^B{^#!16!15 December^N! Feast day of St Nino, St Valerian, St Mary di Rosa, and St Paul of Latros.
^B{1654^B} A meteorological office established in Tuscany began recording daily temperature readings. ^B{1791^B} The Bill of Rights' ten amendments became part of the US Constitution. ^B{1916^B} In World War I, the first Battle of Verdun ended; over 700,000 German and Allied soldiers died in the action. ^B{1939^B} Nylon was first produced commercially in Delaware, US. ^B{1961^B} Nazi official Adolf Eichmann was found guilty of crimes against the Jewish people and sentenced to death, after a trial in Jerusalem. ^B{1982^B} Gibraltar's frontier with Spain was opened to pedestrian use after 13 years. ^B{1992^B} Bettino Craxi, the leader of Italy's Socialist Party, was informed that he was under investigation in a burgeoning corruption scandal that had racked the northern city of Milan.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Nero, Roman emperor, ^B{37^B}; George Romney, English painter, ^B{1734^B}; Gustave Eiffel, French engineer, ^B{1832^B}; John Paul Getty, US oil billionaire, ^B{1892^B}; Edna O'Brien, Irish novelist, ^B{1936^B}; Dave Clark, English pop drummer, ^B{1942^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Jan Vermeer, Dutch painter, ^B{1675^B}; Izaak Walton, English author of ^I{The Compleat Angler^I}, ^B{1683^B}; Sitting Bull, chief of the Sioux Indians, ^B{1890^B}; Fats Waller, US jazz pianist, ^B{1943^B}; Charles Laughton, English actor, ^B{1962^B}; Walt Disney, US filmmaker and animator, ^B{1966^B}.
