"Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills."

"Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills."
Minna Antrim
American writer (1856-1950)
Today is Thursday, Dec. 15, the 349th day of 2005. There are 16 days left in the year. On this date in 1944, a single-engine plane carrying bandleader Glenn Miller disappears over the English Channel while en route to Paris.
In 1791, the Bill of Rights goes into effect following ratification by Virginia. In 1890, Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull and 11 other tribe members are killed in Grand River, S.D., during a fracas with Indian police. In 1916, the French defeat the Germans in the World War I battle of Verdun. In 1938, groundbreaking ceremonies for the Jefferson Memorial take place in Washington, D.C. In 1939, the motion picture "Gone With the Wind" has its world premiere in Atlanta. In 1944, American forces invade Mindoro Island in the Philippines. In 1961, former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann is sentenced to death by an Israeli court. In 1964, Canada's House of Commons approves dropping the "Red Ensign" flag in favor of a new design. In 1965, two U.S. manned spacecraft, Gemini 6 and Gemini 7, maneuver to within 10 feet of each other while in orbit. In 1979, the deposed Shah of Iran leaves the United States for Panama, the same day the International Court of Justice in The Hague rules that Iran should release all its American hostages.