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What happened in history on this day: December 15?
On December 15 in ...
- 1954 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, featuring the first "Davy Crockett" episode, Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter.
- 1993 - Universal releases the film Schindler's List to theaters.
- 2000 - Paramount releases the film What Women Want to theaters.
- 2017 - Buena Vista releases the film Star Wars: The Last Jedi to theaters.
Births on December 15
- 1881 - Birth of James Schneider in New York, USA; actor (Keystone Kops).
- 1896 - Birth of Margaret Bannerman in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actress (Elopement).
- 1899 - Birth of Frank Vosper in London, England; actor (The Man Who Knew Too Much).
- 1918 - Birth of Ira Grossel AKA Jeff Chandler in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Broken Arrow, Away All Boats).
- 1921 - Birth of Bobby Todd; US comic/actor (Original Sin).
- 1937 - Birth of Karen Morrow in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Aunt Minerva - Tabitha, Jim Nabors Hour).
- 1941 - Birth of Geoffrey Davies; English actor (Doctor at Sea, Doctor on the Go).
- 1945 - Birth of Thaao Penghlis in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; actor (Mission Impossible, Tony - Days of Our Lives).
- 1948 - Birth of David Gwillim in Plymouth, England; actor (Island at Top of the World).
- 1949 - Birth of Don Johnson in Flatt Creek, Missouri, USA; actor (Miami Vice, The Harrad Experiment).
- 1954 - Birth of Alex Cox; director (Repo Man).
- 1954 - Birth of Felicity LaFortune in Oak Park, Illinois, USA; actress (Ryan's Hope).
- 1954 - Birth of Justin Ross in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Sinatra, Chorus Line, Fan, Quick Change).
- 1955 - Birth of Melanie Chartoff in West Haven, Connecticut, USA; actress (Fridays, Parker Lewis).
- 1959 - Birth of Heidi Bohay in Somerset, New Jersey, USA; actress (Megan - Hotel).
- 1960 - Birth of Don Franklin in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Seaquest 2032, Noah Dixon - The Young Riders).
- 1961 - Birth of Annie Pujol Perpignan; French TV hostess (Roue de la Fortune).
- 1961 - Birth of Reginald Hudlin; director (House Party).
- 1963 - Birth of Helen Slater in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Supergirl, Billie Jean, Ruthless People).
- 1968 - Birth of Garrett Wang; actor (Star Trek: Voyager).
Deaths on December 15
- 1962 - Charles Laughton, English actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at age 63.
- 1972 - Edward Earle, actor (Charlie Chan - Meeting at Midnight), dies at age 90.
- 1978 - Death of Chill Wills at age 75, American actor (Frontier Circus, Rounders) (born 1902).
- 1979 - Death of Bern Hoffman at age 66; actor (Bonanza, Wagon Train, Major Dell Conway, Phil Silvers Show, The Texan, and Disneyland).
- 1984 - Avon Long, actor (Roots: The Next Generation), dies at age 74.
- 1989 - Arnold Moss, actor (Gambit), dies at age 79.
- 1990 - Betty Warren, actress (Passport to Pimlico) dies.
- 1990 - Jean Paige, actress (Captain Blood, Black Beauty), dies.
- 1991 - Ray Smith, British actor (And Then You Die), dies at age 55.
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