What are the important events that happened on December 15? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
December 15: Facts & Myths About This Day
December 15 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.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 2, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,903,680 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectapentacontagon’ day.
Sagittarius is the zodiac 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.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,377 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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December 15 Historical Events
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.
1954 –
The Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands is signed.
1960 –
Richard Paul Pavlick is arrested for attempting to blow up and assassinate the U.S. President-Elect, John F. Kennedy only four days earlier.
1970 –
Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 successfully land on Venus. It is the first successful soft landing on another planet
1973 –
John Paul Getty III, grandson of American billionaire J. Paul Getty, is found alive near Naples, Italy, after being kidnapped by an Italian gang on July 10, 1973.
1978 –
U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will recognize the People’s Republic of China and cut off all relations with Taiwan
2000 –
The 3rd reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down.
2010 –
A boat carrying 90 asylum seekers crashes into rocks off the coast of Christmas Island, Australia, killing at least 30 passengers.
2011 –
American forces withdraw from Iraq after a 9-year long campaign.
Who were born on December 15?
1852 –
Henri Becquerel, French physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1908)
1875 –
Emilio Jacinto, Filipino poet and revolutionary (d. 1899)
1928 –
Ernie Ashworth, American country singer (d. 2009)
1933 –
Bapu, Indian cartoonist, designer and film director
1963 –
Norman J. Grossfeld, American television producer and screenwriter
1969 –
Chantal Petitclerc, Canadian wheelchair athlete
1976 –
Aaron Miles, American baseball player
1979 –
Eric Young, Canadian professional wrestler
1982 –
Borja García, Spanish racing driver
1983 –
Wang Hao, Chinese table tennis player
Who died on December 15?
1598 –
Philips van Marnix, lord of Sint-Aldegonde, Dutch writer and statesman (b. 1538)
1688 –
Gaspar Fagel, Dutch statesman (b. 1634)
1715 –
George Hickes, English minister and scholar (b. 1642)
1968 –
Antonio Barrette, Canadian politician (b. 1899)
1980 –
Dimitrios Partsalidis, Greek politician (b. 1905)
1993 –
William Dale Phillips, American chemist (b. 1925)
2001 –
Russ Haas, American professional wrestler (b. 1974)
2005 –
Darrell Russell, American football player (b. 1976)
2007 –
John Berg, American actor (b. 1949)
2010 –
Bob Feller, American baseball player (b. 1918)
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