December 15
Today in America's Present Past
1675 | Indian Wars: Narraganset warriors attack the Jireh Bull Blockhouse, in South Kingston, Rhode Island, killing at least 15.
1786 | Abolitionist and politician Edward Coles was born.
1791 | The first US law school was established at University of Pennsylvania.
1791 | First Ten Amendments (Bill of Rights) to the U.S. Constitution was ratified with Virginia’s approval.
1793 | Economist Henry Charles Carey was born.
1796 | General Anthony Wayne died.
1861 | Entrepreneur Charles Duryea was born.
1863 | Chemist Arthur Dehon Little was born.
1864 | Civil War: The Battle of Nashville, Tennessee.
1874 | Henry Bergh, Eldgridge Gerry, and John D. Wright found the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, the world’s first anti-child abuse agency.
2890 | Hunkpapa-Sioux chief Sitting Bull died.
1892 | Entrepreneur J. Paul Getty was born.
1896 | Author Betty Smith was born.
1903 | Italo Marchiony was granted a patent for an apparatus for making ice cream cones.
1933 | Actor Thomas “Tim” Conway was born.
1939 | Film: “Gone With The Wind” debuted.
1944 | WWII: Bandleader Major Glenn Miller, lost over the English Channel
1944 | Congress: Approved granting General Eisenhower his fifth star.
1949 | Actor Don Johnson was born.
1966 | Entrepreneur Walt Disney died.
1985 | Entrepreneur Forrest C. Shaklee died.
1995 | Film: “Heat” debuted.
2006 | POTUS: Republican President Bush awards B.B. King with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
2010 | Author Blake Edwards died.
2011 | Author, journalist and philosopher Christopher Hitchens died.