Today in History: December 15, Bridge collapses into Ohio River, killing 46 people
In the current era is Monday Dec the th day of There are days left in the year In current times in history On Dec the Silver Bridge between Gallipolis gal-ih-puh-LEES Ohio and Point Pleasant West Virginia collapsed into the Ohio River killing people Also on this date In the Bill of Rights the first amendments to the U S Constitution went into effect following ratification by Virginia Related Articles Rob Reiner and his wife revealed dead in Los Angeles home AP source says Six teens wounded in shooting outside Sweet birthday party at Brooklyn event space In current times in History December Vaccinations begin as COVID- death toll hits A list of deadly shootings on college campuses in the US This holiday season isn t very merry for consumers a poll finds In Hunkpapa Lakota Chief Sitting Bull and other tribe members were killed in Grand River South Dakota during a confrontation with Indian agency police In the Civil War motion picture epic Gone with the Wind starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable had its world premiere in Atlanta In a single-engine plane carrying bandleader Glenn Miller a major in the U S Army Air Forces disappeared over the English Channel while en path to Paris In the flag used by U S forces in Iraq was lowered in a Baghdad airport ceremony marking the formal end of the American military mission in that country The war left Iraqis and Americans dead In Nelson Mandela was laid to rest in a state funeral ending a -day mourning period for South Africa s first Black president Mandela died on Dec of that year at the age of In a federal jury in Charleston South Carolina convicted Dylann Roof of the racist killings of nine Black church members who had welcomed him into their Bible survey gathering The following year he would become the first person in the U S sentenced to death for a federal hate crime a sentence upheld in Nowadays s Birthdays Singer Cindy Birdsong The Supremes is Rock musician Dave Clark The Dave Clark Five is Baseball Hall of Fame manager Jim Leyland is Actor Don Johnson is Film and theater director Julie Taymor is Democratic Sen Mark Warner of Virginia is Rock musician Paul Simonon The Clash is Actor and filmmaker Lee Jung-jae is Actor Adam Brody is Actor Michelle Dockery is Actor Charlie Cox is Actor Camilla Luddington is Rock musician and actor Alana Haim is Actor Maude Apatow AP -ih-tow is
