What happened this day in history December 15

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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