- 50th calendar week, 350th day of the year, 15 days left until the end of the year
- Zodiac sign: Sagittarius
- Name day: Adelheid, Ado, Sturm
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What happened on December 15th?
2022 – The Aquadom, a large aquarium with 1,500 fish, bursts in Berlin. A million liters of water flow from the destroyed 16 meter high glass cylinder into a hotel and onto the street. The first signs point to material fatigue.
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2021 – Six children die in an accident involving a bouncy castle in the Australian state of Tasmania. Wind blew the inflatable castle into the air at a school party in Devonport. The children fell into the depths.
2003 – The Hamburg University of the Bundeswehr is renamed “Helmut Schmidt University”.
2000 – The “ZDF Hit Parade” runs for the last time. After more than 30 years, the show is being discontinued due to declining ratings.
1986 – The first episode of “Großstadtrevier” goes on air in the third program of the Norddeutscher Rundfunk – one of the longest-running German TV series.
1978 – China and the USA want to establish diplomatic relations. This was announced by American President Jimmy Carter and Chinese Prime Minister Hua Guofeng.
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1948 – The Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) begins operations in Frankfurt to manage the funds from the Marshall Plan for reconstruction after the Second World War.
1773 – The American struggle for independence against the English mother country begins with the “Boston Tea Party”. Citizens dressed as Native Americans board English merchant ships in the harbor and throw the cargo overboard to protest against the tea tax.
1653 – With the adoption of the “Instrument of Government”, England’s first written constitution, Oliver Cromwell is given supreme power in the state as Lord Protector for life.
Celebrity Birthdays: Who was born on December 15th?
1988 – Mats Hummels (35), German footballer, national player since 2010
1963 – Bärbel Schäfer (60), German TV presenter (RTL talk show “Bärbel Schäfer”)
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1963 – Benjamin Bratt (60), American actor (TV series “Law and Order”, “Traffic – Power of the Cartel”)
1943 – Frank Göhre (80), German writer (“Zappa’s Last Hit”, “St. Pauli Night”)
1938 – Liv Ullmann (85), Norwegian actress (“Scenes from a Marriage”, “Autumn Sonata”, “The Snake Egg”)
Prominent death anniversaries: Who died on December 15th?
2022 – Hans-Peter Hallwachs, German actor, TV series “The Great Bellheim”, feature film “The Baader Meinhof Complex”, born 1938
2001 – Stefan Heym, German writer (“Five Days in June”, “Obituary”), member of the German Bundestag 1994-1995, born 1913
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