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  1. George Washington

    Death

    Sunday Dec 15, 1799Mount Vernon, Virginia, U.S.

    According to Lear, he died peacefully between 10 and 11 p.m. on Saturday, December 14, 1799, with Martha seated at the foot of his bed. His last words were "'Tis well", from his conversation with Lear about his burial. He was 67.

  2. Napoleon

    Funeral

    Tuesday Dec 15, 1840Paris, France

    In 1840, Louis Philippe I obtained permission from the British to return Napoleon's remains to France. On 15 December 1840, a state funeral was held. The hearse proceeded from the Arc de Triomphe down the Champs-Élysées, across the Place de la Concorde to the Esplanade des Invalides and then to the cupola in St Jérôme's Chapel, where it remained until the tomb designed by Louis Visconti was completed.

  3. Winston Churchill

    Fifth child

    Friday Dec 15, 1922Westerham, Kent, England, United Kingdom

    In September 1922, Churchill's fifth and last child, Mary, was born, and in the same month, he purchased Chartwell, in Kent, which became his family home for the rest of his lifetime.

  4. Spanish Civil War

    Battle of Teruel

    Wednesday Dec 15, 1937Teruel, Aragon, Spain

    The Battle of Teruel was an important confrontation. The city, which had formerly belonged to the Nationalists, was conquered by Republicans in January. The Francoist troops launched an offensive and recovered the city by 22 February, but Franco was forced to rely heavily on German and Italian air support. The Battle of Teruel was fought in and around the city of Teruel during the Spanish Civil War. The combatants fought the battle between December 1937 and February 1938, during the worst Spanish winter in twenty years. The battle was one of the bloodier actions of the war with the city changing hands several times, first falling to the Republicans and eventually being re-taken by the Nationalists. In the course of the fighting, Teruel was subjected to heavy artillery and aerial bombardment. The two sides suffered over 140,000 casualties between them in the two-month battle. It was a decisive battle of the war, as Francisco Franco's use of his superiority in men and material in regaining Teruel made it the military turning point of the war.

  5. Prince Charles

    Baptism

    Wednesday Dec 15, 1948Buckingham Palace, London, England

    He was baptised in the palace's Music Room by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Geoffrey Fisher, on 15 December 1948.

  6. Walt Disney

    Death

    Thursday Dec 15, 1966St. Joseph Hospital, Orange, California, U.S.

    Disney had been a heavy smoker since World War I. He did not use cigarettes with filters and had smoked a pipe as a young man. In November 1966, he was diagnosed with lung cancer and was treated with cobalt therapy. On November 30 he felt unwell and was taken to St. Joseph Hospital where, on December 15, ten days after his 65th birthday, he died of circulatory collapse caused by lung cancer.

  7. Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

    Snowdon married Lucy Lindsay-Hogg

    Friday Dec 15, 1978England, United Kingdom

    On 15 December 1978, Snowdon married Lucy Lindsay-Hogg.

  8. Invasion of Panama

    The Panamanian general assembly declaration

    Friday Dec 15, 1989Washington, D.C., U.S.

    Pressure mounted on Bush. Bush declared that the U.S. would not negotiate with a drug trafficker and denied knowledge of Noriega's involvement with the drug trade prior to his February 1988 indictment, although Bush had met with Noriega while Director of the CIA and had been the Chair of the Task Force on Drugs while Vice President. On 15 December, the Panamanian general assembly passed a resolution declaring that a state of war existed between Panama and the United States

  9. Vasily Zaitsev

    Zaytsev Death

    Sunday Dec 15, 1991Kiev, Ukraine

    Zaytsev settled in Kiev, where he studied at a textile university before obtaining employment as an engineer. He rose to become the director of a textile factory in Kiev and remained in that city until he died on 15 December 1991 at the age of 76, eleven days before the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

  10. Kosovo War

    Staff Sergeant Joseph Suponcic of 3rd Battalion/10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) was killed

    Wednesday Dec 15, 1999Kosovo

    On 15 December 1999, Staff Sergeant Joseph Suponcic of 3rd Battalion/10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) was killed, when the HMMWV in which he was a passenger struck an anti-tank mine planted by Albanians and meant for the Russian contingent with which SSG Suponcic's team was patrolling in Kosovska Kamenica.

  11. Leaning Tower of Pisa

    The Reopen

    Saturday Dec 15, 2001Pisa, Italy

    After a decade of corrective reconstruction and stabilization efforts, the tower was reopened to the public on 15 December 2001 and was declared stable for at least another 300 years. In total, 70 metric tons (77 short tons) of soil were removed.

  12. YouTube

    YouTube launched officially

    Thursday Dec 15, 2005U.S.

    Following a $3.5 million investment from Sequoia Capital in November, the site launched officially on December 15, 2005, by which time the site was receiving 8 million views a day.

