Born on 15 December 1959

At A Glance

15 December 1959 at a glance

Day of the week

15 December 1959 was a Tuesday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“Joey's Song / Ooh! Look-a-There, Ain't She Pretty?” by Bill Haley & His Comets was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.

Top Film of 1959

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1959 was Ben-Hur.

Star sign

The star sign for 15 December is Sagittarius.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 15 December 1959 fell in the Year of the Pig.

Birthstone

The birthstone for December is Turquoise.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 15 December 1959 was Full Moon.

On this day: 15 December

• 1945 Occupation of Japan/Shinto Directive: General Douglas MacArthur orders that Shinto be abolished as the state religion of Japan.
• 1960 King Mahendra of Nepal suspends the country's constitution, dissolves parliament, dismisses the cabinet, and imposes direct rule.
• 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.
• 1970 Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 successfully lands on Venus. It is the first successful soft landing on another planet.
• 1973 The American Psychiatric Association votes 13–0 to remove homosexuality from its official list of psychiatric disorders, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.

Famous people born on 15 December

• Don Johnson, American actor (born 1949)
• Adam Brody, American actor (born 1979)
• Ronnie Radke, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1983)
• Nero, Roman emperor (born 37)

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