December 15 historical events
533 — Battle of Tricamarum
The Battle of Tricamarum took place on 15 December 533 between the armies of the Byzantine Empire, under Belisarius, and the Vandal Kingdom, commanded by King Gelimer and his brother Tzazo. Following the Byzantine victory at the Battle of Ad Decimum in September 533, Belisarius captured Carthage and prepared to face the remaining Vandal forces led by King Gelimer.
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687 — Pope Sergius I is elected as a compromise between antipopes Paschal and Theodore
Pope Sergius I (c. 650 – 8 September 701) was the bishop of Rome from 15 December 687 to his death on 8 September 701, and is revered as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. He was elected at a time when two rivals, Paschal and Theodore, were locked in a dispute about which of them should become pope.
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1025 — Constantine VIII (depicted) became the sole Byzantine emperor, 63 years after being crowned co-emperor
Constantine VIII (Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος, romanized: Kōnstantīnos; 960 – 11/12 November 1028) was de jure Byzantine emperor from 962 until his death. He was the younger son of Emperor Romanos II and Empress Theophano. He was nominal co-emperor from 962, successively with his father; his stepfather, Nikephoros II Phokas; his uncle, John I Tzimiskes; and his brother, Basil II. Basil's death in 1025 left Constantine as the sole emperor.
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1217 — Battle of Machghara
The Battle of Machghara occurred on December 15, 1217, as part of the Fifth Crusade. In it, an army led by a Hungarian nobleman was ambushed and defeated in Machghara.
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1467 — Battle of Baia
The Battle of Baia (Romanian: Bătălia de la Baia) was fought on 15 December 1467 between the Moldavian Prince, Stephen the Great and Hungarian King, Matthias Corvinus. The battle was the last Hungarian attempt to subdue the independent Moldavia, as previous attempts had ended in failure. Corvinus invaded Moldavia as a consequence of Stephen's annexation of Chilia—a fortress and harbour at the coast of the Black Sea, which at the time was controlled by Hungarian and Wallachian forces, though it had belonged to Moldavia centuries earlier. The conflict ended with a defeat for the Hungarians.
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1570 — Siege of Chaul (1570–1571)
The siege of Chaul was a military operation undertaken by the Ahmadnagar Sultanate against the Portuguese city of Chaul in the Maharashtra, India, between December 1570 and July 1571. Chaul was not walled at the time, but after a harsh seven-month siege the Portuguese repelled the attackers in what was one of the hardest ordeals they faced India.
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1745 — Battle of Kesselsdorf
The Battle of Kesselsdorf was fought on 15 December 1745, between the Kingdom of Prussia and the combined forces of the Archduchy of Austria and the Electorate of Saxony during the part of the War of the Austrian Succession known as the Second Silesian War. The Prussians were led by Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, while the Austrians and Saxons were led by Field Marshal Rutowsky. The Prussians were victorious over the Royal Saxon Army and the Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Emperor.
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1749 — Third Javanese War of Succession
The Third Javanese War of Succession was an armed conflict from 1749 to 1757 on the island of Java. It led to the partition of the Mataram Sultanate into two and later three nominally independent 'Princely States': Surakarta, Yogyakarta and Mangkunegara.
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1778 — Battle of St. Lucia
The Battle of St. Lucia or the Battle of the Cul de Sac was a naval battle fought off the island of St. Lucia in the West Indies during the Anglo-French War on 15 December 1778, between the British Royal Navy and the French Navy.
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1788 — 1789 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland
The 1789 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland were held from December 15, 1788, to January 10, 1789, to elect the six U.S. representatives from the state of Maryland, one from each of the state's six congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 1788–89 U.S. presidential election , as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
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1791 — The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly
The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. It was proposed following the often bitter 1787–88 debate over the ratification of the Constitution and written to address the objections raised by Anti-Federalists. The amendments of the Bill of Rights add to the Constitution specific guarantees of personal freedoms, such as freedom of speech, the right to publish, practice religion, possess firearms, to assemble, and other natural and legal rights.
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1796 — United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1796
The 1796 United States House of Representatives elections in New York were held on December 15, 1796 to elect ten U.S. Representatives to represent the State of New York in the United States House of Representatives of the 5th United States Congress.
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1803 — Capture of Gawilghur
The capture of Gawilghur in western India by British East India Company forces under the command of Sir Arthur Wellesley on 15 December 1803 during the Second Anglo-Maratha War was the culminating act in the defeat of the forces of Raghoji II Bhonsle, Rajah of Berar.
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1813 — Skirmish at McCrae's House
The Skirmish at McCrae's House was a small engagement fought on December 15, 1813, during the War of 1812 near Chatham, Ontario, Canada.
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1817 — Battle of Ocheesee
The Battle of Ocheesee took place on a bluff overlooking the Apalachicola River, in northwest Spanish Florida, beginning in December of 1817. The shooting part of the battle lasted almost a week, but the engagement lasted "weeks" and was "the longest sustained engagement of the Seminole Wars". The name comes from the bluffs that overlook the river, from which one party of marksmen waged their attack. Today the land is in Torreya State Park. On December 15, 1817, Red Stick Creek Indians fired from both sides of the river simultaneously on ships carrying supplies upriver to Fort Gaines, Fort Scott, and Fort Hughes, the latter of which was simultaneously attacked.
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1828 — 1828 Arkansas Territory's at-large congressional district special election
The 1828 Arkansas Territory at-large congressional district special election was held on December 15, 1828, following the death of Henry W. Conway, who had served as the Democratic-Republican Party delegate to Congress from Arkansas Territory since 1823. The position was for the territory's lone non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives.
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1834 — First Battle of Arquijas
The First Battle of Arquijas (December 15, 1834) was a battle of the First Carlist War.
