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Events [ ] 1287 - St. Lucia's flood : The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses, killing over 50,000 people.1542 - Princess Mary Stuart becomes Queen Mary I of Scotland .1702 (according to the old calendar ; January 30 , 1703 by the new calendar) - The Forty-seven Ronin , under the command of Ōishi Kuranosuke , avenged the death of their master.1751 - The Theresian Military Academy was founded as the first Military Academy in the world.1789 - Dartmouth College is chartered by King George III of England .1782 - Montgolfier brothers first balloon lifted on its very first test flight.1799 - Death of George Washington , first president of the United States .1819 - Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state .1825 - Advocates of Liberalism in Russia rise up against Tsar Nicholas I and are put down in the Decembrist Revolt in St. Petersburg .1836 - The Toledo War unofficially ended.1896 - The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.1900 - Quantum Mechanics : Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law .1902 - The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from Ocean Beach to Honolulu .1903 - The Wright Brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer Kitty Hawk . It crashes, and 3 days later, after repairs, they get it to fly.1907 - The schooner Thomas W. Lawson Scilly Isles in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.1911 - Roald Amundsen 's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland , Helmer Hanssen , Sverre Hassel , and Oscar Wisting , becomes the first to reach the South Pole .1914 - Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressist Party (Partido Demócrata Progresista , PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires .1918 - Friedrich Karl von Hessen , a German prince elected by the Parliament of Finland to become King Väinö I , renounces the Finnish throne .1939 - Winter War : The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations .1941 - German military commander of Kharkiv , Ukraine issued an order, according to which the Jewish population was to move to the city periphery within 2 days, into the barracks of the works of a machine factory. In the next days 15,000 Jews were shot at Drobitsky Yar .1941 - World War II : Japan signs treaty of alliance with Thailand .
1946 - The UN General Assembly votes to establish its headquarters in New York City .1947 - The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR ) is founded in Daytona Beach .1955 - Albania , Austria , Bulgaria , Finland , Hungary , Ireland , Italy , Jordan , Laos , Portugal , Romania and Spain join the United Nations .1958 - The 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition becomes the first-ever to reach The Pole of Relative Inaccessibility in the Antarctic .1959 - The Motown record label is founded in Detroit by Berry Gordy .1962 - NASA 's Mariner 2 spacecraft to fly by Venus .1964 - American Civil Rights Movement : Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States United States Supreme Court rules that the U.S. Congress can use its Commerce Clause power to fight discrimination.1972 - Apollo program : Eugene Cernan is the last person to walk on the moon, after he and Harrison Schmitt complete the third and final Extra-vehicular activity (EVA) of Apollo 17 . This was the last manned mission to the moon of the 20th century.1979 - Legendary punk rock group The Clash release London Calling 1981 - Arab-Israeli conflict : Israel 's Knesset passes The Golan Heights Law , extending Israeli law to the area of the Golan Heights .1995 - Yugoslav Wars : The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris by leaders of various governments.2003 - President of Pakistan Pervez Musharaf narrowly escapes an assassination attempt.2004 - The Millau viaduct , the highest bridge in the world, near Millau , France is officially opened.Births [ ] 1009 - Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (d. 1045 )1503 - Nostradamus , French astrologer (d. 1566 )1546 - Tycho Brahe , Danish astronomer and alchemist (d. 1601 )1625 - Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville , French orientalist (d. 1695 )1631 - Anne Conway , English philosopher (d. 1679 )1640 - (baptism date) - Aphra Behn , English playwright and novelist (d. 1689 )1678 - Daniel Neal , English historian (d. 1743 )1720 - Justus Möser , German statesman (d. 1794 )1775 - Philander Chase , American founder of Kenyon College (d. 1852 )1775 - Thomas Cochrane , British admiral (d. 1860 )
