14 December 1961 Tanzania joins the United Nations

Tanzania was created as a merger of Tanganyika and the Zanzibar Archipelago, both of which were under British rule until independence.

Wall of Death in Rajkot, India, 1970s

Olivia Hussey, 1968

15 December #BirthsOnThisDay, December 15

1986 Junsu
South Korean singer-songwriter, actor

1979 Eric Young
Canadian wrestler

1928 Friedensreich Hundertwasser
Austrian/New Zealand painter, architect, designed the Kuchlbauer Tower, Waldspirale

1907 Oscar Niemeyer
Brazilian architect, designed the United Nations Headquarters, Cathedral of Brasília

37 Nero
Roman Emperor

An Armenian woman that had been forcibly tattooed after being taken into captivity. The tattoo symbolized assimilation into their new Kurdish or Bedouin household during the genocide of 1915 - 1923.

Santa Claus during the Croatian War of Independence. Yugoslavia, 1991

Execution of torturers from KL Stutthof in Gdansk, July 4, 1946.

1968 Chevrolet Caprice Wagon

16 December 2010 Last episode of Larry King Live aired

After 25 years of being on TV, the last episode of Larry King Live, one of CNN's most watched TV program was aired. While the official end date for the talk show was December 16, an episode on cancer was aired two days later on December 18. It was replaced by Piers Morgan Tonight.

16 December 1971 End of Indo-Pakistani War

The third major conflict between the two countries was fought because of India's support of Bangladesh's War of Liberation. The war ended only after 13 days and with the creation of the independent state of Bangladesh.

16 December 1991 Kazakhstan independence

The Central Asian country was the last Soviet republic to declare its independence.

Marcus Wayne Chenault Jr., who killed the mother of Martin Luther King Jr. at a Sunday service in Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta in 1974. He was arrested for Alberta's murder and the murder of church deacon Edward Boykin.

18 December 1966 Richard Walker discovers Epimetheus

One of Saturn's 150 natural satellites or moons, Epimetheus shares its orbit with another moon, Janus. Saturn's largest moon is Titan, which is the only natural satellite in the Solar System with an atmosphere.

#DeathsOnThisDay, December 18

2011 Václav Havel
Czech politician, 1st President of the Czech Republic

2008 Mark Felt
American agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

2006 Joseph Barbera
American animator, director, producer, co-founded Hanna-Barbera

1980 Alexei Kosygin
Soviet politician

1892 Richard Owen
English biologist

18 December 1912 Discovery of the Piltdown Man announced

The announcement by British archeologist Charles Dawson at a conference of the Geological Society of London was received with very little skepticism in the field of paleoanthropology. The discovery of fossilized remains of an unidentified human ancestor in Piltdown, East Sussex, England, was thought to have provided valuable clues about human evolution. It wasn't until 1953 that the Piltdown Man was discovered to be a hoax - with the skull consisting of the jawbones of an orangutan and the cranium of an adult human being.

19 December 2012 First female President of South Korea elected

Park Geun-hye is the eleventh President of South Korea and also holds the distinction of being the first female head of state in Northeast Asia. She assumed office in February 2013.

Crocodile hunting in Egypt, 1870s

Lady Diana Spencer in November 1980, two months after her relationship with Prince Charles was revealed by the press.

Zulu tribesman pulls a tourist in a pedicab in Durban, Union of South Africa. Photo by Melville Chater, 1930’s.

Queen Elizabeth II in 1957