Today in History: December 15
The Bill of Rights became the bedrock of American civil liberties on this day in 1791.
In 1890, Hunkpapa Lakota Chief Sitting Bull and 11 other tribe members were killed.
In 1939, the Civil War motion picture epic “Gone with the Wind,” premiered in Atlanta.
In 2011, the flag used by U.S. forces in Iraq was lowered marking the formal end of an unnecessary war.
In 2013, Nelson Mandela was laid to rest in his childhood hometown of Qunu.