December 15th, 1961, an Israeli court sentences former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann to death for his role in the holocaust during World War II. He is hanged the following year, denying to the end his responsibility for the Nazi’s mass killing of Jews in Europe.

1944, a single-engine plane carrying bandleader Glenn Miller disappears over the English Channel on its way to Paris. Miller at that time, a major in U.S Army Air Forces during World War II, was 40 years old.

1791, the Bill of Rights takes effect after Virginia ratifies the first Ten Amendments to the U.S Constitution.

1890, in South Dakota, Sioux Indian Chief  and eleven other tribe members are killed during a fight with Indian police.

1966, Walt Disney, founder of an entertainment empire that lasted to this day dies in Los Angeles at age, 65.

And 1939, Atlanta host the world premiere of “Gone with the Wind”. The movie based on Margaret Mitchell’s novel.

Today in history, December 15th. Sandy Cozel, the Associated Press.

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