  13. Hugo Chávez

    Chávez announcement about The United Socialist Party of Venezuela

    Friday Dec 15, 2006Caracas, Venzuela

    On 15 December 2006, Chávez publicly announced that those leftist political parties who had continually supported him in the Patriotic Pole would unite into one single, much larger party, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela, PSUV). In the speech which he gave announcing the PSUV's creation, Chávez declared that the old parties must "forget their own structures, party colours and slogans, because they are not the most important thing for the fatherland".

  14. World Bank

    Aid for the world's poorest countries

    Saturday Dec 15, 2007Washington D.C., U.S.

    Forty-five countries pledged US$25.1 billion in "aid for the world's poorest countries", aid that goes to the World Bank International Development Association (IDA), which distributes the loans to eighty poorer countries. While wealthier nations sometimes fund their own aid projects, including those for diseases, and although IDA is the recipient of criticism, Robert B. Zoellick, the former president of the World Bank, said when the loans were announced on 15 December 2007, that IDA money "is the core funding that the poorest developing countries rely on".

  15. Christmas Island

    The Christmas Island Boat Disaster

    Wednesday Dec 15, 2010Christmas Island

    In December 2010, 48 asylum-seekers died just off the coast of the island in what became known as the Christmas Island boat disaster when the boat they were on, hit rocks off Flying Fish Cove, and then smashed against nearby cliffs.

  16. Carlos the Jackal

    Sentenced to life in prison

    Thursday Dec 15, 2011France

    On 15 December 2011, Ramírez Sánchez, Weinrich and Issawi were convicted and sentenced to life in prison; Fröhlich was acquitted.

  17. Colombian conflict

    The Colombian Air Force Airstrikes In Meta

    Monday Dec 15, 2014Meta, Colombia

    On 15 December 2014, 9 FARC guerrillas were killed in the aftermath airstrikes conducted by the Colombian air force in the Meta province.

  18. Eminem

    Revival

    Friday Dec 15, 2017U.S.

    The album was released on December 15, 2017, through Aftermath Entertainment, Shady Records and Interscope Records.

  19. Airpods

    AirPods Max Release

    Tuesday Dec 15, 2020Cupertino, California, United States

    AirPods Max got released in December 2020 and are Bluetooth over-the-ear headphones that take advantage of Bluetooth 5.0, as well as better ANC and battery life.

  20. Ludwig Ernst Birth

    Thursday Dec 15, 1667Gotha

    The German composer Ludwig Ernst was born in Gotha.

  21. Gaspar Fagel's death

    Wednesday Dec 15, 1688Netherlands

    The grand pensionary of the Netherlands, Gaspar Fagel, passed away at the age of 54.

  22. George Washington

    Death

    Sunday Dec 15, 1799Mount Vernon, Virginia, U.S.

    According to Lear, he died peacefully between 10 and 11 p.m. on Saturday, December 14, 1799, with Martha seated at the foot of his bed. His last words were "'Tis well", from his conversation with Lear about his burial. He was 67.

  23. Napoleon

    Funeral

    Tuesday Dec 15, 1840Paris, France

    In 1840, Louis Philippe I obtained permission from the British to return Napoleon's remains to France. On 15 December 1840, a state funeral was held. The hearse proceeded from the Arc de Triomphe down the Champs-Élysées, across the Place de la Concorde to the Esplanade des Invalides and then to the cupola in St Jérôme's Chapel, where it remained until the tomb designed by Louis Visconti was completed.

  24. Winston Churchill

    Fifth child

    Friday Dec 15, 1922Westerham, Kent, England, United Kingdom

    In September 1922, Churchill's fifth and last child, Mary, was born, and in the same month, he purchased Chartwell, in Kent, which became his family home for the rest of his lifetime.

  25. Spanish Civil War

    Battle of Teruel

    Wednesday Dec 15, 1937Teruel, Aragon, Spain

    The Battle of Teruel was an important confrontation. The city, which had formerly belonged to the Nationalists, was conquered by Republicans in January. The Francoist troops launched an offensive and recovered the city by 22 February, but Franco was forced to rely heavily on German and Italian air support. The Battle of Teruel was fought in and around the city of Teruel during the Spanish Civil War. The combatants fought the battle between December 1937 and February 1938, during the worst Spanish winter in twenty years. The battle was one of the bloodier actions of the war with the city changing hands several times, first falling to the Republicans and eventually being re-taken by the Nationalists. In the course of the fighting, Teruel was subjected to heavy artillery and aerial bombardment. The two sides suffered over 140,000 casualties between them in the two-month battle. It was a decisive battle of the war, as Francisco Franco's use of his superiority in men and material in regaining Teruel made it the military turning point of the war.

  26. Prince Charles

    Baptism

    Wednesday Dec 15, 1948Buckingham Palace, London, England

    He was baptised in the palace's Music Room by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Geoffrey Fisher, on 15 December 1948.

  27. Walt Disney

    Death

    Thursday Dec 15, 1966St. Joseph Hospital, Orange, California, U.S.

