Shimla, Dec.15 Keekli Bureau
2011
The Iraq War officially ended as the United States formally declared that its mission in the country was over.
2001
The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopened in Pisa, Italy, after more than 10 years of work to stabilize the structure.
1997
The U.S. Department of Defense ordered that all 1.4 million Americans in its service be inoculated against anthrax, a potential weapon of biological warfare.
1997
Janet Rosenberg Jagan was elected president of Guyana, becoming the first elected female president in South America and the first white president of Guyana.
1989
Antigovernment demonstrations erupted in Timișoara, Romania, beginning the revolution that toppled the communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu from power a few days afterward.
1948
Former U.S. State Department official Alger Hiss was indicted on two charges of perjury for lying about his dealings with Whittaker Chambers, who accused him of membership in a communist espionage ring.
1907
Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, an early exponent of modern architecture in Latin America and a co-winner of the 1988 Pritzker Prize, was born.
1892
American oil billionaire J. Paul Getty was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1890
The Teton Dakota Indian chief Sitting Bull was killed by U.S. troops near the Grand River in South Dakota.
1791
The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution—the Bill of Rights, which is a collection of mutually reinforcing guarantees of individual rights and limitations on federal and state governments—were adopted as a single unit.
37
Roman emperor Nero—who became infamous for his personal debaucheries and extravagances and, on doubtful evidence, for his burning of Rome and persecutions of Christians—was born.