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1836 — 1836 U.S. Patent Office fire
The 1836 U.S. Patent Office fire was the first of two major fires the U.S. Patent Office has had in its history. It occurred in Blodget's Hotel building, Washington on December 15, 1836. An initial investigation considered the possibility of arson due to suspected corruption in the Post Office, which shared the same building, but it was later ruled out. The cause was ultimately determined to be accidental.
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1842 — 1842 Virginia gubernatorial election
Gubernatorial elections were held in Virginia on February 11–12 and December 15, 1842. The Democratic former member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Rockbridge County James McDowell defeated the Democratic former U.S. representative from Virginia's 9th congressional district William P. Taylor and the Whig commonwealth attorney for Roanoke County Edward Watts. The previous governor of Virginia Thomas Walker Gilmer resigned on March 20, 1841.
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1845 — Texas gubernatorial election, 1845
The 1845 Texas gubernatorial election was held on December 15, 1845 to elect the Governor of Texas. The election was held in preparation for the annexation of Texas by the United States and resulted in the election of James Pinckney Henderson, who received 82% of the vote.
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1848 — Battle of Jarkovác
The Battle of Jarkovác (now Jarkovac, in the Sečanj municipality, Central Banat District, Vojvodina Serbia) was a battle in the Hungarian War of Independence of 1848–1849, fought in the night and early morning of 15 December 1848 between the Hungarian Army under the command of Colonel János Damjanich against the Serbian insurgents led by General Stevan Šupljikac and Colonel Stevan Knićanin.
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1859 — 1859 United States Senate election in Minnesota
The 1859 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place for the state's Class II seat on December 15, 1859, by the Minnesota legislature in a joint convention. Democratic incumbent James Shields drew the short-term Class II seat lot (expiring March 3, 1859) when he was elected on December 19, 1857, prior to Minnesota statehood.
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1862 — Battle of Fredericksburg
The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, in the eastern theater of the American Civil War. The combat between the Union Army of the Potomac commanded by Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia under Gen. Robert E. Lee included futile frontal attacks by the Union army on December 13 against entrenched Confederate lines, hurling themselves against a feature of the battlefield that came to be remembered as the 'sunken wall' on the heights overlooking the city.
American Civil War: The Battle of Fredericksburg ends in a Union defeat as General Ambrose Burnside withdraws the Army of the Potomac across the Rappahannock River.
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1864 — Battle of Nashville
The Battle of Nashville was a two-day battle in the Franklin-Nashville Campaign that represented the end of large-scale fighting west of the coastal states in the American Civil War. It was fought at Nashville, Tennessee, on December 15–16, 1864, between the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Lieutenant General John Bell Hood and Federal forces under Major General George H. Thomas. In one of the largest victories achieved by the Union Army during the war, Thomas attacked and routed Hood's army, largely destroying it as an effective fighting force.
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1864 — Skirmish at Abingdon
In the American Civil War, a Skirmish at Abingdon, Virginia between Union Army and Confederate States Army forces occurred on December 15, 1864 during Stoneman's 1864 Raid.
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1869 — The short-lived Republic of Ezo is proclaimed in the Ezo area of Japan. It is the first attempt to establish a democracy in Japan
The Ezo Island Government (蝦夷島政府, Ezogashima Seifu), also known as the Republic of Ezo (蝦夷共和國, Ezo Kyōwakoku), was a short-lived separatist state established in 1869 on the island of Ezo, now Hokkaido, by a part of the former military of the Tokugawa shogunate at the end of the Bakumatsu period in Japan. It was the first government to attempt to institute democracy in Japan, though voting was limited to the samurai caste.
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1871 — Lushai Expedition
The British Indian Army Lushai Expedition of 1871 to 1872 was a punitive incursion under the command of Generals Brownlow and Bourchier. The objectives of the expedition were to rescue British subjects who had been captured by the Lushais in raids into Assam—including a six-year-old girl called Mary Winchester—and to convince the hill tribes of the region that they had nothing to gain and everything to lose by placing themselves in a hostile position towards the British Government.
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1871 — A telegraph station opens at Pipe Spring in Arizona
A telegraph station opened at Pipe Spring in Arizona on 15 December 1871. Ella Stewart was its first operator.
This records the opening of the Pipe Spring station; it does not independently verify every word of the surviving telegram quotation.
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1874 — 1874 Boston mayoral election
The Boston mayoral election of 1874 saw the re-election of Samuel C. Cobb.
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1875 — 1875 Wellington mayoral election
The 1875 Wellington mayoral election was the second election for the Mayor of Wellington held by public vote. The election was won by William Hutchison, who beat William Gisborne.
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1885 — 1885 Boston mayoral election
The Boston mayoral election of 1885 saw the reelection of Hugh O'Brien.
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1891 — 1891 Boston mayoral election
The Boston mayoral election of 1891 saw the reelection of Nathan Matthews Jr.
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1893 — The New York Philharmonic holds a public rehearsal of Dvořák’s New World Symphony
The New York Philharmonic played Antonín Dvořák's Ninth Symphony for a public rehearsal at Carnegie Hall, with Anton Seidl conducting. Its formal premiere followed the next evening.
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1895 — Battle of Mal Tiempo
The Battle of Mal Tiempo was a battle of the Cuban War of Independence that took place on December 15, 1895, a few kilometers away from Cruces, Cienfuegos Province. In the battle, Mambises and Spanish forces faced each other, the former being victorious. This victory was considered one of the most important of the Invasion from East to West in Cuba, due to the political, military and economic consequences in favor of the independence activists.
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1899 — Battle of Colenso
The Battle of Colenso was the third and final battle fought during the Black Week of the Second Boer War. It was fought between British and Boer forces from the independent South African Republic and Orange Free State in and around Colenso, Natal, South Africa on 15 December 1899. Inadequate preparation and reconnaissance and uninspired leadership led to a heavy, and in some respects humiliating, British defeat.
