December 15: From Assassinations to Ice Cream Cones

December 15th has been a day of triumphs and tragedies throughout history. In 533, the Byzantine general Belisarius secured victory over the Vandals at the Battle of Tricamarum during the Vandalic War. In 1890, the Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull was killed, an event that led to the Wounded Knee Massacre. In more positive events, December 15, 1791, marked the day the U.S. Bill of Rights became law. Fast forward to 1903 when Italo Marchiony received a patent for an ice cream cone-making machine. Later, in 1939, the world premiere of the highest inflation-adjusted grossing film Gone With the Wind took place. December 15th is also the birthday of many notable figures such as Nero, Gustave Eiffel, L.L. Zamenhof, and Walt Disney. It is also a day of remembrance, marking the deaths of Johannes Vermeer, Sitting Bull, Fats Waller, Glenn Miller, and Walt Disney. Tune in to learn more about the fascinating people and events that make up the history of December 15th!