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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_15" title="December 15">December 15</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1796" title="1796">1796</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_First_Coalition" title="War of the First Coalition">War of the First Coalition</a>: The French navy launched <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_expedition_to_Ireland_(1796)" title="French expedition to Ireland (1796)">an expedition to Ireland</a></b> to assist the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_United_Irishmen" title="Society of United Irishmen">Society of United Irishmen</a> in a rebellion against the British.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1871" title="1871">1871</a> – Sixteen-year-old <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Stewart_Udall" title="Ella Stewart Udall">Ella Stewart</a></b> sent the first telegraphed message from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona_Territory" title="Arizona Territory">Arizona Territory</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943" title="1943">1943</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: Australian and American forces began the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Arawe" title="Battle of Arawe">Battle of Arawe</a></b> against Japanese forces on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Britain" title="New Britain">New Britain</a> as a diversion before a larger landing at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Gloucester_(Papua_New_Guinea)" title="Cape Gloucester (Papua New Guinea)">Cape Gloucester</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970" title="1970">1970</a> – The Soviet spacecraft <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera_7" title="Venera 7">Venera 7</a></b> touched down on the surface of Venus, making the first successful <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_landings_on_extraterrestrial_bodies" title="List of landings on extraterrestrial bodies">landing of a spacecraft on another planet</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013" title="2013">2013</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Sudanese_Civil_War" title="South Sudanese Civil War">South Sudanese Civil War</a></b> began when three opposition leaders voted to boycott the meeting of the National Liberation Council in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juba" title="Juba">Juba</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izaak_Walton" title="Izaak Walton">Izaak Walton</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1683); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Dehon_Little" title="Arthur Dehon Little">Arthur Dehon Little</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1863); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Meurig_Thomas" title="John Meurig Thomas">John Meurig Thomas</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1932); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C3%B3n_Febres_Cordero" title="León Febres Cordero">León Febres Cordero</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2008)</p>
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