December 14
December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 17 days remaining.
Events
- 867 - Adrian II becomes Pope
- 872 - John VIII becomes Pope
- 1287 - Zuider Zee sea wall collapses, killing over 50,000 people
- 1790 - Alexander Hamilton proposes creation of a Bank of the United States
- 1819 - Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state
- 1900 - Max Planck publishes his study of the quantum theory
- 1902 - First telegraph cable laid across the Pacific Ocean
- 1911 - First expedition reaches the South Pole, led by Roald Amundsen
- 1927 - Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom
- 1939 - USSR expelled from the League of Nations
- 1946 - UN General Assembly votes to establish its headquarters in New York City
- 1947 - NASCAR founded
- 1964 - Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States 379 US 241 1964 decided by U.S. Supreme Court
- 1981 - Israel annexes the Golan Heights
- 2000 - The Texas 7 robs a Radio Shack in Pearland, Texas. They stole police scanners that would be used in their following infamous heist.
- 2003 - The news of the former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's capture is finally announced.
Births
- 1503 - Nostradamus, astrologer and mathematician († 1566)
- 1546 - Tycho Brahe, astronomer († 1601)
- 1640 (baptism date) - Aphra Behn, playwright, novelist († 1689)
- 1824 - Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, painter († 1898)
- 1866 - Roger Fry, artist, art critic
- 1870 - Karl Renner, politician and President of Austria 1945-1950 († 1950)
- 1896 - King George VI of the United Kingdom (+ 1952)
- 1896 - Jimmy Doolittle American World War II General († 1993)
- 1897 - Margaret Chase Smith, American politician
- 1902 - Frances Bavier, actress († 1989)
- 1908 - Morey Amsterdam, comedian, actor († 1996)
- 1909 - Edward Tatum, geneticist († 1975)
- 1911 - Spike Jones, comedian, musician († 1965)
- 1913 - Dan Dailey, actor (+ 1978)
- 1914 - Karl Carstens, politician and President of Germany 1979-1984 († 1992)
- 1919 - Shirley Jackson, writer († 1965)
- 1923 - Gerard Reve, Dutch writer
- 1932 - Charlie Rich, country music performer († 1995)
- 1935 - Lee Remick, actress († 1991)
- 1938 - Leonardo Boff, theologian
- 1939 - Ernie Davis, American football star († 1963)
- 1946 - Patty Duke, actress
- 1946 - Jane Birkin, actress
- 1946 - Michael Ovitz, film producer
- 1948 - Marianne Fritz, writer
- 1962 - Ginger Lynn Allen, pornographic film actress
- 1979 - Michael Owen, football star
Deaths
- 1542 - James V of Scotland
- 1788 - Charles III of Spain
- 1799 - George Washington, first President of the United States
- 1861 - Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria
- 1873 - Louis Agassiz, zoologist, geologist
- 1963 - Dinah Washington, singer
- 1964 - William Bendix, actor
- 1985 - Roger Maris, Baseball Hall of Famer
- 1989 - Andrei D. Sakharov, physicist, Soviet dissident
- 1990 - Friedrich Dürrenmatt, writer
- 1993 - Myrna Loy, actress
- 1998 - Norman Fell, actor
Holidays and observances
See Also:
December 13 - December 15 - November 14 - January 14 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December