Here are some of the special events in history on December 15.
1711 – The plague breaks out in Copenhagen.
1791 – Sweden’s King Gustavus III offers to head the crusade against France.
1806 – Napoleon Bonaparte enters Warsaw, Poland.
1939 – The motion picture ‘Gone With the Wind’ premieres in Atlanta, in the United States.
1992 – Chess genius Bobby Fischer is indicted in the United States on charges of violating economic sanctions against Yugoslavia by playing a highly publicized match with Boris Spassky.
What are some of the special occurrences in history on December 8? Any special chess moments?
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Me finding about this blog for the 1st time. Does that count?
The death of John Lennon, I never forget…
Mário Sérgio
Ok,I will write onlt the important things for the american people:
1776: George Washington’s retreating army crosses Delaware River from NJ
1863: President Lincoln offers amnesty for confederate deserters
and announces plan for Reconstruction of South
1874 Jesse James gang takes train at Muncie Kansas
1886 American Federation of Labor (AFL) formed by 26 craft unions Samuel Gompers elected AFL president
1923 German-US friendship treaty signed
1930 Broadway Theater opens at 1681 Broadway New York City
1938 Highest temperature for December in U.S. recorded in La Mesa California
1940 1st NFL championship on national radio; Bears beat Redskins 73-0
1941 US and Britain declare war on Japan, U.S. enters WW II
1949 “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 740 performances
1955 Brooklyn catcher Roy Campanella wins his 3rd MVP Award
1961 Larry Costello scores 32 consecutive pts without a miss (NBA rec)
1966 US and U.S.S.R. sign treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons in outer space
1969 Police surprise attack on Black-Panthers in LA
1972 United Airlines crashes at Chicago’s Midway Airport killing 45
1976 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1982 Demanding an end to nuclear weapons, Norman Mayer, held Washington Monument hostage. After 10 hrs, police kill him he had no explosives
1987 President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev sign a treaty eliminating medium range nuclear missiles
1988 Knick’s set NBA record of 11 3-pointers and sink Bucks, 113-109
1993 Dow-Jones hits record 3734.53
etc
today is the birthday of:
1936 David Carradine, born in Hollywood, California, actor, Kung Fu, Mean Streets
1940 Nick Nolte, actor, Teachers, 48 Hours, North Dallas 40
1943 Jim Morrison, Melbourne, Florida, singer, Doors, is he really dead
1953 Kim Basinger, Athens, Georgia, actress, 9 Weeks, Batman
1964 Teri Hatcher, born in Sunnyvale, California, actress, Lois Lane-Lois and Clark
and today died
1980 John Lennon, assassinated in New York by Mark David Chapman at 40
Of course I have more information, but all that was only about the USA.
Enjoy!
>>Me finding about this blog for the 1st time. Does that count?
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I don’t think a day counts as history until after it’s over with.