Today is Monday, December 15, the 350th day of 2008. There are 16 days left in the year.
1488 _ Bartholomeus Diaz returns to Portugal after sailing round Cape of Good Hope
1582 _ Spanish Netherlands/Denmark/Norway adopt Gregorian calendar
1877 _ Thomas Edison patents phonograph
1893 _ Dvorak ``From the New World" premieres at Carnegie Hall, NYC
1939 _ World premiere of ``Gone With The Wind" in Atlanta, Ga.
1959 _ Everly Brothers record ``Let It Be Me"
1961 _ Adolf Eichmann convicted of crimes against humanity in Israel
1964 _ First time four people in space
1970 _ South Korean ferry Namyong-Ho sinks in Strait of Korea, 308 killed
1979 _ World Court in Hague rules Iran should release all U.S. hostages