December 15th, 1906

Born on December 15th, 1906

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on December 15th, 1906?

December 15th, 1906

The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground

December 15th, 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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Northern,_Piccadilly_and_Brompton_Railway

What else happened on December 15th?

December 15th, 2013

The South Sudanese Civil War began when three opposition leaders voted to boycott the meeting of the National Liberation Council in Juba.

December 15th, 2005

The F-22 Raptor, an early successful stealth fighter, entered into service despite a protracted and costly development period.

December 15th, 1970

The Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 touched down on the surface of Venus, making the first successful landing of a spacecraft on another planet.

December 15th, 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.

December 15th, 1946

U.S.-backed Iranian troops brought an end to the Iran crisis when they marched on the breakaway Republic of Mahabad and recaptured the territory.

December 15th, 1945

The US-led occupying forces ordered the government of Japan to cease state support for Shinto.

December 15th, 1943

World War II: Australian and American forces (pictured) began the Battle of Arawe against Japanese forces on New Britain as a diversion before a larger landing at Cape Gloucester.

December 15th, 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.

December 15th, 1890

Sitting Bull, a Hunkpapa Lakota leader, was killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation in South Dakota by U.S. Indian agency police.

December 15th, 1882

Maolra Seoighe was wrongly convicted and hanged for the Maamtrasna murders following a trial in a language he could not understand.

December 15th, 1871

Sixteen-year-old Ella Stewart sent the first telegraphed message from Arizona Territory.

December 15th, 1864

American Civil War: Union troops defeated the Army of Tennessee, one of the largest Confederate forces, at the Battle of Nashville.

December 15th, 1791

The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, collectively known as the Bill of Rights, were ratified.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 15th

Born on December 15th, 1906

52

Edmond Debeaumarché

French Resistance member

*December 15th, 1906, Dijon †March 28th, 1959, Suresnes

117

Gustav Maier

German rower

*December 15th, 1906, Mannheim

85

George Whelan Anderson, Jr.

United States admiral (1906-1992)

*December 15th, 1906, Brooklyn †March 20th, 1992, McLean

61

Joseph MacDonald

American cinematographer (1906-1968)

*December 15th, 1906, Mexico City †May 26th, 1968, Woodland Hills

93

Shizuka Yamamuro

Japanese translator (1906-2000)

*December 15th, 1906, Tottori †March 23rd, 2000

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Who's birthday is on December 15th?

87

Paul Schmitthenner

German architect; Judges' Trial affiant

*December 15th, 1884, Lauterbourg †November 11th, 1972, Munich

27

Jenifer Brening

German singer

*December 15th, 1996, Zehlendorf

104

Oscar Niemeyer

Brazilian architect (1907-2012)

*December 15th, 1907, Rio de Janeiro †December 5th, 2012, Rio de Janeiro

30

Alina Eremia

Romanian pop singer and actress

*December 15th, 1993, Buftea

78

Michael Bogdanov

British theatre director

*December 15th, 1938, Neath †April 16th, 2017, Greece

75

Ray Eames

American artist, designer, and filmmaker

*December 15th, 1912, Sacramento †August 21st, 1988, Los Angeles

46

Gong Zhichao

Badminton player

*December 15th, 1977, Anhua County

86

Günter Siebert

German footballer (1930–2017)

*December 15th, 1930, Kassel †June 16th, 2017, Eckernförde

75

Betty Smith

American author (1896–1972)

*December 15th, 1896, Brooklyn †January 17th, 1972, Shelton

99

Albert Memmi

French writer of Tunisian-Jewish origin

*December 15th, 1920, Tunis †May 22nd, 2020, 4th arrondissement of Paris

74

Don Johnson

American actor and singer (born 1949)

*December 15th, 1949, Flat Creek

91

Gustave Eiffel

French chemical engineer and architect

*December 15th, 1832, Dijon †December 27th, 1923, Paris

57

L. L. Zamenhof

Polish-Jewish pysician and inventor of Esperanto (1859-1917)

