12-14-2009, 07:21 PM
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December 15th
1791 ~ The U.S. Bill of Rights ratified.
1890 ~ Death of Sitting Bull, leader of Lakota tribe.
1916 ~ France defeated Germany in Battle of Verdun.
1916 ~ Birthday of Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-born physicist, co-recipient of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his contribution to the elucidation of the structure of DNA.
1919 ~ Birthday of Max Yasgur, owner of the Woodstock Festival site.
1958 ~ Death of Wolfgang Pauli, Physicist.
1961 ~ An Israeli war crimes tribunal sentenced Adolph Eichmann to death.
1966 ~ Death of Walt Disney, Animator & Cartoonist.
1982 ~ Spain reopened the border with Gibraltar.
1994 ~ Netscape Navigator 1.0 first released.
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