December 15, 2023
QUOTE
Inside of me there are two dogs. One is mean and evil and the other is good and they fight each other all the time. When asked which one wins I answer, the one I feed the most.
--Sitting Bull
BIRTHDAYS
AD 37 – Nero, Roman emperor
1891 – A.P. Carter, Country singer-songwriter and musician
1892 – J. Paul Getty, Businessman and art collector, founded Getty Oil
1933 – Tim Conway, Comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1949 – Don Johnson, Actor
IN MEMORY
1878 – Alfred Bird, English chemist and businessman, invented baking powder
1890 – Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa Lakota tribal chief
1944 – Glenn Miller, Bandleader and composer
1966 – Walt Disney, Animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded The Walt Disney Company
2010 – Blake Edwards, Director, producer, and screenwriter
IN ON THIS DAY
1791 – The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.
1890 – Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation, leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre.
1939 – Gone with the Wind (highest inflation adjusted grossing film) receives its premiere at Loew’s Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
1944 – A single-engine UC-64A Norseman aeroplane carrying United States Army Air Forces Major Glenn Miller is lost in a flight over the English Channel.
1960 – Richard Pavlick is arrested for plotting to assassinate U.S. President-Elect John F. Kennedy.
2001 – The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 spent to stabilize it, without fixing its famous lean.
2005 – Introduction of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor into USAF active service.