Hisdates•ComPage 8: Historical Events In December - 15
Saturday, 22 February 2025
1978 On this day in history chill Wills, actor (Frontier Circus, Rounders), dies at 75 
1979 On December - 15 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 December - 15 bern Hoffman, actor (Major Dell Conway), dies at 66
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 On December - 15 roy Williams, Teamsters pres, and 4 others convicted of bribery
1982 Spain reopens border with Gibraltar on this day in history.
1983 Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via El Paso, Kelly AFB on December - 15.
1984 USSR launches Vega 1 for rendezvous with Halley's Comet on December - 15.
1984 On December - 15 avon Long, actor (Roots: Next Generation), dies at 74
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 On this day in history lori Davis of Long Island sues Mike Tyson for grabbing her buttocks
1989 Panama declares war on the United States on December - 15.
1989 On this day in history arnold Moss, actor (Gambit), dies at 79
1990 On December - 15 rocker Rod Stewart marries super model Rachel Hunter
1990 Betty Warren actress (Passport to Pimlico), dies on this day in history.
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 On this day in history kakuei Tanaka, PM of Japan (1972-74), dies
1994 On this day in history diane Modahl banned from Athletics for Drug Use, in the UK
1994 On this day in history hans de Jong, musician/conductor (Amsterdams Vrouwenkoor), dies at 86
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 this day in history.
1996 On December - 15 gerald Moverley, priest, dies at 74
1997 Lillian Disney, widow of Walt Disney, dies at 98 on this day in history.
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 December - 15.
2006 Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the King of Bhutan, abdicates in favour of his son Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck a year earlier than expected on this day in history.
2006 On this day in history lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter successfully flies for the first time.
2006 On this day in history the Japanese government passes a bill to upgrade the Japan Defense Agency to a Ministry.
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