Citizenship Amendment Act protests
Citizenship Amendment Act protests: 10 to 15 local women blockaded a major road in Delhi, India, to protest the exclusion of Muslims from the amended Citizenship Act.
What happened on December 15
37 events · 20 births · 20 deaths · 8 observances. From 533 to 2025.
Standout on December 15
2013
South Sudanese Civil War
The South Sudanese Civil War began when three opposition leaders voted to boycott the meeting of the National Liberation Council in Juba.
About December 15
December 15 is the 349th day of the year. These facts are computed from the calendar, not copied from anywhere.
- Day of the year
- Day 349 of 365 (350 in leap years)16 days left in the year (16 in leap years)
- Falls on
- Tuesday in 2026, Wednesday in 2027, Friday in 2028, Saturday in 2029, Sunday in 2030
- Week
- ISO week 51 of 2026 · Q4
- Zodiac sign
- ♐ Sagittarius (November 22 – December 21)
- Season
- Autumn in the north · Spring in the south
- December birthstone
- Turquoise / Tanzanite / Zircongood fortune, wisdom and success
- December birth flower
- Narcissus / Holly / Poinsettiarespect, hope and good wishes
- Next occurrence
- In 49 days
- Roman numerals
- XV.XIIday.month — see the Roman numeral date tool
Anniversaries in 2026
- 80thIran crisis of 19461946
- 40thKeylor Navas1986
- 40thKim Junsu1986
- 40thSnejana Onopka1986
- 30thJenifer Brening1996
- 30thOleksandr Zinchenko (footballer)1996
- 25thLeaning Tower of Pisa2001
- 10thCraig Sager2016
December 15 through the years
- 10 years ago2016
- Craig Sager
- 25 years ago2001
- Leaning Tower of Pisa
- 50 years ago1976
- Nothing recorded
- 100 years ago1926
- Nothing recorded
- 200 years ago1826
- Nothing recorded
Born on December 15 — ages this year
- 2000Kayvon Thibodeauxturns 26
- 1997Maude Apatowturns 29
- 1997Magdalena Fręchturns 29
- 1997Stefania LaVie Owenturns 29
- 1996Jenifer Breningturns 30
- 1996Oleksandr Zinchenko (footballer)turns 30
Historical events 37
A dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
2017 Java earthquake
A 6.5Mwearthquake strikes the Indonesian island of Java in the city of Tasikmalaya, resulting in four deaths.
Man Haron Monis
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.
South Sudanese Civil War
The South Sudanese Civil War began when three opposition leaders voted to boycott the meeting of the National Liberation Council in Juba.
Refugee
A boat carrying 90 asylum seekers crashes into rocks off the coast of Christmas Island, Australia, killing 48 people.
Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor
Introduction of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor into USAF active service.
Leaning Tower of Pisa
The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 spent to stabilize it, without fixing its famous lean.
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
The third reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down.
Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183
Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183 crashes in the desert near Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, killing 85.
The Troubles
The Troubles: The Downing Street Declaration is issued by British Prime Minister John Major and Irish Taoiseach Albert Reynolds.
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights relating the abolition of capital punishment is adopted.
1981 Iraqi embassy bombing in Beirut
A suicide car bombing targeting the Iraqi embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, levels the embassy and kills 61 people, including Iraq's ambassador to Lebanon. The attack is considered the first modern suicide bombing.
Shia Islam
The Iraqi Shia Islamist group al-Dawa carried out one of the first modern suicide bombings, targeting the Iraqi embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, resulting in 61 deaths and at least 100 injuries.
Jimmy Carter
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).
John Paul Getty III
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.
American Psychiatric Association
The American Psychiatric Association votes 13–0 to remove homosexuality from its official list of psychiatric disorders, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
Venera 7
The Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 touched down on the surface of Venus, making the first successful landing of a spacecraft on another planet.
Silver Bridge
The Silver Bridge collapses, killing 46 people.
Project Gemini
Project Gemini: Gemini 6A, crewed by Wally Schirra and Thomas Stafford, is launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida. Four orbits later, it achieves the first space rendezvous, with Gemini 7.
Adolf Eichmann
Former Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death after being found guilty on fifteen criminal charges, including war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Eichmann trial
Eichmann trial: Adolf Eichmann is sentenced to death after being found guilty by an Israeli court of 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people, and membership of an outlawed organization.
Mahendra of Nepal
King Mahendra of Nepal suspends the country's constitution, dissolves parliament, dismisses the cabinet, and imposes direct rule.
Richard Paul Pavlick
Richard Pavlick is arrested for plotting to assassinate U.S. President-Elect John F. Kennedy.