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1899 — Relief of Ladysmith
The Relief of Ladysmith consisted of multiple efforts to relieve the city of Ladysmith by General Sir Redvers Buller during the Second Boer War. Buller and the Natal Field Force attempted to relieve the city through multiple offensive actions. The city had been under siege since 2 November 1899, and Britain had sent General Buller to relieve the city.
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1903 — Lewisham by-election, 1903
The Lewisham by-election, 1903 was a by-election held on 15 December 1903 for the British House of Commons constituency of Lewisham. The by-election was triggered by the death of the serving Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP), John Penn. The Unionist candidate was Major Edward Coates. The Liberal Party candidate was James William Cleland. As with the Dulwich by-election held on the same day, the main issue was tariff reform and Joseph Chamberlain's proposals for Imperial Preference. A factor which made the result of the by election difficult to predict was that the seat had not been contested since 1892 and in that time the population had doubled in size.
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1903 — Dulwich by-election, 1903
The Dulwich by-election, 1903 was a by-election held on 15 December 1903 for the British House of Commons constituency of Dulwich in South London.
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1903 — 1903 Boston mayoral election
The Boston mayoral election of 1903 occurred on Tuesday, December 15, 1903. Democratic incumbent Patrick Collins defeated Republican nominee George N. Swallow and two other contenders to win a second term. Under legislation adopted in June 1903, this was the first Boston municipal election with "caucuses, henceforth to be called primaries", which were held on Thursday, November 19, 1903. Inaugural exercises were held on Monday, January 4, 1904.
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1903 — Italo Marchiony receives a U.S. patent for an ice-cream cup mold
On December 15, 1903, Italo Marchiony of New York received U.S. Patent No. 746,971 for a mold used to make edible ice-cream cups. The patent described hinged blocks that shaped the cups and made them easier to remove after cooking. It covered the molding apparatus; it does not establish that Marchiony invented every form of ice-cream cone on that day.
The patent was issued December 15, 1903; the invention was a mold for edible ice-cream cups.
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1906 — The Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens
On 15 December 1906, the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opened between Finsbury Park and Hammersmith in London, United Kingdom. The route became part of today’s Piccadilly line.
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1914 — Hōjō Coal Mine Disaster
The Mitsubishi Hōjō mine disaster occurred December 15, 1914, in Kyushu, Japan. A gas explosion at the Hōjō (Hojyo) coal mine killed 687. It is the worst mining accident in Japanese history.
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1914 — Battle of Kolubara
The Battle of Kolubara (Serbian Cyrillic: Колубарска битка, German: Schlacht an der Kolubara) was fought between Austria-Hungary and Serbia in November and December 1914, during the Serbian Campaign of 1914. It commenced on 16 November, when the Austro-Hungarians under the command of Oskar Potiorek reached the Kolubara river during their third invasion of Serbia that year, having captured the strategic town of Valjevo and forced the Serbian army to undertake a series of retreats.
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1914 — Serbian campaign (1914)
The Serbian campaign of 1914 was a significant military operation during World War I. It marked the first major confrontation between the Central Powers, primarily Austria-Hungary, and the Allied Powers, led by the Kingdom of Serbia. The campaign started on 28 July 1914, when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia and bombarded Belgrade. On 12 August, the Austro-Hungarian forces, led by General Oskar Potiorek, launched their first offensive into Serbia.
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1916 — Battle of Kibata
The Battle of Kibata was fought north-west from Kilwa during the East African Campaign of World War I. The British theatre commander, South African General Jan Smuts, planned to seize Kibata and prevent German forces from withdrawing southwards.
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1920 — 1920 Calgary municipal election
The 1920 Calgary municipal election was held on December 15, 1920 to a Mayor and six Aldermen to sit on Calgary City Council for two years, and two Aldermen to sit for one year. Additionally a Commissioner, three members for the Public School Board and two members for the Separate School Board were elected.
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1921 — Guatemalan presidential election, 1921
A presidential election was held in Guatemala on 15 December 1921. On the evening of 5 December 1921 a group of senior army officers entered the residence of the President Carlos Herrera y Luna and demanded his resignation. He left power in the hands of a military triumvirate. The new junta was made up of Generals José María Lima, José María Orellana and Miguel Larrave. “Within hours after the cuartelazo, the triumvirate declared that the incumbent Congress had been seated illegally and that, therefore, all of the Assembly’s legislation, including the promulgation of the Constitution, had no legal basis.
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1921 — 1921 Calgary municipal election
The 1921 Calgary municipal election was held on December 15, 1921 to elect six aldermen to sit on Calgary City Council. Additionally a commissioner, four members for the public school board and three members for the separate school board. The Mayor Samuel Hunter Adams was acclaimed.
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1926 — Hungarian parliamentary election, 1926
Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary between 8 and 15 December 1926. The result was a victory for the Unity Party, which won 161 of the 245 seats in Parliament. István Bethlen remained Prime Minister.
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1926 — 1926 Calgary municipal election
The 1926 Calgary municipal election was held on December 15, 1926 to elect a Mayor seven Aldermen to sit on Calgary City Council. Along with positions on Calgary City Council, three trustees for the Public School Board two trustees for the Separate School Board, and a number of plebiscites were held, all requiring a two-thirds majority to pass.
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1933 — Ecuadorian presidential election, 1933
Presidential elections were held in Ecuador on 14 and 15 December 1933. The result was a victory for José María Velasco Ibarra of the Conservative Party, who received 80% of the vote.
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1933 — Anarchist insurrection of December 1933
The anarchist insurrection of December 1933 was an attempted revolution by Spanish anarchists, in response to the victory of the right-wing in the 1933 Spanish general election. It was the third of a series of anarchist insurrections in Spain, following those in January 1932 and January 1933. The insurrection was centred in Aragon and La Rioja, where revolutionaries took over the regional capitals and a number of small towns, proclaiming libertarian communism and destroying municipal documents.