1787 - Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este , Empress of Austria and queen of Hungary and Bohemia (d. 1816 )1824 - Pierre Puvis de Chavannes , French painter (d. 1898 )1866 - Roger Fry , British artist and art critic (d. 1934 )1870 - Karl Renner , President of Austria (d. 1950 )1881 - Katherine MacDonald , American actress and film producer (d. 1956 )1884 - Jane Cowl , American actress and playwright (d. 1950 )1895 - Paul Eluard , French poet (d. 1952 )1895 - King George VI of the United Kingdom (d. 1952 )
1896 - Jimmy Doolittle , American General (d. 1993 )1897 - Margaret Chase Smith , American politician (d. 1995 )1897 - Kurt Schuschnigg , Austrian politician (d. 1977 )
1902 - Frances Bavier , American actress (d. 1989 )1908 - Morey Amsterdam , American comedian and actor (d. 1996 )1908 - Claude Davey , Welsh rugby player
1908 - Mária Szepes , Hungarian authoress (d. 2007 )
1909 - Edward Tatum , American geneticist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975 )1911 - Spike Jones , American comedian and musician (d. 1965 )1913 - Dan Dailey , American actor (d. 1978 )1914 - Karl Carstens , President of Germany (d. 1992 )1914 - Attila Petschauer , Hungarian Olympic champion fencer (d. 1943 )
1914 - Rosalyn Tureck , American pianist and harpsichordist (d. 2003 )
1916 - Shirley Jackson , American writer (d. 1965 )1917 - C.-H. Hermansson , Swedish communist leader1918 - James T. Aubrey , American television executive (d. 1994 )1918 - B.K.S. Iyengar , Indian yoga advocate
1920 - Clark Terry , American trumpeter1922 - Nikolay Basov , Soviet-born Russian physicist and Noble Prize laureate (d. 2001 )1923 - Gerard Reve , Dutch writer1924 - Raj Kapoor , Indian actor (d. 1988 )1925 - Sam Jones , baseball player (d. 1971 )1927 - Richard Cassilly , American tenor (d.1998 )1931 - Jon Elia , Pakistani scholar, poet and philosopher (d. 2002 )1932 - Charlie Rich , American musician (d. 1995 )1932 - Abbe Lane , American singer and actress
1935 - Lee Remick , American actress (d. 1991 )1935 - Lewis Arquette , American film actor, writer and producer (d. 2001 )
1938 - Leonardo Boff , Brazilian theologian1941 - Ellen Willis , American journalist (d. 2006 )1941 - Karan Armstrong , American soprano
1946 - Jane Birkin , British-born actress1946 - Patty Duke , American actress
1946 - Michael Ovitz , American film producer
1946 - Stan Smith , American former tennis player
1946 - Ruth Fuchs , East German athlete
1947 - Christopher Parkening , American guitarist1947 - Linda Sutton , British artist
1948 - Lester Bangs , American music journalist (d. 1982 )1948 - Dee Wallace-Stone , American actress
1949 - Bill Buckner , American baseball player1949 - Cliff Williams , British-born bassist (AC/DC )
1951 - Jan Timman , Dutch chess grandmaster1953 - Vijay Amritraj , Indian former tennis player1953 - René Eespere , Soviet-born Estonian composer
1953 - Mikael Odenberg , Swedish politician
1954 - Alan Kulwicki , American race car driver (d. 1993 )1954 - James Horan , American actor
1954 - Steven MacLean , Canadian astronaut
1956 - Hanni Wenzel , Liechtenstein skier1957 - Gary Ferris , American author1958 - Mike Scott , British singer and songwriter (The Waterboys )1958 - Spider Stacy , English musician (The Pogues )
1959 - Jorge Vaca , Mexican boxer1960 - Bob Paris , American bodybuilder and gay rights advocate1962 - Ginger Lynn (Ginger Lynn Allen), American adult film actress1963 - Cynthia Gibb , American actress1965 - Craig Biggio , American baseball player1965 - Ken Hill , baseball player
1966 - Fabrizio Giovanardi , Italian racecar driver1966 - Bill Ranford , Canadian ice hockey player
1966 - Tim Skold , Swedish/American musician
1967 - Ewa Białołęcka , Polish writer1969 - Scott Hatteberg , American baseball player1970 - Anna Maria Jopek , Polish singer1970 - Beth Orton , English singer-songwriter
1971 - Natascha McElhone , British actress1972 - Marcus Jensen , baseball player1972 - Eric Anderson , American musical theatre actor
1973 - Tomasz Radzinski , Polish-born Canadian international footballer1973 - Tia Texada , American actress and singer
1973 - Thuy Trang , American actress (d. 2001 )
1974 - Billy Koch , baseball player1975 - Justin Furstenfeld , American rock singer1976 - Leland Chapman , bounty hunter, son of Duane "Dog" Chapman .1976 - André Couto , Portuguese racing driver
1976 - Santiago Ezquerro , Spanish football player
