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A bit of December 15th history…
1488 - Bartolomeu Dias returns to Portugal after becoming 1st known European to sail around the Cape of Good Hope
1612 - German astronomer Simon Marius is 1st to observe Andromeda galaxy through a telescope
1791 - US Bill of Rights ratified, becomes amendments 1-10 of US Constitution
1939 - “Gone With the Wind” premieres
1944 - Glenn Miller, band leader, lost over English Channel
1973 - American Psychiatric Association declares homosexuality is not a mental illness
1979 - Chris Haney and Scott Abbot develop board game Trivial Pursuit
2018 - Egyptian archaeologists announce discovery of 4,400 year old tomb of 5th Dynasty priest in Saqqara pyramid complex near Cairo (pictured)
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