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1937 — Battle of Teruel
The Battle of Teruel was fought in and around the city of Teruel during the Spanish Civil War between December 1937 and February 1938, during the worst Spanish winter in 20 years. The battle was one of the bloodiest actions of the war, with the city changing hands several times by first falling to the Republicans and eventually being retaken by the Nationalists.
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1939 — Gone with the Wind premieres in Atlanta
On 15 December 1939, Gone with the Wind premiered at Loew’s Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The film was adapted from Margaret Mitchell’s 1936 novel, produced by David O. Selznick and directed by Victor Fleming.
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1942 — Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse
The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse, part of which is sometimes called the Battle of the Gifu, or the Battle of the Mountain of Blood among the Japanese, took place from 15 December 1942 to 23 January 1943 and was primarily an engagement between United States and Imperial Japanese forces in the hills near the Matanikau River area on Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal campaign.
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1943 — Battle of Arawe
The Battle of Arawe (also known as Operation Director) was fought between Allied and Japanese forces during the New Britain campaign of World War II. The battle formed part of the Allied Operation Cartwheel and was a diversion before a larger landing at Cape Gloucester in late December 1943. The Japanese military was expecting an Allied offensive in western New Britain and was reinforcing the region at the time of the Allied landing in the Arawe area on 15 December 1943.
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1943 — Operation Dexterity
Operation Dexterity was a military operation, part of Operation Cartwheel in the South West Pacific Area (SWPA) for the Allies in the Pacific theater of World War II. The operation was directed by the Supreme Allied Commander in the SWPA, General Douglas MacArthur. Dexterity included amphibious landings at Arawe on 15 December 1943, and Cape Gloucester on 26 December 1943 in the northwest of New Britain, the capture of the Imperial Japanese held Tuluvu aerodrome on the 30 December 1943 and the amphibious landing at Saidor on 2 January 1944.
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1943 — New Britain campaign
The New Britain campaign was a World War II campaign fought between Allied and Imperial Japanese forces. The campaign was initiated by the Allies in late 1943 as part of a major offensive which aimed to neutralise the important Japanese base at Rabaul, the capital of New Britain, and was conducted in two phases between December 1943 and the end of the war in August 1945.
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1945 — Shinto Directive
The Shinto Directive was an order issued in 1945 to the Japanese government by Occupation authorities to abolish state support for the Shinto religion. This unofficial "State Shinto" was thought by Allies to have been a major contributor to Japan's nationalistic and militant culture that led to World War II. The purpose of the directive was ostensibly based in ideas of freedom of religion and separation of church and state.
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1946 — 1946 French India Representative Assembly election
The first election to the Representative Assembly of French India (French: Assemblée Représentative des Indes Françaises) was held on 15 December 1946 to constitute the First Representative Assembly of French India. The election included Pondichéry (with 22 seats), Karaikal (12 seats), Chandernagor (5 seats), Mahé (3 seats) and Yanaon (2 seats). The election was won by the National Democratic Front of Deiva Zivarattinam, that won 30 out of 44 seats.
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1946 — U.S.-backed Iranian troops brought an end to the Iran crisis when they marched on the breakaway Republic of Mahabad and recaptured the territory
The Iran crisis of 1946, also known as the Azerbaijan crisis (Persian: غائلهٔ آذربایجان, romanized: Qā'ele-ye Āzarbāyejān) in Iranian sources, was one of the first crises during the aftermath of World War II, sparked by the refusal of Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union to relinquish occupied Iranian territory despite repeated assurances. The end of World War II should have resulted in the end of the Allied joint occupation of Iran.
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1947 — Winter Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China
The Winter Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China (simplified Chinese: 东北1947年冬季攻势; traditional Chinese: 東北1947年冬季攻勢; pinyin: Dōngběi yījiǔsìqī nián dōngjì gōngshì) was a series of battles initiated by the Communist forces against the Kuomintang (Nationalists) during the Chinese Civil War after World War II.
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1955 — 1955 Indonesian Constitutional Assembly election
Elections were held in Indonesia on 15 December 1955 to elect all 514 members of the Constitutional Assembly. The Provisional Constitution of 1950 had provided for the establishment of an elected body to draw up a permanent constitution following Indonesia's independence from the Netherlands. In April 1953, the House of Representatives passed the election bill.
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1960 — 1960 Nepal coup d'état
1960 Nepal coup d'état was a coup d'état led by King Mahendra on 15 December 1960. The same day, he dismissed the cabinet of B.P. Koirala and imprisoned Koirala. On 13 April 1961, Mahendra made a televised appearance, in which he introduced Panchayat, a partyless political system.
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1961 — Eichmann trial
The Eichmann trial was the 1961 trial of major Holocaust perpetrator Adolf Eichmann, who was captured in Argentina by Israeli agents and taken to Israel to stand trial. Eichmann was a senior Nazi party member and served at the rank of Obersturmbannführer in the SS, and was primarily responsible for the implementation of the Final Solution.
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.
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1965 — Project Gemini
Project Gemini (IPA: ) was the second United States human spaceflight program to fly. It was conducted after the first American crewed space program, Project Mercury, while the Apollo program was still in early development. Gemini was conceived in 1961 and concluded in 1966. The Gemini spacecraft carried a two-astronaut crew. Ten Gemini crews and 16 individual astronauts flew low Earth orbit (LEO) missions during 1965 and 1966.
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.
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1967 — The Silver Bridge collapses, killing 46 people
The Silver Bridge was an eyebar-chain suspension bridge built in 1928 that carried U.S. Route 35 over the Ohio River, connecting Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and Gallipolis, Ohio. Officially named the Point Pleasant Bridge, it was popularly known as the Silver Bridge for the color of its aluminum paint. On December 15, 1967, the Silver Bridge collapsed amid heavy rush-hour traffic, resulting in the deaths of 46 people, two of whom were never found.
