December 15
People born on this day are Sagittarius.
- 1973
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.
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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).
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Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights relating the abolition of capital punishment is adopted.
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The Troubles: The Downing Street Declaration is issued by British Prime Minister John Major and Irish Taoiseach Albert Reynolds.
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Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183 crashes in the desert near Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, killing 85.
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The third reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down.
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The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 spent to stabilize it, without fixing its famous lean.
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Introduction of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor into USAF active service.
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A boat carrying 90 asylum seekers crashes into rocks off the coast of Christmas Island, Australia, killing 48 people.
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The South Sudanese Civil War begins when opposition leaders Dr. Riek Machar, Pagan Amum and Rebecca Nyandeng vote to boycott the meeting of the National Liberation Council at Nyakuron.
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Gunman Man Haron Monis takes 18 hostages inside a café in Martin Place for 16 hours in Sydney. Monis and two hostages are killed when police raid the café the following morning.
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A 6.5Mwearthquake strikes the Indonesian island of Java in the city of Tasikmalaya, resulting in four deaths.
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2000Kayvon Thibodeaux, American football player
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1997Maude Apatow, American actress
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1997Magdalena Fręch, Polish tennis player
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1996Jenifer Brening, German singer
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1996Oleksandr Zinchenko, Ukrainian footballer
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1995Jahlil Okafor, American basketball player
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1993Daniel Ochefu, American basketball player
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1992Jesse Lingard, English footballer
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1992Maximiliano Meza, Argentine footballer
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1992Alex Telles, Brazilian footballer
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1991Conor Daly, American race car driver
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1991Yanni Gourde, Canadian ice hockey player
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