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15 December 2024
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
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.2019–2020 protests in India
Anniversary
2013 - The South Sudanese Civil War began when three opposition leaders voted to boycott the meeting of the National Liberation Council in Juba.2013–2018 conflict in South Sudan
Anniversary
1981 - 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.Second-largest branch of Islam
Anniversary
1970 - The Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 touched down on the surface of Venus, making the first successful landing of a spacecraft on another planet.Soviet lander mission to Venus (1970)
Anniversary
1961 - Former Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death after being found guilty on fifteen criminal charges, including war crimes and crimes against humanity.German SS officer and war criminal (1906–1962)
Historical events
History
2017 - A 6.5Mwearthquake strikes the Indonesian island of Java in the city of Tasikmalaya, resulting in four deaths.Earthquake centered in Tasikmalaya, West Java, Indonesia
History
2014 - 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.Iranian-Australian Sunni Muslim and terrorist
History
2013 - The South Sudanese Civil War begins when opposition leaders Dr. Riek Machar, Pagan Amum and Rebecca Nyandeng vote to boycott the meeting of the National Liberation Council at Nyakuron.2013–2018 conflict in South Sudan
History
2010 - A boat carrying 90 asylum seekers crashes into rocks off the coast of Christmas Island, Australia, killing 48 people.Displaced person
History
2005 - Introduction of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor into USAF active service.American stealth air superiority fighter
History
2001 - The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 spent to stabilize it, without fixing its famous lean.Bell tower in Pisa, Italy
History
2000 - The third reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down.Decommissioned nuclear power plant in Ukraine
History
1997 - Tajikistan Airlines Flight 3183 crashes in the desert near Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, killing 85.1997 aircraft accident in the United Arab Emirates
History
1993 - The Troubles: The Downing Street Declaration is issued by British Prime Minister John Major and Irish Taoiseach Albert Reynolds.1960s–1998 conflict in Northern Ireland
History
1989 - Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights relating the abolition of capital punishment is adopted.1989 international convention
Notable births
Born
2000 - Kayvon Thibodeaux, American football playerAmerican football player (born 2000)
Born
1997 - Stefania LaVie Owen, New Zealand-American actressAmerican-New Zealand actress (born 1997)
Born
1996 - Oleksandr Zinchenko, Ukrainian footballerUkrainian footballer (born 1996)
Born
1995 - Jahlil Okafor, American basketball playerNigerian-American basketball player (born 1995)
Born
1993 - Daniel Ochefu, American basketball playerAmerican-born Nigerian basketball player
Notable deaths
Died
2025 - 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)American judge (1926–2025)
Died
2024 - Zakir Hussain, Indian tabla player, musical producer, film actor and composer (born 1951)Indian tabla player and composer (1951–2024)
Died
2020 - Saufatu Sopoanga, Tuvaluan politician, 8th Prime Minister of Tuvalu (born 1952)Prime Minister of Tuvalu from 2002 to 2004
Died
2018 - Girma Wolde-Giorgis, President of Ethiopia (born 1924)President of Ethiopia from 2001 to 2013
Died
2017 - Heinz Wolff, scientist and TV presenter (born 1928)German-British scientist and television presenter (1928–2017)
Died
2016 - Craig Sager, American sports journalist (born 1951)American sports reporter (1951–2016)
Sky
Moon phase
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated
Lunar age: 14.3 days
Sun zodiac
Sagittarius
24.01 degrees
Constellation: Ophiuchus
Moon zodiac
Gemini
25.65 degrees
Constellation: Taurus
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.