"Today is Monday, Dec. 15, the 349th day of 2025. There are 16 days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 15, 1967, the Silver Bridge between Gallipolis (gal-ih-puh-LEES'), Ohio, and Point Pleasant, West Virginia, collapsed into the Ohio River, killing 46 people. Also on this date: In 1791, the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, went into effect following ratification by Virginia."
"In 1939, the Civil War motion picture epic Gone with the Wind, starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable, had its world premiere in Atlanta. In 1944, a single-engine plane carrying bandleader Glenn Miller, a major in the U.S. Army Air Forces, disappeared over the English Channel while en route to Paris. In 2011, the flag used by U.S. forces in Iraq was lowered in a Baghdad airport ceremony, marking the formal end of the American military mission in that country."
Dec. 15, 2025 is the 349th day of the year with 16 days remaining. The Silver Bridge between Gallipolis, Ohio, and Point Pleasant, West Virginia, collapsed into the Ohio River in 1967, killing 46 people. The Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, went into effect in 1791 after Virginia ratified them. Hunkpapa Lakota Chief Sitting Bull and 11 others were killed in 1890 during a confrontation with Indian agency police. Major cultural and wartime events on this date include the 1939 premiere of Gone with the Wind and Glenn Miller's 1944 disappearance. The U.S. military flag lowering in Iraq in 2011 marked the formal end of that mission.
#historical-anniversaries #silver-bridge-collapse #bill-of-rights-1791 #nelson-mandelanational-mourning #iraq-war-end-2011
Read at www.mercurynews.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]