Talk:December 15

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December 15 American forces at the Battle of Arawe 1796 – War of the First Coalition: The French navy launched an expedition to Ireland to assist the Society of United Irishmen in a rebellion against the British. 1871 – Sixteen-year-old Ella Stewart sent the first telegraphed message from Arizona Territory. 1943 – World War II: Australian and American forces (pictured) began the Battle of Arawe against Japanese forces on New Britain as a diversion before a larger landing at Cape Gloucester. 1970 – The Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 touched down on the surface of Venus, making the first successful landing of a spacecraft on another planet. 2013 – The South Sudanese Civil War began when three opposition leaders voted to boycott the meeting of the National Liberation Council in Juba. Izaak Walton (d. 1683) Arthur Dehon Little (b. 1863) John Meurig Thomas (b. 1932) León Febres Cordero (d. 2008) More anniversaries: December 14 December 15 December 16

Zamenhof's nationality

This page states that Zamenhof, was a Russian born on this date. He was born in Poland although at the time Poland was part of the Russian Empire. Should this be noted on this page, or is the link to the article about Zamenhof which includes this information suficient? Silverclodhopper 04:51, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi Silverclodhopper. Generally speaking, the nationality listed with each entry represents the nationality to which that person aligns himself or herself to. I visited Zamenhof's page and could not get a clear idea of which nationality he aligned himself to, but if indeed it was Polish and not Russian, feel free to change it on this page. If this is just a technicality, it could go either way, though I would say to keep it at "Russian" since at the time, Zamehof's place of birth was considered to be Russia. Fabricationary 06:46, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Format Problem on This Page

In this page "1939 – Dave Clark, English musician and songwriterCite error: A (see the help page)."

Proposed correction :Adding a </ref> tag. Eason Y. Lu (talk) 02:14, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

This error appeared in the Brith - 1901–present section Eason Y. Lu (talk) 02:15, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

@Eason Y. Lu - thanks for pointing this out, I have now fixed it. Cheers, Kiwipete (talk) 04:52, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

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