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14 Dec 1124
Theobald Buccapecus elected Pope Coelestinus II (he refuses)
14 Dec 1287
During St. Lucias Flood in Northwest Netherlands the Zuiderzee seawall collapses with loss of over 50000 lives. Fifth largest recorded flood in history
14 Dec 1575
Polish Parliament selects Istvan Bathory as king of Poland
14 Dec 1582
Zealand Brabant Netherlands adopt Gregorian calendar tomorrow is 1225
14 Dec 1600
Olivier van Noort sinks Spanish galleon San Diego at Bay of Manila 350 die
14 Dec 1656
Artificial pearls 1st manufactured by M Jacquin in Paris made of gypsum pellets covered with fish scales
14 Dec 1702
The Forty-seven Ronin under the command of ishi Kuranosuke avenge the death of their master
14 Dec 1751
The first military academy in the world the Theresian Military Academy is founded in Austria
14 Dec 1774
Portsmouth New Hampshire militiamen successfully attack arsenal of Ft William & Mary
14 Dec 1782
Charleston South Carolina evacuated by British
14 Dec 1793
1st state road authorized Frankfort Kentucky to Cincinnati
14 Dec 1798
David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patents a nut & bolt machine
14 Dec 1814
The Battle of Lake Borgne in Louisiana British victory over the United States
14 Dec 1849
1st chamber music group in US gives their 1st concert (Boston)
14 Dec 1862
Battle of Kinston fought in Lenoir County North Carolina begins (Goldsboro Expedition) Union victory (US Civil War)
14 Dec 1863
Battle of Beans Station-Confederacy repulses Union in Tennessee
14 Dec 1889
American Academy of Political & Social Science organized in Philadelphia
14 Dec 1894
Day One 1st Test Cricket Aus v Eng Aust 5-346 (Giffen 161 Gregory 85)
14 Dec 1894
Test Cricket debut of Joe Darling Ernie Jones Archie MacLaren
14 Dec 1896
The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company
14 Dec 1900
Birth of Quantum Physics German Physicist Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law
14 Dec 1900
France and Italy sign a secret agreement by which Italy recognizes Frances right to exploit Morocco in return for Frances conceding her the same right in Tripoli
14 Dec 1901
1st table tennis tournament is held (London Royal Aquarium)
14 Dec 1903
Reg Foster completes 287 England v Australia on Test Cricket debut
14 Dec 1903
The Wright brothers attempt to fly the Wright Flyer for the first time at Kitty Hawk North Carolina
14 Dec 1907
The schooner Thomas W. Lawson runs aground and founders near the Hellweathers Reef within the Scilly Isles in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.
14 Dec 1914
Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressist Party (Partido Demcrata Progresista PDP) at the Hotel Savoy Buenos Aires.
