Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Today in History December 15

1791 : The Bill of Rights took effect with Virginia's ratification of it.

1890 :Sioux Indian chief Sitting Bull was killed by Native American police.

1916 :The French defeated the Germans in the Battle of Verdun.

1939 :The movie Gone With the Wind premiered in Atlanta, Georgia.

1944 :Band leader Glenn Miller disappeared in a plane crash over the English Channel.

1961 :Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death by an Israeli court for organizing the deportation of Jews to concentration camps.

1964 :Canada adopted its national flag, a red maple leaf on a white background.

1966 :Animated-cartoon pioneer and movie producer Walt Disney died in Los Angeles.

1989 :A demonstration that turned into a popular uprising in Romania began the downfall of Nicolae Ceausescu.

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