On this day: 15 December

Selected events and births on 15 December, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 687 – Sergius was elected pope, ending the last disputed period of sede vacante during the Byzantine Papacy. Read more: Pope Sergius I Sede vacante Byzantine Papacy
• 1025 – Constantine VIII became the sole Byzantine emperor, 63 years after being crowned co-emperor. Read more: Constantine VIII Byzantine Empire
• 1791 – The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, collectively known as the Bill of Rights, were ratified. Read more: List of amendments to the Constitution of the United States United States Bill of Rights
• 1871 – Sixteen-year-old Ella Stewart sent the first telegraphed message from Arizona Territory. Read more: Ella Stewart Udall Arizona Territory
• 1906 – 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. Read more: Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway Hammersmith Finsbury Park
• 1939 – 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. Read more: Epic film Gone with the Wind (film) Margaret Mitchell
• 1970 – The Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 touched down on the surface of Venus, making the first successful landing of a spacecraft on another planet. Read more: Venera 7 List of landings on extraterrestrial bodies
• 2019 – 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. Read more: Citizenship Amendment Act protests Shaheen Bagh protest Delhi

Born on this day

• 1954 – Oliver Heald, English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales Read more: Oliver Heald Solicitor General for England and Wales
• 1954 – Mark Warner, American businessman and politician, 69th Governor of Virginia Read more: Mark Warner Governor of Virginia
• 1992 – Jesse Lingard, English footballer Read more: Jesse Lingard
• 1992 – Maximiliano Meza, Argentine footballer Read more: Maximiliano Meza (footballer, born 1992)
• 1993 – Daniel Ochefu, American basketball player Read more: Daniel Ochefu
• 1995 – Jahlil Okafor, American basketball player Read more: Jahlil Okafor
• 1996 – Jenifer Brening, German singer Read more: Jenifer Brening
• 1996 – Oleksandr Zinchenko, Ukrainian footballer Read more: Oleksandr Zinchenko (footballer)
• 1997 – Maude Apatow, American actress Read more: Maude Apatow
• 1997 – Magdalena Fręch, Polish tennis player Read more: Magdalena Fręch
• 1997 – Stefania LaVie Owen, New Zealand-American actress Read more: Stefania LaVie Owen
• 2000 – Kayvon Thibodeaux, American football player Read more: Kayvon Thibodeaux

Text from Wikipedia: Selected anniversaries / December 15 and the linked articles, via the Wikimedia “On this day” feed, under CC BY-SA 4.0. We leave out entries about wars, violence and disasters to keep this page family-friendly.