Today in History: December 15th, 2025 - Significant Events and Birthdays
Today is December 15th, 2025, marking the 349th day of the year with only 16 days remaining. On this day in history, the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, was put into effect after being ratified by Virginia. In 1890, Hunkpapa Lakota Chief Sitting Bull and 11 other tribe members were killed in South Dakota. The iconic film "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta in 1939. Bandleader Glenn Miller went missing over the English Channel in 1944. The Silver Bridge between Ohio and West Virginia collapsed in 1967, resulting in 46 fatalities. In 2011, the U.S. military mission in Iraq officially ended, with a ceremony at a Baghdad airport. Nelson Mandela was laid to rest in a state funeral in 2013, and in 2016, Dylann Roof was convicted of the racist killings of nine Black church members in South Carolina. Today's birthdays include singer Cindy Birdsong, rock musician Dave Clark, baseball Hall of Fame manager Jim Leyland, actor Don Johnson, and many others.