14 Dec 1915
Jack Johnson is 1st black world heavyweight boxing champion
14 Dec 1916
Americas first board certified doctors are named by the American Board of Ophthalmology following an examination at the University of Tennessee Medical School in Memphis Tennessee
14 Dec 1918
David Loyd Georges coalition Government wins a clear majority in the UK general election
14 Dec 1918
Sinn Fein candidates win 73 of 105 Irish seats in UK general election though all will refuse to take seats in Westminster instead meeting at a Dail Eireann in Dublin
14 Dec 1923
Gerard K Simon van het Reve Dutch writer (Evenings)
14 Dec 1924
Respighis symphony Pini di Roma premieres in Paris
14 Dec 1927
Iraq gains independence from Britain but British troops remain
14 Dec 1930
NY Giants defeat Notre Dame 22-0 in a charity game
14 Dec 1934
1st streamlined steam locomotive introduced (Albany NY)
14 Dec 1935
Test Cricket debut of Chuck Fleetwood-Smith v South Africa Durban
14 Dec 1938
AL permits Cleveland & Philadelphia to play night games
14 Dec 1938
Major leagues disagree on increasing rosters from 23 to 25
14 Dec 1938
Will Harridge is elected to a 10-year-term as AL president
14 Dec 1939
Soviet Union attacks Finland-League of Nations drops Soviet Union
14 Dec 1941
1st NFL division playoff Bears beat Packers 33-14
14 Dec 1944
Begin(ning) Liese-Aktion werving of labor force for Germany
14 Dec 1944
Congress establshes rank of General of Army (5-star General)
14 Dec 1944
German occupiers forbid use of electricity in parts of Holland
14 Dec 1946
Three to Make Ready closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 323 performances
14 Dec 1946
UN General Assembly votes to establish UN HQs in New York City
14 Dec 1947
Cleveland Browns beat NY Yankees 14-3 in AAFC championship game
14 Dec 1947
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is founded in Daytona Beach Florida
14 Dec 1950
Bless You All opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 84 performances
14 Dec 1950
UN Gen Assembly establishes High Comm for Refugees (Nobel 1954)
14 Dec 1950
Baseball owners choose Lou Perini (Braves) Phil Wrigley (Cubs) Del Webb (Yankees) & Ellis Ryan (Indians) to select new commissioner
14 Dec 1952
KROD (now KDBC) TV channel 4 in El Paso TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
14 Dec 1952
R H Shodhan scores 110 on Test Cricket debut v Pakistan Calcutta
14 Dec 1952
Uprising of captives in Pongam South Korea 82 die
14 Dec 1954
WOAY TV channel 4 in Oak Hill-Beckley WV (ABC) begins broadcasting
14 Dec 1955
Dutch Reformed Church condemns womanwife as vicar
14 Dec 1955
16 countries join the United Nations including Austria Finland Italy and Spain
14 Dec 1956
Paul-Henri Spaak appointed secretary-general of NATO
14 Dec 1957
Most Happy Fella closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 678 performances
14 Dec 1957
Rumple closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 45 performances
14 Dec 1959
Archbishop Makarios proclaimed president of Cyprus
14 Dec 1959
J B Jordan in F-104C sets world altitude record 31513m
14 Dec 1960
Australia v West Indies 1st Test Cricket at the Gabba ends in a tie
14 Dec 1960
Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) forms
14 Dec 1961
Jimmy Deans Big Bad John is 1st country song to get a gold record
14 Dec 1962
Mariner 2 makes 1st US fly-by of another planet (Venus)
14 Dec 1963
Verne Gagne beats The Crusher in Minneapolis to become NWA champ
14 Dec 1964
Michael Brown meets Renee Fladen then writes Walk Away Renee
14 Dec 1965
La Grusse Valise opens at 54th St Theater NYC for 7 performances
14 Dec 1969
La Strada openscloses at Lunt Fontanne NYC for 1 performance
14 Dec 1969
Bishen Bedi takes 7-98 (career-best) v Australia at Calcutta
14 Dec 1969
Jackson Five made their 1st appearance on Ed Sullivan Show
14 Dec 1971
Golden Gate Bridge lights out all night due to power failure
14 Dec 1971
