SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2007

Today is Saturday, December 15, the 349th day of 2007. There are 16 days left in the year.

687 _ St. Sergius I begins his reign as Catholic pope succeeding Conon

1582 _ Spain/Netherlands/Denmark/Norway adopt Gregorian calendar

1680 _ Tax revolt on Terschelling due to tax on cereal

1877 _ Thomas Edison patents phonograph

1939 _ World premiere of ``Gone With The Wind" in Atlanta

1944 _ U.S. Congress gives Gen. Eisenhower his fifth star

1970 _ South Korean ferry Namyong-ho sinks in the Strait of Korea, 308 killed

1979 _ World Court in Hague rules Iran should release all U.S. hostages