WHAT HAPPENED ON 15. DECEMBER
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World War II: The Battle of Arawe begins during the New Britain Campaign. (15. December 1943)

Occupation of Japan: General Douglas MacArthur orders that Shinto be abolished as the state religion of Japan. (15. December 1945)

U.S.-backed Iranian troops evict the leadership of the breakaway Republic of Mahabad, putting an end to the Iran crisis of 1946. (15. December 1946)

The first election to the Representative Assembly of French India was held. (15. December 1946)

The Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands is signed. (15. December 1954)

Richard Pavlick is arrested for plotting to assassinate U.S. President-Elect John F. Kennedy. (15. December 1960)

King Mahendra of Nepal suspends the country's constitution, dissolves parliament, dismisses the cabinet, and imposes direct rule. (15. December 1960)

Adolf Eichmann is sentenced to death after being found guilty by an Israeli court of 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people, and membership of an outlawed organization. (15. December 1961)

Project Gemini: Gemini 6A, crewed by Wally Schirra and Thomas Stafford, is launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida. Four orbits later, it achieves the first space rendezvous, with Gemini 7. (15. December 1965)

The Silver Bridge over the Ohio River collapses, killing 46 people. (15. December 1967)

Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 successfully land on Venus. It is the first successful soft landing on another planet (15. December 1970)

The South Korean ferry Namyong Ho capsizes in the Korea Strait, killing over 300 people. (15. December 1970)

John Paul Getty III, grandson of American billionaire J. Paul Getty, is found alive near Naples, Italy, after being kidnapped by an Italian gang on July 10. (15. December 1973)

The American Psychiatric Association votes 13–0 to remove homosexuality from its official list of psychiatric disorders, the DSM-II. (15. December 1973)

Western Samoa becomes a member of the United Nations. (15. December 1976)

The oil tanker MV Argo Merchant runs aground near Nantucket, Massachusetts, causing one of the worst marine oil spills in history. (15. December 1976)

U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will recognize the People's Republic of China and sever diplomatic relations with Taiwan (15. December 1978)

A suicide car bombing targeting the Iraqi embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, levels the embassy and kills 61 people, including Iraq's ambassador to Lebanon. The attack is considered the first modern suicide bombing. (15. December 1981)

The Troubles: The Downing Street Declaration is issued by British Prime Minister John Major and Irish Taoiseach Albert Reynolds. (15. December 1993)

Palau becomes a member of the United Nations. (15. December 1994)