U.S. premiere of Nicholas and Alexandra film adaptation of Robert K. Massies best selling novel
14 Dec 1971
The Pakistan Army executes an estimated 1111 of East Pakistans intellectuals during the Bangladesh Liberation War
14 Dec 1972
Eugene Cernan & Harrison Schmitt leave the Moon
14 Dec 1974
Islander Glenn Reschs 1st shut-out opponent-Kings 3-0
14 Dec 1974
Viv Richards scores 1st Test Cricket ton 192 v India 20 fours 6 sixes
14 Dec 1975
Treemonisha closes at Uris Theater NYC after 64 performances
14 Dec 1975
6 So Moluccan terrorists surrender holding 23 hostages for 12 days
14 Dec 1975
WCPR (Brooklyn New York pirate radio station) begins broadcasting on 1620 AM
14 Dec 1976
Dutch 1st Chamber condemns Dutch Liberalsocial dem abortion laws
14 Dec 1977
Egyptian & Israeli representatives gather in Cairo for first formal peace conference
14 Dec 1977
Red Sox trade Fergie Jenkins to Rangers for John Poloni & cash
14 Dec 1977
Test Cricket debut of Abdul Qadir v England at Lahore
14 Dec 1977
War criminal Pieter Menten sentenced in Amsterdam to 15 years
14 Dec 1978
Ballroom opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 116 performances
14 Dec 1980
Onward Victoria opens and closes at Martin Beck NYC after 1 performance
14 Dec 1980
Anders Kailur scores on 6th Islander penalty shot
14 Dec 1980
Minnesota Vikings pass for 456 yards against Cleveland Browns winning 28-24
14 Dec 1980
Nancy Lopez and Curtis Strange wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
14 Dec 1980
New Orleans Saints end 14 game losing streak beat NY Jets 21-20
14 Dec 1980
Massacre at Bobs Big Boy restaurant in Los Angeles with 3 people killed and 6 injured
14 Dec 1981
Israel annexes Golan Heights (seized from Syria in war of 1967)
14 Dec 1983
Peg opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 5 performances
14 Dec 1984
Sportscaster Howard Cosell retires from Monday Night Football
14 Dec 1985
US Foreign Minister George P Shultz arrives in West Berlin
14 Dec 1986
Voyager piloted by Dick Rutan & Jeana Yeager took off from Edwards AFB California on 1st non-stop non-refueled flight around world
14 Dec 1987
Allan Border scores 205 v NZ to become Australias top rungetter
14 Dec 1987
Chrysler pleads no contest to selling driven vehicles as new
14 Dec 1988
CBS 1.1 B bid wins exclusive 1990-94 major-league baseball rights
14 Dec 1988
NBAs Miami Heat wins 1st game ever 89-88 (Clippers) after 17 loses
14 Dec 1988
Spanish General strike to protest austerity measures
14 Dec 1988
US agrees to talk to Palestine Liberation Org (1st time in 13 yrs)
14 Dec 1990
Right to Die case permits Nancy Cruzan to have her feeding tube removed she dies 12 days later
14 Dec 1991
57th Heisman Trophy Award Desmond Howard Michigan (WR)
14 Dec 1991
Ferry boat Salem Express sinks in Red Sea 476 killed
14 Dec 1992
52 people including 25 children are killed when a helicopter from Tkvarcheli is shot down during the War in Abkhazia
14 Dec 1993
Muslim fundamentalists murder 12 KroatesBosnians in Algeria
14 Dec 1994
Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam China
14 Dec 1995
Les Miserables opens at Cable Hall Helsinki
14 Dec 1995
AIDS patient Jeff Getty receives baboon bone marrow transplant
14 Dec 1995
Yugoslav Wars The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris by leaders of various governments ending the conflict in former Yugoslavia
14 Dec 1996
12th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Lives wins
14 Dec 1996
62nd Heisman Trophy Award Danny Wuerffel Florida (QB)
14 Dec 1997
View From the Bridge opens at Criterion Theater NYC
14 Dec 1997
Juli Inkster & Dottie Pepper win LPGA Diners Club Matches
14 Dec 1998
64th Heisman Trophy Award Ricky Williams Texas (RB)
14 Dec 1999
Flash floods in Venezuela after torrential rainfall results in the deaths of thousands of people and causes a total collapse in the states infrastructure
14 Dec 2003
President of Pakistan Pervez Musharaf narrowly escapes an assassination attempt.
