December 15, 1791
The Bill of Rights became law when Virginia ratified the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
December 15, 1945
General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander of Allied Powers in the Pacific, brought an end to Shintoism as Japan’s established religion. Allied powers believed that a constitutional form of government could not be put into place as long as the Japanese people regarded the emperor as divine. Hirohito was forced to renounce his divine status and he was reduced to little more than a figurehead.
December 15, 1973
The American Psychiatric Association reversed its long-standing position and declared that homosexuality is not a mental illness and “…deplores all public and private discrimination in such areas as employment, housing, public accommodation…”
