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December 15th, 1961:

An Israeli court sentences former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann to death for his role in the Holocaust during World War Two. He is hanged the following year - denying to the end his responsibility for the Nazis' mass killing of Jews in Europe.

1944:

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A single-engine plane carrying bandleader Glenn Miller disappears over the English Channel on its way to Paris.

Miller - at the time, a major in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War Two - was 40 years old.

1791:

The Bill of Rights takes effect - after Virginia ratifies the first ten Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

1890:

In South Dakota, Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull and 11 other tribe members are killed during a fight with Indian police.

1966:

Walt Disney - founder of an entertainment empire that lasts to this day - dies in Los Angeles at age 65.

And, 1939:

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Atlanta hosts the world premiere of "Gone With the Wind" - the movie based on Margaret Mitchell's novel.

Today in History, December 15th --- ___ ___, The Associated Press.