Today in History
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2009 Maiden flight of Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Considered to be one of Boeing's most fuel-efficient airplanes, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner has suffer
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1978 US recognizes China
30 years after the creation of the People's Republic of China, President Jimmy Carter announced that
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1939 Premier of the Gone with the Wind
The award winning film was adapted from the Pulitzer winner Margaret Mitchell's book by the same nam
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1933 Twenty-first Amendment to U.S. Constitution comes into effect
Ratified on December 5 of the same year, the amendment repealed the prohibition on alcohol in the Un
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1791 U.S. Bill of Rights becomes law
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution of the United States are known as the Bill of Rights. Th
Births On This Day,
December, 15
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1986 Junsu
South Korean singer-songwriter, actor
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1979 Eric Young
Canadian wrestler
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1928 Friedensreich Hundertwasser
Austrian/New Zealand painter, architect, designed the Kuchlbauer Tower, Waldspirale
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1907 Oscar Niemeyer
Brazilian architect, designed the United Nations Headquarters, Cathedral of Brasília
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37 Nero
Roman Emperor
Deaths On This Day,
December, 15
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2013 Harold Camping
American broadcaster, author
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2011 Christopher Hitchens
English/American journalist, author
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2010 Bob Feller
American baseball player
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1966 Walt Disney
American animator, director, screenwriter, producer, co-founded The Company
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1950 Vallabhbhai Patel
Indian activist, politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India
