December 15 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for December 15
In the headlines today:

1994	Palau joins the United Nations.
1979	The deposed Shah of Iran leaves the US for Panama.
1976	Samoa joins the United Nations.
1973	Jean Paul Getty III, grandson of billionaire J. Paul Getty, is found alive in southern Italy, five months after his kidnapping.
1965	The NASA manned space missions Gemini Six and Gemini Seven rendezvous while in earth orbit.
1965	The album Beatles '65 is released in the US.
1961	Former Nazi officer Adolf Eichmann is sentenced to death by an Israeli court.
1944	A single-engine plane carrying bandleader Glenn Miller vanishes over the English Channel while en route to Paris.
1939	The world premiere of the movie Gone With the Wind is held in Atlanta, GA.
1938	Groundbreaking for the Jefferson Memorial takes place in Washington, DC.
1916	French troops defeat the Germans in the WWI Battle of Verdun.
1890	Sioux Indian nation leader Sitting Bull is killed by Indian police in South Dakota for resisting arrest.
1874	King David Kalakaua of the Sandwich Islands, the first reigning ruler to visit the US, is received at the White House by president Ulysses S. Grant.
1836	Fire destroys the US Patent Office.
1791	The Bill of Rights (the first ten amendments to the US Constitution) becomes law, following ratification by the state of Virginia.
1785	King George IV of England marries his mistress, Maria Fitzherbert.
1683	Author and fishing expert Izaak Walton dies in England at age 90.