- 1791] Right on: The Bill of Rights, the 1st 10 amendments to the U.S. constitution, takes effect following ratification by Virginia (the state)...
- 1890] "Happy Trails": Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull and 11 other tribe members are killed by the Native American police in Grand River (SD). Sitting Bull was 59...1944] Bandleader Glenn Miller, 40, disappears over the English Channel in a thick fog. Miller was in a U.S. Army plane...1966] Walt Disney dies from cardiac arrest at 65. Contrary to popular belief, Disney's body was not frozen...2001] Ledendary R&B singer and disc jockey Rufus Thomas passes away from a heart attack at 84...
- 1939] Premiered on this date: "Gone With The Wind", starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh has its world premiere at Loew's Grand Theater in Atlanta...
- 1961] Guilty as charged: Former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann is sentenced to death by an Israeli court. Eichman is hanged in 1962...1988] James Brown is sentenced to a 6-year jail term for leading police on a late-night chase. He will be released on February 27, 1991...
- 1982] Curtains: Paul "Bear" Bryant announces his retirement as coach of the University of Alabama football team. Bryant was the winningest college football coach in history at the time. The Bear will suffer a fatal heart attack at 69, one month later...1993] John Williams conducts the Boston Pops for the final time...
- 1982] Signed, sealed, delivered: Bill Parcells becomes the Giants 12th head coach and press conferences will never be the same...
- 1985] Wedding Bells: Sylvester Stallone and Brigitte Nelson shadow box down the aisle. This marriage ends in a KO in the 18th month...1990] Rod Stewart asks Rachel Hunter, do ya think I'm sexy? Apparently she does. She marries him. Not believing in quickie divorces, the couple's divorce becomes official in November of 2006...2004] Sprint and Nextel tie the $35 billion knot...
- 2003] Proof is in the DNA pudding: The late Senator Strom Thurmond's family acknowledges Essie Mae Washington-Williams' claim that she was Thurmond's illegitimate mixed-race daughter...
- 2005] Election Day: Millions of Iraqis turn out to choose a parliament in a mostly peaceful election...
- 2007] HGH to the rescue: Yankee pitcher Andy Pettitte admits using human growth hormone to recover from an elbow injury, two days after the release of the Mitchell Report. People become suspicious when they see Pettitte with two left elbows...For more on December 15th: C L I C K:
Monday, December 15, 2008
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