Iran crisis of 1946
U.S.-backed Iranian troops brought an end to the Iran crisis when they marched on the breakaway Republic of Mahabad and recaptured the territory.
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers
The US-led occupying forces ordered the government of Japan to cease state support for Shinto.
World War II
World War II: Australian and American forces (pictured) began the Battle of Arawe against Japanese forces on New Britain as a diversion before a larger landing at Cape Gloucester.
Epic film
The American historical epic film Gone With the Wind, adapted from Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize–winning novel of the same name, premiered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway
The Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway, a 14.17-kilometre (8.80 mi) long deep-level underground tube railway connecting Hammersmith and Finsbury Park, London, opened.
Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull, a Hunkpapa Lakota leader, was killed on Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in South Dakota by U.S. Indian agency police.
Ella Stewart Udall
Sixteen-year-old Ella Stewart sent the first telegraphed message from Arizona Territory.
American Civil War
American Civil War: Union troops defeated the Army of Tennessee, one of the largest Confederate forces, at the Battle of Nashville.
War of the First Coalition
War of the First Coalition: The French navy launched an expedition to Ireland to assist the Society of United Irishmen in a rebellion against the British.
List of amendments to the Constitution of the United States
The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, collectively known as the Bill of Rights, were ratified.
American Revolutionary War
American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of St. Lucia, the Royal Navy prevented French Navy ships from reaching their garrison on Saint Lucia in the West Indies.
Constantine VIII
Constantine VIII (depicted) became the sole Byzantine emperor, 63 years after being crowned co-emperor.
Pope Sergius I
Sergius was elected pope, ending the last disputed period of sede vacante during the Byzantine Papacy.
Belisarius
Byzantines led by Belisarius defeated the Vandal King Gelimer at the Battle of Tricamarum, completing the "Reconquest of North Africa" under Byzantine Emperor Justinian I.
Births 20
A notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
Deaths 20
A notable person who died on this day.
William J. Bauer
William J. Bauer, senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago and previously a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, (born 1926)
Zakir Hussain (musician)
Zakir Hussain, Indian tabla player, musical producer, film actor and composer (born 1951)
Saufatu Sopoanga
Saufatu Sopoanga, Tuvaluan politician, 8th Prime Minister of Tuvalu (born 1952)
Fausto Zapata
Fausto Zapata, Mexican journalist, lawyer, and politician, Governor of San Luis Potosí (born 1940)
Patrick Yakowa
Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, Nigerian politician, 18th Governor of Kaduna State (born 1948)
Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens, English-American essayist, literary critic, and journalist (born 1949)
Holidays & observances 8
A holiday, feast day, awareness day or national day observed every year on this date.
Blessed Martyrs of Drina
Christian feast day: Drina Martyrs
John Horden
Christian feast day: John Horden and Robert McDonald (Episcopal Church (USA))
Drostan
Christian feast day: Drostan (Aberdeen Breviary)
Mesmin
Christian feast day: Mesmin
Maria Crocifissa di Rosa
Christian feast day: Maria Crocifissa di Rosa
Valerian of Abbenza
Christian feast day: Valerian of Abbenza
2nd Amendment Day
Bill of Rights Day (United States) 2nd Amendment Day (South Carolina)
Virginia Centurione Bracelli
Christian feast day: Virginia Centurione Bracelli
Spread across the centuries
- 6th century1
- 7th century1
- 11th century1
- 18th century3
- 19th century3
- 20th century41
- 21st century27
Earliest: Belisarius (533). Most recent: William J. Bauer (2025).
What the categories mean, and how the standout is chosen
- Historical events
- A dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
- Births
- A notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
- Deaths
- A notable person who died on this day.
- Milestones
- A first, a founding or a turning point our editors flagged as a landmark moment.
- Holidays & observances
- A holiday, feast day, awareness day or national day observed every year on this date.
- Standout / notable
- Editor-written entries come first, then entries covered by the most Wikipedia language editions. For the standout tile we prefer an entry that has a picture.
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Questions about December 15
What day of the year is December 15?
December 15 is the 349th day of the year, with 16 days left after it.
What star sign is December 15?
December 15 falls under Sagittarius (November 22 – December 21), a fire sign ruled by Jupiter. The birthstone for the month is Turquoise or Tanzanite or Zircon.
How many things happened on December 15?
We record 85 entries for December 15: 37 events · 20 births · 20 deaths · 8 observances. From 533 to 2025.
Who was born on December 15?
Kayvon Thibodeaux (2000) is among the notable births on December 15. The births section lists the rest.
How often is the December 15 page updated?
The day is filled the first time anyone opens it and then re-checked for new entries about every 90 days. Computed facts such as the weekday and the anniversaries update every year.
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