*December 15th, 1859, Białystok †April 14th, 1917, Warsaw

94

Ferenc Farkas

Hungarian musician (1905-2000)

*December 15th, 1905, Nagykanizsa †October 10th, 2000, Budapest

87

Maurice Wilkins

New Zealand-born English physicist and biologist

*December 15th, 1916, Pongaroa †October 5th, 2004, Blackheath

71

Julie Taymor

American film and theatre director

*December 15th, 1952, Newton

55

Henri Becquerel

French physicist

*December 15th, 1852, Paris †August 25th, 1908, manoir de Pen Castel

85

Rellys

French actor

*December 15th, 1905, Marseille †July 20th, 1991, 9th arrondissement of Marseille

81

Yvonne Monlaur

French actress (1935-2017)

*December 15th, 1935, Pau †April 18th, 2017, Neuilly-sur-Seine

37

Keylor Navas

Costa Rican association football player

*December 15th, 1986, Cartago

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Born in 1906

92

Joan Hickson

British actress

*August 5th, 1906, Kingsthorpe †October 17th, 1998, Wivenhoe

75

Friedrich Karl Kaul

German screenwriter

*February 21st, 1906, Poznań †April 16th, 1981, East Berlin

78

Gian Töndury

(1906-1985)

*March 17th, 1906, Samedan †March 15th, 1985, Zürich

73

Hans von Aulock

German private banker, coin collector and numismatist

*November 27th, 1906, Oława †November 23rd, 1980, Ankara

67

Bernhard Rösler

German entrepreneur

*June 9th, 1906, Essen †December 2nd, 1973, Düsseldorf

75

Leonid Brezhnev

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1906–1982)

*December 19th, 1906, Kamyanske †November 10th, 1982, Zareche

53

Jacques Becker

French screenwriter and film director (1906-1960)

*September 15th, 1906, 1st arrondissement of Paris †February 21st, 1960, 16th arrondissement of Paris

98

Hans Bethe

German-American nuclear physicist

*July 2nd, 1906, Strasbourg †March 6th, 2005, Ithaca

69

Hannah Arendt

German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)

*October 14th, 1906, Lindener Marktplatz 2, Hannover †December 4th, 1975, Upper West Side

58

Diana Wynyard

English actress (1906-1964)

*January 16th, 1906, London †May 13th, 1964, London

95

Léopold Sédar Senghor

First president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist (1906–2001)

*October 9th, 1906, Joal-Fadiouth †December 20th, 2001, Verson

71

Kurt Gödel

Austrian-American logician, mathematician, and philosopher of mathematics (1906-1978)

*April 28th, 1906, Brno †January 14th, 1978, Princeton

68

Josephine Baker

American-born French dancer, singer and actress (1906–1975)

*June 3rd, 1906, St. Louis †April 12th, 1975, Paris

100

Bruce Bennett

American actor (1906–2007)

*May 19th, 1906, Tacoma †February 24th, 2007, Los Angeles

30

Matthias Auckenthaler

Austrian mountaineer

*January 27th, 1906, Mutters †June 21st, 1936, Leutasch

79

Hermione Baddeley

British character actress of theatre, film and television (1906-1986)

*November 13th, 1906, Broseley †August 19th, 1986, Los Angeles

91

Henny Youngman

American comedian (1906-1998)

*March 16th, 1906, Liverpool †February 24th, 1998, Manhattan

61

Puyi

Last Emperor of Qing dynasty and Manchukuo (1906–1967)

*February 7th, 1906, Prince Chun Mansion †October 17th, 1967, Peking Union Medical College Hospital

81

Hans Ils

German politician (1906-1988)

*May 12th, 1906, Weißenhorn †March 25th, 1988, Freiburg im Breisgau

69

Luchino Visconti

Italian theatre, opera and cinema director (1906–1976)

*November 2nd, 1906, Milan †March 17th, 1976, Rome

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Public holidays on December 15th

Fixed holidays (Bill of Rights Day , Christian feast day) which are celebrated on December 15th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1906 is a normal year and no leap year.

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