Today is Wednesday, December 15, the 349th day of 2010. There are 16 days left in the year.
1488 ― Bartholomeus Diaz returns to Portugal after sailing round Cape of Good Hope
1877 ― Thomas Edison patents phonograph
1893 ― Dvorak’s ``From the New World" premieres at Carnegie Hall NYC
1949 ― Albert Camus' ``Les Justes" premieres in Paris
1952 ― Christine Jorgenson is first person to undergo a sex-change operation
1959 ― Everly Brothers record ``Let It Be Me"
1961 ― Adolf Eichmann convicted of crimes against humanity in Israel
1970 ― South Korean ferry Namyong-Ho sinks in Strait of Korea, 308 killed
1988 ― Lori Davis of Long Island sues Mike Tyson for grabbing her buttocks
1993 ― GATT Uruguay Round completed