    Disney had been a heavy smoker since World War I. He did not use cigarettes with filters and had smoked a pipe as a young man. In November 1966, he was diagnosed with lung cancer and was treated with cobalt therapy. On November 30 he felt unwell and was taken to St. Joseph Hospital where, on December 15, ten days after his 65th birthday, he died of circulatory collapse caused by lung cancer.

  28. Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

    Snowdon married Lucy Lindsay-Hogg

    Friday Dec 15, 1978England, United Kingdom

    On 15 December 1978, Snowdon married Lucy Lindsay-Hogg.

  29. Invasion of Panama

    The Panamanian general assembly declaration

    Friday Dec 15, 1989Washington, D.C., U.S.

    Pressure mounted on Bush. Bush declared that the U.S. would not negotiate with a drug trafficker and denied knowledge of Noriega's involvement with the drug trade prior to his February 1988 indictment, although Bush had met with Noriega while Director of the CIA and had been the Chair of the Task Force on Drugs while Vice President. On 15 December, the Panamanian general assembly passed a resolution declaring that a state of war existed between Panama and the United States

  30. Vasily Zaitsev

    Zaytsev Death

    Sunday Dec 15, 1991Kiev, Ukraine

    Zaytsev settled in Kiev, where he studied at a textile university before obtaining employment as an engineer. He rose to become the director of a textile factory in Kiev and remained in that city until he died on 15 December 1991 at the age of 76, eleven days before the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

  31. Kosovo War

    Staff Sergeant Joseph Suponcic of 3rd Battalion/10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) was killed

    Wednesday Dec 15, 1999Kosovo

    On 15 December 1999, Staff Sergeant Joseph Suponcic of 3rd Battalion/10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) was killed, when the HMMWV in which he was a passenger struck an anti-tank mine planted by Albanians and meant for the Russian contingent with which SSG Suponcic's team was patrolling in Kosovska Kamenica.

  32. Leaning Tower of Pisa

    The Reopen

    Saturday Dec 15, 2001Pisa, Italy

    After a decade of corrective reconstruction and stabilization efforts, the tower was reopened to the public on 15 December 2001 and was declared stable for at least another 300 years. In total, 70 metric tons (77 short tons) of soil were removed.

  33. YouTube

    YouTube launched officially

    Thursday Dec 15, 2005U.S.

    Following a $3.5 million investment from Sequoia Capital in November, the site launched officially on December 15, 2005, by which time the site was receiving 8 million views a day.

  34. Hugo Chávez

    Chávez announcement about The United Socialist Party of Venezuela

    Friday Dec 15, 2006Caracas, Venzuela

    On 15 December 2006, Chávez publicly announced that those leftist political parties who had continually supported him in the Patriotic Pole would unite into one single, much larger party, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela, PSUV). In the speech which he gave announcing the PSUV's creation, Chávez declared that the old parties must "forget their own structures, party colours and slogans, because they are not the most important thing for the fatherland".

  35. World Bank

    Aid for the world's poorest countries

    Saturday Dec 15, 2007Washington D.C., U.S.

    Forty-five countries pledged US$25.1 billion in "aid for the world's poorest countries", aid that goes to the World Bank International Development Association (IDA), which distributes the loans to eighty poorer countries. While wealthier nations sometimes fund their own aid projects, including those for diseases, and although IDA is the recipient of criticism, Robert B. Zoellick, the former president of the World Bank, said when the loans were announced on 15 December 2007, that IDA money "is the core funding that the poorest developing countries rely on".

  36. Christmas Island

    The Christmas Island Boat Disaster

    Wednesday Dec 15, 2010Christmas Island

    In December 2010, 48 asylum-seekers died just off the coast of the island in what became known as the Christmas Island boat disaster when the boat they were on, hit rocks off Flying Fish Cove, and then smashed against nearby cliffs.

  37. Carlos the Jackal

    Sentenced to life in prison

    Thursday Dec 15, 2011France

    On 15 December 2011, Ramírez Sánchez, Weinrich and Issawi were convicted and sentenced to life in prison; Fröhlich was acquitted.

  38. Colombian conflict

    The Colombian Air Force Airstrikes In Meta

    Monday Dec 15, 2014Meta, Colombia

    On 15 December 2014, 9 FARC guerrillas were killed in the aftermath airstrikes conducted by the Colombian air force in the Meta province.

  39. Eminem

    Revival

    Friday Dec 15, 2017U.S.

    The album was released on December 15, 2017, through Aftermath Entertainment, Shady Records and Interscope Records.

  40. Airpods

    AirPods Max Release

    Tuesday Dec 15, 2020Cupertino, California, United States

    AirPods Max got released in December 2020 and are Bluetooth over-the-ear headphones that take advantage of Bluetooth 5.0, as well as better ANC and battery life.

  41. Ludwig Ernst Birth

    Thursday Dec 15, 1667Gotha

    The German composer Ludwig Ernst was born in Gotha.

  42. Gaspar Fagel's death

    Wednesday Dec 15, 1688Netherlands

    The grand pensionary of the Netherlands, Gaspar Fagel, passed away at the age of 54.