14 Dec 2004
The Millau viaduct the highest bridge in the world near Millau France is officially opened
14 Dec 2009
75th Heisman Trophy Award Mark Ingram Jr. Alabama (RB)
14 Dec 2012
28 people including 20 children are shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Connecticut
14 Dec 2012
Australian Joel Parkinson wins the ASP World Tour
14 Dec 2012
Gene Wolfe wins the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award
14 Dec 2015
Bus plunges off bridge into Balboa River near Argentina city of Rosario de la Frontera killing 43 frontier police on board
14 Dec 2016
University of Toronto scientists present findings of the worlds oldest water - 2 billion years old from a mine in Canada
14 Dec 2016
Amazon announces its 1st delivery by drone 2 km from their warehouse in the UK
14 Dec 2017
The Walt Disney Company buys most of 21st Century Fox for 52.4 billion
14 Dec 2017
US media regulator the Federal Communications Commission votes to end net neutrality
14 Dec 2017
Train ploughs into a school bus cutting it in half killing 4 children and injuring 20 near Perpignan France
14 Dec 2017
Suicide bomber kills at least 18 police officers at a training centre parade in Mogadishu Somalia Islamic group al-Shabab claim responsibility
14 Dec 2017
British surgeon Simon Bramhall admits to branding the liver of 2 patients with his initials
14 Dec 2017
Australian government establishes a Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking Superannuation and Financial Services Industry
14 Dec 1930
National Football League Championship Green Bay Packers (10-3-1) repeat with best record in first past the post title
14 Dec 1938
Major League Baseball agrees on use of a standard ball disagrees on increasing rosters from 23 to 25 players although Commissioner Judge Landis eventually decides on 25
14 Dec 1977
Test Cricket debut of Pakistan spin bowling great Abdul Qadir v England in 1st Test at Lahore
14 Dec 2018
Report by Reuters US pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson knew for decades their talc was contaminated with asbestos
14 Dec 1702
The Forty-seven Ronin (leaderless samurai) under the command of ishi Kuranosuke avenge the death of their master in Japan
14 Dec 1708
Prosper Jolyots play Electre premieres in Paris
14 Dec 1774
First incident of American Revolution - 400 New Hampshire militiamen successfully attack Fort William and Mary
14 Dec 1782
Charleston South Carolina evacuated by the British
14 Dec 1793
1st state road authorized Frankfort Kentucky to Cincinnati
14 Dec 1836
The Toledo War unofficially ends boundary dispute between Ohio state and territory of Michigan
14 Dec 1849
1st chamber music group in US gives their 1st concert in Boston
14 Dec 1901
1st table tennis tournament is held at the London Royal Aquarium
14 Dec 1903
Reg Foster completes 287 England v Australia on his Test Cricket debut
14 Dec 1918
Sinn Fin candidates win 73 of 105 Irish seats in UK general election though all will refuse to take seats in Westminster instead meeting at a Dail Eireann in Dublin
14 Dec 1926
Thomas Madsen-Mygdal head of the Liberal Party forms a government in Denmark
14 Dec 1934
1st streamlined steam locomotive introduced in Albany NY
14 Dec 1944
Beginning of Liese-Aktion Germany tries to recruit Dutch men for the Germany labor force
14 Dec 1944
US Congress establishes rank of General of Army (5-star General)
14 Dec 1950
Musical Bless You All opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 84 performances
14 Dec 1950
UN General Assembly establishes High Commission for Refugees goes on to win Nobel Peace Prize in 1954
14 Dec 1957
Rumple musical closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 45 performances
14 Dec 1959
Joe B. Jordan in F-104C starfighter sets world altitude record 31513m
14 Dec 1959
The album Time Out by the Dave Brubeck Quartet is released peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard pop albums chart and becomes the first jazz album to sell a million copies.
