew’s Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
- 1942 –The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse begins during the Guadalcanal campaign.
- 1946 –US-backed Iranian troops evict the leadership of the breakaway Republic of Mahabad, putting an end to the Iran crisis of 1946.
- 1960 –King Mahendra of Nepal suspends the country’s constitution, dissolves parliament, dismisses the cabinet, and imposes direct rule.
- 1961 –In Jerusalem, Adolph Eichmann is sentenced to death after being found guilty of 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people and membership of an outlawed organization.
- 1970 –South Korean ferry Namyong Ho capsizes off Korean Strait killing 308.
- 1976 –Samoa becomes a member of the United Nations.
- 1976 –The oil tanker MV Argo Merchant runs aground near Nantucket, Massachusetts, causing one of the worst marine oil spills in history.
- 1994 –Palau becomes a member of the United Nations.
- 2000 –The 3rd reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down.
- 2005 –Introduction of the F-22 Raptor into USAF active service.
- 2009 –Boeing’s new Boeing 787 Dreamliner makes its maiden flight from Seattle, Washington.
- 2010 –A boat carrying 90 asylum seekers crashes into rocks off the coast of Christmas Island, Australia, killing at least 30 passengers.
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