December 15

The fifteenth day of December.

Events

 * 1969: Albino Luciani, later Pope John Paul I, is appointed Patriarch of Venice by Pope Paul VI.
 * 2005: The appeal court panel appears critical in reversing the lower court decision to remove stickers from textbooks. These stickers state, "This textbook contains material on evolution. Evolution is a theory, not a fact, regarding the origin of living things. This material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully, and critically considered."

Births

 * 37: Roman Emperor Nero