Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 15
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- 533 - Forces led by Belisarius defeated Gelimer and the Vandals at the Battle of Ticameron, completing the "Reconquest of North Africa" under Byzantine Emperor Justinian I.
- 1256 - The Hashshashin stronghold at Alamut in present-day Iran was captured and destroyed by Hulagu Khan and the Mongols.
- 1791 - The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, collectively known as the United States Bill of Rights, were ratified.
- 1891 - James Naismith invented basketball.
- 1914 - World War I: The Battle of Łódź between Russia and Germany ended.
- 1994 - Netscape Navigator 1.0 was first released.
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