December 15 Holidays

✡️ Religious Observances

• Islamic: Urs of Hadhrat Shaykh Moīn al-Dīn Chishti (ق) major

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 2014 — Man Haron Monis takes 18 hostages inside a café in Martin Place for 16 hours in Sydney. Monis and two hostages are killed when police... ↗
• 2013 — The South Sudanese Civil War begins when opposition leaders Dr. Riek Machar, Pagan Amum and Rebecca Nyandeng vote to boycott the meeting... ↗
• 2010 — A boat carrying 90 asylum seekers crashes into rocks off the coast of Christmas Island, Australia, killing 48 people. ↗
• 2005 — Introduction of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor into USAF active service. ↗
• 2001 — The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 spent to stabilize it, without fixing its famous lean. ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 1997 — Zach Banks, American race car driver
• 1997 — Magdalena Fręch, Polish tennis player
• 1988 — Steven N'Zonzi, French footballer
• 1986 — Kim Junsu, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1986 — Iveta Mazáčová, Czech sprinter