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1967 — Operation Fairfax
Operation Fairfax was a joint counterinsurgency/pacification operation conducted by the II Field Force, Vietnam and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) in Gia Định Province, near Saigon, lasting from November 1966 to 15 December 1967.
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1968 — Operation Fayette Canyon
Operation Fayette Canyon was a security operation during the Vietnam War in Quảng Nam Province, that took place from 15 December 1968 to 28 February 1969.
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1969 — Fifteenth government of Israel
The fifteenth government of Israel was formed by Golda Meir on 15 December 1969 following the October elections. The government was a continuation of the national unity government formed during the previous Knesset, and consisted of the Alignment, Gahal, the National Religious Party, the Independent Liberals and the Israeli Arab parties Progress and Development and Cooperation and Brotherhood.
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1970 — Venera 7
Venera 7 (Russian: Венера-7, lit. 'Venus 7') was a Soviet spacecraft, part of the Venera series of probes to Venus. When it landed on the Venusian surface on 15 December 1970, it became the first spacecraft to execute a successful soft landing on another planet and the first to transmit data from there back to Earth.
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1973 — 1973 Scottish League Cup final
The 1973 Scottish League Cup final was played on 15 December 1973 and was the final of the 28th Scottish League Cup competition. It was contested by Dundee and Celtic. Dundee won the match 1–0, with Gordon Wallace scoring the winning goal.
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1980 — Guyanese general election, 1980
General elections were held in Guyana on 15 December 1980. The result was a victory for the People's National Congress, which won 41 of the 53 seats. However, the PNC's victory was the result of fraud as the government had direct control of the elections. Voter turnout was 82.3%.
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1980 — Second Battle of N'Djamena
The Second Battle of N'Djamena was a large scale and bloody battle during the Chadian-Libyan conflict. While initially fought between Chadian proxies, it eventually resulted in Libya's direct intervention, and was Gaddafi's first military victory in the conflict.
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1980 — It was established by the government of Taiwan on 15 December 1980
The Hsinchu Science Park (HSP; traditional Chinese: 新竹科學園區; simplified Chinese: 新竹科学园区; pinyin: Xīnzhú Kēxué Yuánqū; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sin-tek Kho-ha̍k Kang-gia̍p Hn̂g-khu) is an industrial park complex that originated as one campus straddling Hsinchu City and Hsinchu County. It later expanded to Zhunan and Tongluo in Miaoli County, and presently covers six campuses across northern Taiwan. It was established by the government of Taiwan on 15 December 1980.
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1981 — 1981 Iraqi embassy bombing
On December 15, 1981, the Iraqi Shi'a Islamist group al-Dawa carried out a suicide car bombing targeting the Iraqi embassy in Beirut, Lebanon. The explosion leveled the embassy and killed 61 people, including Iraq's ambassador to Lebanon, and injured 110 others. The attack is considered by some to be the first modern suicide bombing, and presaged the 1983 United States embassy bombing and the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing.
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1982 — The first Mao Dun Literature Prizes are awarded
The first Mao Dun Literature Prize ceremony took place at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Six novels were honored, including Yao Xueyin’s Li Zicheng and Gu Hua’s Hibiscus Town.
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1984 — 1984 Jingili by-election
A by-election for the seat of Jingili in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly was held on 15 December 1984. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of CLP Chief Minister Paul Everingham to seek election to the Federal House of Representatives. The seat of Jingili had been held by Everingham since its creation in 1974.
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1985 — 1985 Portuguese local elections
Local elections were held in Portugal on 15 December 1985. They were the fourth local elections in Portugal since the 1976 Constitution introduced the concept of democratic local power. The elections took place just nine weeks after the 1985 legislative election and just one month before the 1986 Presidential elections.
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1986 — Trinidad and Tobago general election, 1986
General elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 15 December 1986. The result was a victory for the National Alliance for Reconstruction, which won 33 of the 36 seats. Voter turnout was 65.5%.
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1986 — 1986 Mozambican general election
General elections were held in Mozambique in 1986. As in the previous election FRELIMO was the sole legal party, but in this election independent candidates could stand as long as they were nominated by FRELIMO. Direct elections were only held for local and city councils, starting on 15 October.
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1988 — 1988 Epping Forest by-election
A by-election was held in the British House of Commons constituency of Epping Forest on 15 December 1988, following the death of Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Sir John Biggs-Davison. The result was a hold for the Conservative Party.
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1991 — Qinshan nuclear power plant first connects to the grid
Qinshan nuclear power plant first supplied electricity to the grid on 15 December 1991. Located at Haiyan in Zhejiang, it was the first nuclear power plant designed and built domestically in mainland China. Grid connection is distinct from later commercial operation.
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1993 — Downing Street Declaration
The Downing Street Declaration was a joint declaration issued on 15 December 1993 by the prime minister of the United Kingdom, John Major, and the Irish taoiseach (English: prime minister), Albert Reynolds, at the British prime minister's office in 10 Downing Street. The declaration affirmed both the right of the people of Ireland to self-determination, and that Northern Ireland would be transferred to the Republic of Ireland from the United Kingdom only if a majority of its population was in favour of such a move.
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1993 — Operation Kalbajar
Operation Kalbajar was a military offensive launched by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces in late 1993 against the forces of the Armenian Army and the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic to recapture the district of Kalbajar in the final stage of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. Armenian forces had captured the entire district in an offensive in March–April 1993. These developments caused political turmoil within Azerbaijan.
