On this day 15th December
Some notable facts about this date, for more, visit http://www.onthisday.com
Facts
533 Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, under King Gelimer, at the Battle of Ticameron
1256 Hulagu Khan captures and destroys Hashshashin stronghold at Alamut, in present-day Iran, part of the Mongol offensive on Islamic southwest Asia
1488 Bartolomeu Dias returns to Portugal after becoming 1st known European to sail round the Cape of Good Hope
1612 German Astronomer Simon Marius is 1st to observe Andromeda galaxy through a telescope
1791 US Bill of Rights ratified when Virginia gives its approval, becomes amendments 1-10 of the US constitution
1840 Napoleon Bonaparte receives a French state funeral in Paris 19 years after his death
1973 American Psychiatric Association declares homosexuality is not a mental illness
Deaths
1025 Basilius II, the Bulgarendoder, Byzantine emperor (976-1025), dies
1675 Jan Vermeer, Dutch painter (Love Letter), dies at 43
1796 Anthony Wayne, American military leader (Legion of the United States), dies of gout at 51
1890 Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa-Sioux chief who helped led his people to victory in the Battle of the Little Big Horn, killed by US Police aged 58 or 59
1943 Thomas W "Fats" Waller, jazz pianist (Hot Chocolate), dies at 39 in KC Missouri
1944 Glenn Miller, American bandleader and jazz composer (Glenn Miller Orchestra-In the Mood), dies in a suspected plane crash at 40
1962 Charles Laughton, English actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at 63
1966 Walt Disney, animator and producer (co-founder of Walt Disney Co), dies of lung cancer at 65
1968 Jess Willard, Heavyweight boxing champ (1915-19), dies at 86
1971 Paul Pierre Lévy, French mathematician (b. 1886)
1991 Ray Smith, British actor (And Then You Die), dies at 55
2011 Christopher Hitchens, English author and journalist (Vanity Fair, New Statesman) dies of cancer aged 62
2013 Joan Fontaine, British-American actress, dies of natural causes at 96
Born on this day
1970 Frankie Dettori, Italian jockey, born in Milan, Italy
1984 Martin Skrtel Slovakian Footballer
A Couple of Pics from those no longer with us
Walt Disney
Christopher Hitchens
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