100 years anniversary |
15 Dec 1924
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birth
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Ida Haendel: Polish violinist / author (Woman with Violin)
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15 Dec 1924
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birth
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Frank W. J. Olver, English-American mathematician and educator (d. 2013) |
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15 Dec 1924
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birth
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Ruhi Sarıalp, Turkish triple jumper (d. 2001) |
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15 Dec 1924
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history
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WW2
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In a letter to Stanley Baldwin, Winston Churchill noted that there was no need to worry about Japan in their lifetime.
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15 Dec 1924
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birth
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Ida Haendel Polish violinist/author (Woman with Violin)
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75 years anniversary |
15 Dec 1949
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birth
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Ton [Teunis] Sijbrands: Dutch world checkers champion
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15 Dec 1949
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birth
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Don Johnson, American actor, singer, and producer |
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15 Dec 1949
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birth
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Brian Roper, English economist and academic |
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15 Dec 1949
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music
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birth Don Johnson, actor, singer, (Miami Vice), (1986 US No.5 & UK No.46 single, 'Heartbeat').
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15 Dec 1949
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birth
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Don Johnson Flatt Creek MO, actor (Miami Vice, Harrad Experiment)
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15 Dec 1949
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birth
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Ton [Teunis] Sijbrands Dutch world checkers champion
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15 Dec 1949
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event
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Albert Camus' "Les Justes" premieres in Paris
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50 years anniversary |
15 Dec 1974
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birth
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Jeffrey van der Stone: Soccer player (RKC)
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15 Dec 1974
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death
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Erich Walter Sternberg: Composer, dies at 83
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15 Dec 1974
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death
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Harry Hershfield: Cartoonist (Can You Top This?), dies at 89
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15 Dec 1974
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birth
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Pooh, Filipino actor and comedian |
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15 Dec 1974
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death
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Anatole Litvak, Russian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902) |
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15 Dec 1974
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birth
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Jeffrey van der Stone soccer player (RKC)
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15 Dec 1974
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death
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Harry Hershfield cartoonist (Can You Top This?), dies at 89
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15 Dec 1974
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death
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Erich Walter Sternberg composer, dies at 83
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15 Dec 1974
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event
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A's Catfish Hunter is ruled a free agent (later signs with Yankees)
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25 years anniversary |
15 Dec 1999
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music
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Boy George was knocked unconscious when a mirror ball fell on his head during a show in Dorset, England.
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15 Dec 1999
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music
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Former Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren announced that he was running for the Mayor of London. He said he would be campaigning for brothels, pot shops and boozing in libraries. "I changed London with the Sex Pistols, I can change London as Mayor."
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15 Dec 1999
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music
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Posh Spice Victoria Beckham knocked a crazed fan to the ground after he tried to grab her baby son Brooklyn as she left Harrods in London.
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20 years anniversary |
15 Dec 2004
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death
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Vassal Gadoengin, Nauruan educator and politician, Speaker of the Nuru Parliament (b. 1943) |
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15 Dec 2004
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death
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Pauline LaFon Gore, American lawyer (b. 1912) |
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15 years anniversary |
15 Dec 2009
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death
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Oral Roberts, American evangelist, founded the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association (b. 1918) |
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15 Dec 2009
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event
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Boeing's 787 Dreamliner makes its maiden flight from Seattle, Washington. |
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10 years anniversary |
15 Dec 2014
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death
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Chakri, Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1974) |
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15 Dec 2014
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death
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Booth Colman, American actor (b. 1923) |
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15 Dec 2014
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death
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Donald Metcalf, Australian physiologist and immunologist (b. 1929) |
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15 Dec 2014
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death
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Fausto Zapata, Mexican journalist, lawyer, and politician, Governor of San Luis Potosí (b. 1940) |
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15 Dec 2014
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event
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Man Haron Monis takes 18 hostages inside the Martin Place Lindt Café for 16 hours in Sydney. He dies, along with two hostages, when police raid the café the following morning. |
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