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1994 — Dudley West by-election, 1994
A by-election was held for the British House of Commons constituency of Dudley West on 15 December 1994 following the death of the sitting Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) John Blackburn. The result was a Labour gain from the Conservatives, on one of the largest swings since the Second World War. This was the first significant sign of the changed political climate following the election of Tony Blair as Labour leader, which would eventually lead to Labour's 1997 general election victory. Labour gained nearly 70% of the votes, whereas the Conservative candidate attracted fewer than 20% of the votes.
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1994 — Netscape releases Navigator 1.0
Netscape Communications released the first commercial version of its Navigator web browser. Earlier beta versions had circulated before the launch.
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1995 — Stu Hart 50th Anniversary Show
The Stu Hart 50th Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling supercard produced by the Hart family that took place on December 15, 1995 at the Stampede Corral in Calgary, Alberta. Held in honor of Stu Hart, the event featured Stampede Wrestling alumni as well as talent from World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation. It was the first event to feature an interpromotional "dream match" during the Monday Night Wars-era. The proceeds from the event were donated to the Calgary Quest Children's Society. Nine professional wrestling matches, two of which for championships, were featured on the card.
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1995 — Juicio Final (1995)
Juicio Final (1995) (Spanish for "Final Judgement" 1995) was the name used for two major professional wrestling shows, scripted and produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). The shows took place on December 1 and December 15, 1995 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The shows served as the year-end finale for CMLL before Arena México, CMLL's main venue, closed down for the winter for renovations and to host Circo Atayde .
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1995 — On 15 December 1995, the court ruled the system, as it was constituted, placed a restriction on the free movement of workers and was prohibited by Article 39(1) of the EC Treaty (now Article 45 (1) of the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union)
Union Royale Belge des Sociétés de Football Association ASBL v Jean-Marc Bosman (1995) C-415/93 (known as the Bosman ruling) is a 1995 European Court of Justice decision concerning freedom of movement for workers, freedom of association, and direct effect of article 39 (now article 45 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union) of the Treaty of Rome.
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1997 — Guyanese general election, 1997
General elections were held in Guyana on 15 December 1997. The result was a victory for the People's Progressive Party, which won 29 of the 53 seats. Voter turnout was 88.4%.
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1997 — Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183
Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183 was a Tupolev Tu-154B-1 that crashed on 15 December 1997 on approach to Sharjah Airport in the United Arab Emirates. There was a sole survivor, the navigator, from a crew of seven and seventy-nine passengers. Investigators determined the cause of the accident was pilot error leading to controlled flight into terrain.
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2000 — Sin Piedad (2000)
Sin Piedad (2000) (Spanish for "No Mercy", not to be confused with a similarly-titled series of PPV's hosted by WWE) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), which took place on December 15, 2000, in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The 2000 Sin Piedad was the first event under that name that CMLL promoted as their last major show of the year, always held in December. The main event of the pay-per-view was a Lucha de Apuestas, hair vs. hair match between Cien Caras and Perro Aguayo.
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2000 — Chornobyl shuts down its last operating reactor
Operators permanently shut down Reactor No. 3 at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The shutdown ended electricity generation at the site.
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2002 — Armageddon (2002)
Armageddon (2002) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and took place on December 15, 2002, at the Office Depot Center in Sunrise, a suburb of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It was the third Armageddon event and included talent from the Raw and SmackDown! brands. The main match on the Raw brand was a Three Stages of Hell match for the World Heavyweight Championship between champion Shawn Michaels and Triple H. The first match was a Street Fight, which Triple H won after performing a Pedigree.
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2002 — Equatorial Guinean presidential election, 2002
A presidential election was held in Equatorial Guinea on 15 December 2002. Incumbent President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo easily won another term; the opposition boycotted the election.
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2002 — 2002 Somaliland municipal elections
Municipal elections were held across Somaliland on 15 December 2002. Six political associations fielded 2368 candidates for local council seats. There were 379 council seats nationally although 47 seats were not contested. Voting was postponed in Las Anod and Taleex due to local security conditions and at 16 polling stations in Buhoodle District.
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2002 — 2002 Civic Democratic Party leadership election
The Civic Democratic Party (ODS) leadership election, 2002 happened after party was defeated in parliamentary election. The incumbent leader Václav Klaus decided to not participate in the election. The main Candidates included Petr Nečas, Jan Zahradil and Mirek Topolánek. Petr Nečas was considered front-runner but unexpectedly lost in second round to Mirek Topolánek who was considered a Dark horse of the election. 353 delegates could vote.
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2003 — Operation All Clear
Operation All Clear was a military operation conducted by Royal Bhutan Army forces against Assam separatist insurgent groups in the southern regions of Bhutan between 15 December 2003 and 3 January 2004. It was the first operation ever conducted by the Royal Bhutan Army.
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2003 — Tsuntinsky Clashes
Clashes in the Tsuntinsky region also known as Operation Uragan-1 were a series of conflicts after the penetration of 36 militants from Chechnya on December 15, 2003 led by Ruslan Gelayev, which ended with the destruction of most of them, and a little later and with the death of Gelayev himself.
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2004 — 2004 President of the Senate of the Czech Republic election
Election of the President of the Senate of the Czech Republic was held on 15 December 2004. Přemysl Sobotka defeated Josef Jařab and became the new President of the Senate. The incumbent President Petr Pithart didn't run.
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2006 — Operation Falcon Summit
Operation Falcon Summit (Pashto: Baaz Tsuka) was a Canadian-led operation in the Battle of Panjwaii and, on a larger scale, in the 2001–present War in Afghanistan. NATO forces launched the operation on December 15, 2006 with the intention of expelling Taliban fighters from the Panjawi and Zhari districts of Kandahar. Canadian troops had been fighting with Taliban fighters in the area for several months. Although the operation was under British command, the majority of movements and elements on the ground were Canadians operating from forward operating bases set up in the district during the fighting of Operation Mountain Thrust and Operation Medusa.