1977 - KaDee Strickland , American actress1978 - Kim St-Pierre , Canadian ice hockey player1978 - Radu Sârbu , singer (O-Zone )
1979 - Michael Owen , English footballer1979 - Sophie Monk , Australian actress, singer, and model
1980 - Frankie J , Spanish singer1980 - Tata Young , Thai-American singer
1981 - Amber Chia , Malaysian model and actress1981 - Emilie Heymans , Canadian diver
1981 - Johnny Jeter , American professional wrestler
1981 - Shaun Marcum , American baseball player
1982 - Josh Fields , American baseball player1982 - Steve Sidwell , English footballer
1982 - Anthony Way , British singer and actor
1984 - Chris Brunt , Northern Irish footballer1984 - Edward Rainsford , Zimbabwean cricketer
1985 - Tom Smith , Welsh Rugby Union Player1985 - Nonami Takizawa , Japanese actress
1988 - Nicolas Batum , French basketball player1988 - Vanessa Anne Hudgens , American actress
1989 - Pedro Roberto Silva Botelho , Brazilian footballer1995 - Princess Olimpia Preslavska of Bulgaria Deaths [ ] 1460 - Guarino da Verona , Italian humanist and translator (b. 1370 )1510 - Friedrich of Saxony (b. 1473 )1542 - King James V of Scotland (b. 1512 )1553 - Hanibal Lucić , Croatian writer (b. 1485 )1591 - Saint John of the Cross , Spanish friar and poet (b. 1542 )1624 - Charles Howard , English statesman (b. 1536 )1651 - Pierre Dupuy , French scholar (b. 1582 )1713 - Thomas Rymer , English historian (b. 1641 )1715 - Thomas Tenison , Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1636 )1735 - Thomas Tanner , English bishop and antiquarian (b. 1674 )1741 - Charles Rollin , French historian (b. 1661 )1788 - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach , German composer (b. 1714 )1788 - King Charles III of Spain (b. 1716 )
1799 - George Washington , first President of the United States (b. 1732 )1838 - Jean-Olivier Chénier , French Canadian physician and Patriote (b. 1806 )1860 - George Hamilton-Gordon , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1784 )1861 - Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , consort of Queen Victoria (b. 1819 )1865 - Johan Georg Forchhammer , Danish geologist (b. 1794 )1873 - Louis Agassiz , Swiss-born American zoologist and geologist (b. 1807 )1902 - Julia Grant , wife of President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant (b. 1826 )1927 - Yulian Vasilievich Sokhotski , Russian mathematician (b. 1842 )1935 - Stanley G. Weinbaum , American science-fiction author (b. 1902 )1947 - Stanley Baldwin , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1867 )1947 - Edward Higgins , General of The Salvation Army (b. 1864 )
1956 - Juho Kusti Paasikivi , president of Finland (b. 1870 )1963 - Dinah Washington , American singer (b. 1924 )1964 - William Bendix , American actor (b. 1906 )1970 - Franz Schlegelberger , German Nazi politician (b. 1876 )1971 - Dick Tiger , Nigerian-born boxer (b. 1929 )1978 - Salvador de Madariaga , Spanish diplomat, writer, historian and pacifist (b. 1886 )1984 - Vicente Aleixandre , Spanish writer and Nobel laureate (b. 1898 )1985 - Catherine Doherty , social justice activist (b. 1896 )1985 - Roger Maris , American baseball player (b. 1934 )
1989 - Andrei D. Sakharov , Russian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1921 )1990 - Friedrich Dürrenmatt , Swiss writer (b. 1921 )1993 - Myrna Loy , American actress (b. 1905 )1993 - Jeff Alm , American football player (b. 1968 )
1997 - Kurt Winter , Canadian musician (The Guess Who ) (b. 1946 )1997 - Stubby Kaye , American actor (b. 1918 )
1998 - Norman Fell , American actor (b. 1924 )1998 - Annette Strauss , American philanthropist (b. 1924 )
1998 - Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham , American civil rights activist and author (b. 1928 )
2003 - Jeanne Crain , American actress (b. 1925 )2003 - Blas Ople , foreign minister of the Philippines (b. 1927 )
2004 - Rod Kanehl , American baseball player (b. 1934 )2004 - Fernando Poe , Filipino actor and presidential candidate (b. 1939 )
2005 - Dr. Rodney William Whitaker , American author (b. 1931 )2006 - Anton Balasingham , chief political strategist of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (b. 1938 )2006 - Ahmet Ertegün , co-founder of Atlantic Records (b. 1923 )
2006 - Mike Evans , American actor (b. 1949 ) Holidays and observances [ ] External links [ ]
114 Familypedia people were born on December 14
126 Familypedia people died on December 14
106 Familypedia people were first married on December 14