Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/December 15

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[edit] Births

• 37 - Nero, Roman Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty (d. 68)
• 1832 - Gustave Eiffel, French engineer and architect (Eiffel tower) (d. 1923) (pictured)
• 1892 - J. Paul Getty, American oil tycoon (d. 1976)
• 1942 - Dave Clark, British musician (The Dave Clark Five)

[edit] Deaths

• 1675 - Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter (b. 1632)
• 1890 - Sitting Bull, Sioux nation leader (b. circa 1831)
• 1944? - Glenn Miller, American musician (b. 1904)
• 1966 - Walt Disney, American animator (b. 1901)