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2006 — Sin Piedad (2006)
Sin Piedad (2006) (Spanish for "No Mercy") was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), which took place on December 15, 2006 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The 2006 Sin Piedad was the fifth event under that name that CMLL promoted as their last major show of the year, always held in December. The main event was tag team Lucha de Apuestas, hair vs. hair match with the team of Kenzo Suzuki and Marco Corleone going up against Universo 2000 and Shocker.
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2006 — Iranian Assembly of Experts election, 2006
The Iranian Assembly of Experts election of 2006 was held on 15 December 2006. The Assembly of Experts is a Council of 86 mujtahids that elect the Supreme Leader, and oversee his actions. The members of the Assembly are elected every eight years directly by the people of Iran. The elections took place the same day as the City and Village Councils elections.
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2006 — Iranian local elections, 2006
The Iranian City and Village Councils election of 2006 took place on December 15, 2006. People elected representatives for City and Village Councils, who in their turn elected the mayors. The elections happened on the same day as the election for the Assembly of Experts.
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2006 — 2006 Tehran City Council election
An election to the Islamic City Council of Tehran took place on 15 December 2006, along with the local elections nationwide. The council is elected by the plurality-at-large voting system. The Principlists gained 10 seats, while the Reformists won 4. Another seat went to Alireza Dabir who ran as an Independent, but was close to then mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.
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2006 — 2006 Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr by-election
A by-election for the Islamic Consultative Assembly's constituency Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr was held on 15 December 2006, to fill two vacancies caused by resignation of Davoud Danesh-Jafari and Manouchehr Mottaki, who were appointed as finance and foreign ministers respectively. The voters in Tehran cast their ballots along with the nationwide Assembly of Experts election and the Tehran City Council election.
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2006 — 2006 Iranian Assembly of Experts election in Tehran province
This is an overview of the 2006 Iranian Assembly of Experts election in Tehran Province. The voter turnout was declared 47% in the constituency.
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2008 — 2008 Abruzzo regional election
The Abruzzo regional election of 2008 took place on 14–15 December 2008, due to the early resignation of President Ottaviano Del Turco, after his indictment for alleged corruption. The election was to take place on 30 November–1 December, but was postponed because of legal issues over the ammission of the list of For the Common Good. The candidate of The People of Freedom (PdL) was Giovanni Chiodi, a former mayor of Teramo.
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2010 — 2010 Christmas Island boat disaster
On 15 December 2010, a boat carrying around 90 asylum seekers, mostly from Iraq and Iran, sank off the coast of Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean, killing 48 people aboard; 42 survivors were rescued. The boat was later named SIEV-221.
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2011 — Feltham and Heston by-election, 2011
The Feltham and Heston by-election was a by-election for the Parliament of the United Kingdom's House of Commons constituency of Feltham and Heston in the London Borough of Hounslow. The by-election was caused by the death of its Member of Parliament Alan Keen. It took place on 15 December 2011, and was held by the Labour Party candidate, Seema Malhotra.
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2013 — TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2013)
TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2013) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by WWE, which took place on December 15, 2013, at the Toyota Center in Houston. It was the fifth annual TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs event, and WWE's last pay-per-view event in 2013. The theme of the event is that the main event was a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match. Nine matches, including the pre-show took place at the event. The main event saw WWE Champion Randy Orton defeat World Heavyweight Champion John Cena to become the WWE World Heavyweight Champion, thus unifying both titles.
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2013 — South Sudanese Civil War
The South Sudanese Civil War was a multi-sided civil war in South Sudan fought from 2013 to 2018 between government and opposition forces. The civil war caused rampant human rights abuses, including forced displacement, ethnic massacres, and killings of journalists by various parties. Since the war's end, South Sudan has been governed by a coalition formed by leaders of the former warring factions, Salva Kiir Mayardit and Riek Machar.
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2013 — Mali holds the second round of its parliamentary election
Mali held the second round of its parliamentary election on 15 December 2013, after the first round on 24 November.
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2014 — Lindt Cafe siege
The Lindt Café siege (also known as the Sydney siege) was a terrorist hostage-taking that occurred on 15–16 December 2014 when a lone gunman, Man Haron Monis, held ten customers and eight employees of a Lindt Chocolate Café hostage in the APA Building in Martin Place, Sydney, Australia. The Sydney siege led to a 16-hour standoff, after which a gunshot was heard from inside and police officers from the Tactical Operations Unit (TOU) stormed the café.
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2014 — Siege of Wadi Deif (2014)
The siege of Wadi Deif was a siege of two Syrian Army bases, Wadi Deif and Hamadiyah (both just outside Maarrat al-Numan), by rebel forces, during the 2014 Idlib offensive of the Syrian Civil War. The first siege of these two bases was broken by the Syrian Army on 18 April 2013.
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2014 — An Inner Mongolia court posthumously acquits Huugjilt
The Inner Mongolia High People’s Court overturned Huugjilt’s conviction and declared him not guilty. He had been executed in 1996 after being convicted in a murder case.
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2015 — 2015 Hama offensive
The 2015 Hama offensive was a military operation launched by Syrian rebels during the Syrian Civil War in the northern parts of Hama Governorate.
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2016 — 2016 Turks and Caicos Islands general election
General elections were held in Turks and Caicos Islands on 15 December 2016. The result was a victory for the People's Democratic Movement (PDM), with Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson becoming the islands' first female Premier. Following the election outgoing Prime Minister Rufus Ewing resigned as Progressive National Party (PNP) leader and quit politics.
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2016 — 2016 Copa Argentina final
The 2016 Copa Argentina final was a football match between River Plate and Rosario Central on 15 December 2016 at the Estadio Mario Alberto Kempes in Córdoba, Argentina. It was the final match of the 2015–16 Copa Argentina, the fifth edition of Argentine football's annual cup competition, organised by the Argentine Football Association (AFA).
