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Tuesday
December 15, 2026 — day 349 of 365
- Day of the year
- 349 of 365
- Week of the year
- 51
- Days left in 2026
- 16
The sky on December 15, 2026
Moon phase on December 15, 2026: Waxing Crescent
- Illumination
- 28.76%
- Moon age
- 5.32 days
- Sunrise
- 7:46 am
- Day length
- 9h 21m
- Sunset
- 5:07 pm
Times for Columbus, US (America/New_York), approximate
Date formats for December 15, 2026
- United States 12/15/2026 · December 15, 2026
- UK / Europe 15/12/2026 · 15 December 2026
- ISO 8601 2026-12-15
- Abbreviated Dec 15, 2026 · 15 Dec 2026
- Full format Tuesday, December 15th, 2026
This day in history — December 15
What happened on December 15
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1970
The Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 touched down on the surface of Venus, making the first successful landing of a spacecraft on another planet.
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1791
The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, collectively known as the Bill of Rights, were ratified.
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1965
Project Gemini: Gemini 6A, crewed by Wally Schirra and Thomas Stafford, is launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida. Four orbits later, it achieves the first space rendezvous, with Gemini 7.
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1939
The American historical epic film Gone With the Wind, adapted from Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize–winning novel of the same name, premiered in Atlanta, Georgia.
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1978
U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces that the United States will recognize the People's Republic of China and sever diplomatic relations with the Republic of China (Taiwan).
Famous births on December 15
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1832
Gustave Eiffel, French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower
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1907
Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect, designed the United Nations Headquarters and the Cathedral of Brasília
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1852
Henri Becquerel, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
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1933
Tim Conway, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
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1949
Don Johnson, American actor
Famous deaths on December 15
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1966
Walt Disney, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded The Walt Disney Company
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1675
Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter and educator
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1890
Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa Lakota tribal chief
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1944
Glenn Miller, American bandleader and composer
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2011
Christopher Hitchens, English-American essayist, literary critic, and journalist