On this day 12th December

Some notable facts about this date, for more, visit http://www.onthisday.com

Facts

627 Battle at Nineveh: Byzantine Emperor Heraclius beats Sassanid forces during Byzantine-Sassanid War

1901 Guglielmo Marconi sends the first transatlantic radio signal, from Poldhu in Cornwall to Newfoundland, Canada

1925 Last Qajar Shah of Iran deposed; Rezā Shāh Pahlavi takes over

1946 UN accepts 6 Manhattan blocks as a gift from John D. Rockefeller Jr

2000 United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore

2015 COP21 climate change summit in Paris reaches a deal between 195 countries to limit the rise in the global average temperature to less than 2°C above pre-industrial levels

Deaths

884 Carloman, co-king of France (879, 882-884), dies

1574 Selim II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1566-74, dies of head injury after a fall at 50

1586 Stefan Batory, King of Poland (b. 1533)

1889 Robert Browning, English poet (Ring & Book), dies at 77

1913 Emperor Menelek II of Ethiopia (b. 1844)

1939 Douglas Fairbanks, American actor (The Mark of Zorro, 3 Musketeers, Robin Hood), dies from a heart attack at 56

1965 Johnny Lee, American actor (Song of the South, The Amos 'n' Andy Show), dies from a heart attack at 67

1985 Ian Stewart, Scottish keyboardist/road mgr (Rolling Stones), dies at 47

1991 Eleanor Boardman, actor (Crowd), dies in at 93

1995 James Altgens, JFK assassination photographer, dies at 76

2006 Peter Boyle, American actor, dies of multiple myeloma at 71

2007 Ike Turner, American singer, former husband of Tina Turner (b. 1931)

2013 Audrey Totter, American actress, dies from a stroke at 95

Born on this day

1962 Tracy Austin, Rolling Hills California, tennis pro (US Open 1979, 81)

1982 Dmitry Tursunov, Russian tennis player

A Couple of Pics from those no longer with us

Ike Turner

Audrey Totter