Tuesday, December 20, 2011

12/20/12

What was happening on December 15 in history???

1791 - The Bill of Rights was ratified this day in Virginia. The Bill of Rights is comprised of the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.


1939 - The cinema spectacular, "Gone With the Wind", premiered at Loew’s Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia.

1962 - Bob Cousy of the Boston Celtics set a National Basketball Association record as he made his 5,926th field goal.


1995 - The leaders of the European Union were gathered in Madrid to discuss the shape of a single European currency. They decided on a name for it: the "Euro".

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