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2016 — Total Nonstop Deletion
Total Nonstop Deletion was a professional wrestling special event episode of Impact Wrestling produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. It took place on December 15, 2016, at the Hardy Compound in Cameron, North Carolina. The event included special appearances by The Rock 'n' Roll Express, Road Warrior Animal, ODB, Disco Inferno, Swoggle and The Bravado Brothers among other independent wrestling tag teams from CWF Mid-Atlantic.
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2017 — Final Battle (2017)
Final Battle (2017) was the 16th Final Battle professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Ring of Honor (ROH). It took place on December 15, 2017, at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, New York.
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2017 — 2017 Java earthquake
The 2017 Java earthquake occurred on 15 December 2017 when a moment magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Java, specifically the city of Tasikmalaya on 23:47:58 West Indonesian Time (16:47:58 UTC) in West Java, Indonesia. The earthquake struck at a depth of 91 km and was categorized as a strong but deep earthquake. It was initially registered as a 7.3 magnitude earthquake by Indonesian agencies.
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2017 — 2017 President's Cup (Maldives) final
The 2017 President's Cup (Maldives) final was the 67th Final of the Maldives President's Cup.
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2018 — UFC on Fox: Lee vs. Iaquinta 2
UFC on Fox: Lee vs. Iaquinta 2 (also known as UFC on Fox 31) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on December 15, 2018, at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.
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2018 — Death of Eryue He
On 15 December 2018, Eryue He, a writer, died.
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2019 — 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer championship game
The 2019 NCAA Division I men's soccer championship game (also known as the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's College Cup) was played on December 15, 2019, at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina and determined the winner of the 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament, the national collegiate soccer championship in the United States. This was the 61st edition of the oldest active competition in United States college soccer.
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2019 — 57th Anniversary of Lucha Libre in Estado de México
The 57th Anniversary of Lucha Libre in Estadio de Mexico (Spanish: 57. Aniversario de la Lucha Libre en el Estadio de México) was celebrated by a professional wrestling supercard show produced and scripted by the Mexican lucha libre promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG; sometimes referred to as Grupo Internacional Revolución in Mexico) which tookplace on December 15, 2019 in Arena Naucalpan, Naucalpan, State of Mexico.
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2019 — TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2019)
The 2019 TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE, held for wrestlers from the promotion's main roster brands, Raw and SmackDown. It was the 11th annual TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs and took place on December 15, 2019, at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This was the second TLC event held at this venue after the 2017 event.
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2020 — Al-Fashaga conflict
The al-Fashaga conflict was a territorial conflict between Sudan and Amhara militants from Ethiopia in the disputed Al-Fashaga District (an area of Sudan east of the Atbarah River and south of the Tekezé River). Since 2008, Ethiopia has dropped all claims to the al-Fashaga as long as Sudan allowed Ethiopian farmers and militants to stay in the area undisturbed.
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2020 — 2020 Corpus Christi mayoral election
The 2020 Corpus Christi mayoral election was held on November 3, 2020 to elect the mayor of Corpus Christi, Texas. Because the general election did not produce a winner (elections for the mayoralty of Corpus Christi require a majority), a runoff was held on December 15, 2020. Incumbent one-term mayor Joe McComb was defeated by city councilwoman Paulette Guajardo.
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2021 — 14th general convention of Nepali Congress
The 14th General Convention of the Nepali Congress, in which delegates of the Nepali Congress Party re-elected Sher Bahadur Deuba as chairman, was held 13–15 December 2021, at Bhrikuti Mandap, Kathmandu. Similarly, the convention of the six Province was held from 2–3 December. The convention of the Pradesh 2 was delayed and held after National Convention on 22–23 December 2021.
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2022 — 2022 Stretford and Urmston by-election
A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Stretford and Urmston was held on 15 December 2022, following the resignation of incumbent Labour Party MP Kate Green in order to become Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester. The by-election was won by Andrew Western, retaining the seat for Labour with an increased share of the vote.
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2022 — 2022 National People's Congress election in Hong Kong
The election for the Hong Kong deputies to the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) was held on 15 December 2022. 36 Hong Kong deputies were elected by an electoral college composed of 1,420 members.
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2022 — 28th Kolkata International Film Festival
The 28th Kolkata International Film Festival was held from 15 to 22 December 2022 at Netaji Indoor Stadium, in Kolkata, India. The festival opened with 1973 film Abhimaan, by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. 183 films including 130 feature films and 52 short and documentary films from 42 countries were screened during 7 days of the festival.
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2023 — 2023 Queensland Labor Party leadership election
The 2023 Queensland Labor Party leadership election was held on 15 December 2023 to elect a new leader of the Queensland Labor Party and ex officio, Premier of Queensland, following the resignation of Annastacia Palaszczuk as both premier and MP for Inala. Steven Miles was appointed leader unopposed, while Cameron Dick was appointed deputy leader unopposed.
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2023 — Battle of Namhsan
The Battle of Namhsan was an offensive by the TNLA against the Myanmar military junta during Operation 1027. The TNLA attacked numerous military bases and police stations while fending off reinforcements exiting Y-12 and ATR-42 planes, along with air support from Mi-35 helicopters and fighter jets. After the battle, the TNLA captured large caches of weapons and ammunition from police stations and military bases.
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2023 — Death of Tang Xiao'ou
On 15 December 2023, Tang Xiao'ou, a computer scientist, died.
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2024 — 2024 Scottish League Cup final
The 2024 Scottish League Cup final was an association football match that took place at Hampden Park, Glasgow on 15 December 2024. It was the culmination of the 2024–25 Scottish League Cup, the 79th season of the Scottish League Cup (known as the Premier Sports Cup for sponsorship reasons), a competition for the 42 teams in the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL).
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