14 Dec 1969
One of the most catastrophic flops in the history of showbusiness - the musical La Strada opens and closes at Lunt Fontanne NYC after 1 performance
14 Dec 1975
Scott Joplins opera Treemonisha closes at Uris Theater NYC after 64 performances
14 Dec 1977
MLB Boston Red Sox trade Fergie Jenkins to Texas Rangers for John Poloni & cash
14 Dec 1983
Muscial Peg opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 5 performances
14 Dec 1985
US Foreign Minister George P. Shultz arrives in West Berlin
14 Dec 1986
Voyager piloted by Dick Rutan & Jeana Yeager takes off from Edwards AFB California on 1st non-stop non-refueled flight around the world
14 Dec 1988
US agrees to talk to Palestine Liberation Org for the 1st time in 13 yrs
14 Dec 1991
Ferry boat Salem Express sinks in the Red Sea 476 killed
14 Dec 1995
Musical Les Miserables opens at Cable Hall Helsinki
14 Dec 1997
Arthur Millers A View From the Bridge is revived at Criterion Theater NYC
14 Dec 2019
Miss World won by Miss Jamaica Toni-Ann Singh in London. First time all five major beauty titles held by black women.
14 Dec 2019
Bel Air mansion featured in TV series The Beverly Hillbillies sells for 150 million becoming Californias most expensive property
14 Dec 2019
85th Heisman Trophy Award Joe Burrow Louisiana State University (QB)
14 Dec 1656
Artificial pearls 1st manufactured by M. Jacquin in Paris made of gypsum pellets covered with fish scales
14 Dec 1708
Prosper Jolyot de Crbillons play Electre premieres in Paris
14 Dec 1894
Test cricket debut of future Australian captain Joe Darling great all-rounder Ernie Jones and outstanding England batsman Archie MacLaren England wins 1st Test in Sydney by 10 runs
14 Dec 1925
Alban Bergs first opera Wozzeck premieres at the Berlin State Opera.
14 Dec 1952
UN Troops kill 82 North Korean POWs during a prison camp riot in Pongam-do South Korea
14 Dec 2019
85th Heisman Trophy Award Joe Burrow Louisiana State University (QB) highest percentage of first place votes ever with 90.7%
14 Dec 2020
America begins its first COVID-19 vaccinations using the PfizerBioNTech vaccine on the same day it records over 300000 deaths
14 Dec 2020
Total solar eclipse visible across southern Chile and Argentina
14 Dec 2020
US Open Womens Golf Champions GC Houston Kim A-lim wins her first major title by 1 stroke from fellow South Korean Ko Jin-young and American Amy Olson
14 Dec 2020
Russia revealed to have been behind massive cyberattack on US government agencies and private companies since the Spring
14 Dec 1946
General Assembly of United Nations votes to construct headquarters in New York City [1]
14 Dec 2004
The Millau viaduct the highest bridge in the world designed by architect Norman FOster and engineer Michel Virlogeux near Millau France is officially opened
14 Dec 1903
England cricket batsman R. E. Foster completes 287 on debut in 1st Test against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground
14 Dec 1600
Sea battle at Manila Bay between Olivier van Noorts Dutch ships and a Spanish fleet Dutch sink the Spanish galleon San Diego 350 die
14 Dec 1849
First chamber music group in the US gives its first concert in Boston
14 Dec 1939
The League of Nations expels the Soviet Union for invading Finland
14 Dec 1986
Experimental airplane Voyager piloted by Dick Rutan & Jeana Yeager takes off from Edwards AFB California on 1st non-stop non-refueled flight around the world lands 9 days later
14 Dec 1993
Muslim fundamentalists murder 12 Croats and Bosnians in Algeria
14 Dec 2021
American Covid-19 death toll passes 800000 with more deaths recorded in than 2020
14 Dec 2021
Fuel tanker explosion after an accident leaves at least 90 dead in city of Cap-Haitien Haiti [1]
14 Dec 2021
Steph Curry makes his 2974th three-point shot to pass Ray Allen as the NBAs greatest career 3-point shooter during Golden State Warriors 105-96 win over NY Knicks at Madison Square Garden
14 Dec 2022
HSBC Europes largest bank says it will stop financing new oil and gas fields in attempt to lower global greenhouse gas emissions [1]
