December 15 in San Antonio history…

1917
Johnny Reynolds, “The Human Fly,” a steeplejack and building climber of nationwide reputation, held a great throng breathless today as he scaled the Wolff and Marx Building.  On reaching the roof, he took a chair and sat on the edge.  He then climbed the flagpole and balanced himself across the knob surmounting the pole.  Johnny, now a soldier at Kelly Field, was advertising the minstrel show which the men of the aviation section will present at the Empire Theater January 9.

1938
“America’s Sweetheart” and “America’s Boyfriend,” Mary Pickford and Buddy Rogers, make a brief stop at Stinson Field on a trip from Mexico to New Orleans.  Rogers was the star of “Wings” filmed in and around San Antonio and the winner of the first “Best Picture” Academy Award in 1927.

1999
The Wolff family sells the Sun Harvest grocery chain for $21.5 million.