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15 December, 2006
First flight of the F-35 Lightning II.
15 December, 2005
The 43rd known Mersenne prime is discovered by Dr. Curtis Cooper & Dr. Steven Boone of USA, participants of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search distributed computing project. The prime number is 2nd largest known prime and has more than nine million digits.
15 December, 2005
Latvia edits its constitution to ban equal marriage rights to gays and lesbians.
15 December, 2005
Argentinas president Néstor Kirchner announces the early repayment of its external debt to the IMF.
15 December, 2005
Introduction of the F-22 Raptor into USAF active service.
15 December, 1997
A chartered Tupolev TU-154 from Tajikistan crashes in the desert near Sharja, United Arab Emirates airport killing 85.
15 December, 1995
The European Communities Court of Justice hands down the "Bosman ruling", giving EU footballers the right to a free transfer at the end of their contracts, with the provision that they are transferring from one UEFA Federation to another.
15 December, 1994
The web browser Netscape Navigator 1.0 is released.
15 December, 1994
Palau becomes a member of the UN.
15 December, 1993
History of Northern Ireland: The Downing Street Declaration is issued by British Prime Minister John Major and Irish Taoiseach Albert Reynolds.
15 December, 1976
Samoa becomes a member of the UN.
15 December, 1970
Illinois State Constitution is adopted at a special election.
15 December, 1967
The Silver Bridge collapses, killing 46 people.
15 December, 1965
Gemini program: Gemini 6A, crewed by Wally Schirra and Thomas Stafford, is launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida. Four orbits later, it achieved the first space rendezvous with Gemini 7.
15 December, 1965
The film The Sound of Music is released.
15 December, 1961
In Jerusalem, Adolph Eichmann is sentenced to death after being found guilty of 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people and membership of an outlawed organization.
15 December, 1960
King Baudouin of Belgium marries Fabiola Fernanda María de las Victorias Antonia Adelaida de Mora y Aragón in Brussels.
15 December, 1960
Richard Paul Pavlick is arrested for attempting to blow up and assassinate the 35th U.S. President, John F. Kennedy only four days earlier.
15 December, 1945
Occupation of Japan: General Douglas MacArthur orders that Shinto be abolished as state religion of Japan.
15 December, 1941
Annihilation of Jews in Kharkiv, Ukraine: in the proximity of the Rogan works, 8 km away from Kharkiv, in "Drobitsky Ravine" (Drobitsky Yar), over 15 000 Jews were shot, at -15 degrees C below zero.
15 December, 1939
Gone with the Wind premieres in Atlanta, Georgia.
15 December, 1913
Nicaragua becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
15 December, 1891
James Naismith introduces the first version of basketball, with thirteen rules, a peach basket nailed to either end of his schools gymnasium, and two teams of nine players.
15 December, 1818
Irwin County, Georgia is created.
15 December, 1791
The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia legislature.
15 December, 1467
Stephen III of Moldavia defeats Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, with the latter being injured thrice, at the Battle of Baia.
15 December, 1256
Hulagu Khan captures and destroys the Hashshashin stronghold at Alamut in present-day Iran as part of the Mongol offensive on Islamic southwest Asia.
15 December, 1167
Sicilian chancellor Stephen du Perche moves the royal court to Messina to prevent a rebellion.
15 December, 533
Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Ticameron.

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