14 Dec 2022
Peru declares 30-day nationwide state of emergency following a week of political protests after the removal and arrest of former President Pedro Castillo [1]
14 Dec 2022
President Joe Biden vows to extend US involvement in Africa in address at US-Africa Leaders summit in Washington amid competition from China on the continent [1]
14 Dec 2023
European Union agrees to open membership negotiations with Ukraine at a summit on Brussels [1]
14 Dec 1287
During St. Lucias Flood in northwest Netherlands the Zuiderzee seawall collapses with the loss of over 50000 lives the fifth largest recorded flood in history
14 Dec 1774
First incident of the American Revolution 400 New Hampshire militiamen successfully attack Fort William and Mary and seize its gunpowder and weapons
14 Dec 1849
First chamber music group in the US gives its first concert in Boston Massachusetts
14 Dec 1894
Day 1 of first cricket test between Australia and England finishes with Australia 5-346 debut of future Australian captain Joe Darling great all-rounder Ernie Jones and outstanding England batsman Archie MacLaren
14 Dec 1900
Birth of quantum physics German physicist Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law to the German Physical Society in Berlin
14 Dec 1901
The first table tennis tournament concludes at the London Royal Aquarium
14 Dec 1925
Alban Bergs first opera Wozzeck premieres with the Berlin State Opera in Berlin Germany
14 Dec 1933
Jazz star Josephine Baker performs in Amsterdam
14 Dec 1934
The first streamlined steam locomotive is introduced in Albany New York
14 Dec 1947
Bill France organizes the first meeting of influential racers and promoters in Daytona Beach Florida which leads to the formation of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR)
14 Dec 1952
Deepak Shodhan scores 110 on Test Cricket debut for India v Pakistan Calcutta
14 Dec 1956
Paul-Henri Spaak of Belgium is selected to become Secretary-General of NATO
14 Dec 1958
Pat Summerall kicks game winning field goal for the New York Giants against the Cleveland Browns at Yankee Stadium
14 Dec 1959
Joe B. Jordan in F-104C Starfighter sets a world altitude record at 31513 meters
14 Dec 1961
Jimmy Deans Big Bad John is the first country song to get a gold record
14 Dec 1967
Arthur Kornberg and his colleagues synthesize a viable virus DNA in a test tube an achievement lauded as the creation of life in a test tube
14 Dec 1968
Bobby Orr scores first career hat trick (vs Chicago Blackhawks)
14 Dec 1969
Bishen Bedi takes 7-98 (career-best) vs. Australia at Calcutta
14 Dec 1982
LA Kings Marcel Dionne becomes 9th NHLer to score 500 goals
14 Dec 1986
Experimental airplane Voyager piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager takes off from Edwards AFB California on the first non-stop non-refueled flight around the world and lands 9 days later
14 Dec 1987
Allan Border scores 205 vs NZ to become Australian crickets top run getter
14 Dec 1988
US agrees to talk to Palestine Liberation Organization for the first time in 13 years
14 Dec 1995
AIDS activist Jeff Getty receives a bone marrow transplant from a baboon to treat the disease
14 Dec 1997
Phoenix Coyote winger Mike Gartner becomes 5th NHLer to score 700 goals
14 Dec 2016
Amazon announces its first delivery by drone 2 km from its warehouse in the UK
14 Dec 2016
University of Toronto scientists present findings of the worlds oldest water 2 billion years old from a mine in Canada
14 Dec 2019
Miss World is won by Miss Jamaica Toni-Ann Singh in London the first time all five major beauty titles are held by black women
14 Dec 2023
Lewis Koumas is an unused substitute for Liverpool F.C. in a Europa League match against Union SG
14 Dec 2024
90th Heisman Trophy Award Travis Hunter University of Colorado (WRCB)
14 Dec 2024
Cyclone Chido makes a direct hit on the French island territory of Mayotte off the coast of east Africa before striking northern Mozambique [1]