On December 15:
1488: Bartholomeu Diaz returns to Portugal after becoming the first european to sail around the tip of africa
1791: The bill of rights becomes law as Virginia becomes the 10th state to approve the first 10 amendments to the constitution
1864: The Confederate Army of Tennessee is decimated at the battle of Nashville, and ceases to be an effective fighting force. The Battle signals the beginning of the end of the American Civil War
1899: The Boers decisively defeat the British at the battle of Colenso during the Boer War
1922: The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) is formed
1939: The movie Gone With the Wind premiers
1939: Nylon is used commercially for the first time
1944: The Battle of Luzon begins as American General Douglas McArthur continues his quest to retake the Philipines from the Japanese
1961: Adolph Eichmann, the architect of the holocaust, is sentanced to death
1964: Canada adopts the maple leaf flag it is now known for
1965: Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 become the first craft to link up in space
1989: Romanian Dictator Nicolae Ceaucescu falls
1997: The last Minuteman Silo is destroyed. The Minuteman missle was the heart of the U.S. nuclear arsenal during the cold war
Birthdays: Nero (37 AD), Gustave Eiffel (1832), Paul Getty (1892)
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