Eichmann trial: Adolf Eichmann is sentenced to death after being found guilty by an Israeli court of 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people, and membership of an outlawed organization. Date: December 15, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 15 📅 Events on…
Project Gemini: Gemini 6A, crewed by Wally Schirra and Thomas Stafford, is launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida. Four orbits later, it achieves the first space rendezvous, with Gemini 7. Date: December 15, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 15 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day…
The Silver Bridge collapses, killing 46 people. Date: December 15, 1967 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 15 📅 Events on this day in 1967 📅 On This Day (Today)
Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 successfully lands on Venus. It is the first successful soft landing on another planet. Date: December 15, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 15 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today)
The American Psychiatric Association votes 13–0 to remove homosexuality from its official list of psychiatric disorders, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Date: December 15, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 15 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
John Paul Getty III, grandson of American billionaire J. Paul Getty, is found alive near Naples, Italy, after being kidnapped by an Italian gang on July 10. Date: December 15, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 15 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will recognize the People's Republic of China and sever diplomatic relations with the Republic of China (Taiwan). Date: December 15, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 15 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)
A suicide car bombing targeting the Iraqi embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, levels the embassy and kills 61 people, including Iraq's ambassador to Lebanon. The attack is considered the first modern suicide bombing. Date: December 15, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 15 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅…
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights relating the abolition of capital punishment is adopted. Date: December 15, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 15 📅 Events on this day in 1989 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Troubles: The Downing Street Declaration is issued by British Prime Minister John Major and Irish Taoiseach Albert Reynolds. Date: December 15, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 15 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This Day (Today)