December 15: Kingdom Day in Aruba, Curaçao, the Netherlands, and Sint Maarten (1954); Zamenhof Day in Esperanto culture
F-22A Raptor
- 1161 – Emperor Hailing of the Jin dynasty was assassinated in a military camp near the Yangtze River front following Jin losses in the Battle of Caishi.
- 1467 – Troops under Stephen III of Moldavis defeated the forces of Matthias Corvinus of Hungary in present-day Baia, Romania.
- 1943 – World War II: American and Australian forces began the Battle of Arawe as a diversion before a larger landing at Cape Gloucester on New Britain.
- 1995 – The European Court of Justice handed down the Bosman ruling, allowing footballers in the European Union to freely transfer from one UEFA Federation to another at the end of their contracts.
- 2005 – The F-22 Raptor (pictured), a stealth fighter aircraft that the United States Air Force claimed is unmatched by any known or projected fighter, entered into service despite a protracted and costly development period.
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