Notable Historical Events on December 14th
December 14th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
644 |
Uthman ibn Affan, companion of Mmohammed, appointed 3rd Caliph of islam |
867 |
Adrian II begins his reign as Catholic Pope |
872 |
John VIII elected as Catholic Pope |
1124 |
Theobald Buccapecus elected Pope Coelestinus II (he refuses) |
1287 |
During St. Lucia's Flood in Northwest Netherlands the Zuiderzee seawall collapses with loss of over 50,000 lives. Fifth largest recorded flood in history |
1542 |
Princess Mary Stuart succeeds her father James V and becomes Queen Mary I of Scotland at 6 days old |
1575 |
Polish Parliament selects Istvan Bathory as king of Poland |
1582 |
Zealand/Brabant Neth adopt Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is 12/25 |
1600 |
Olivier van Noort sinks Spanish galleon San Diego at Bay of Manila, 350 die |
1656 |
Artificial pearls 1st manufactured by M Jacquin in Paris made of gypsum pellets covered with fish scales |
1702 |
The Forty-seven Ronin, under the command of Ōishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master. |
1708 |
Prosper Jolyot's "Electre" premieres in Paris |
1774 |
Portsmouth, New Hampshire militiamen successfully attacked arsenal of Ft William & Mary |
1782 |
Charleston, SC evacuated by British |
1793 |
1st state road authorized, Frankfort, Ky to Cincinnati |
1798 |
David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patents a nut & bolt machine |
1819 |
Alabama admitted to Union as 22nd state |
1836 |
The Toledo War unofficially ends. |
1849 |
1st chamber music group in US gives their 1st concert (Boston) |
1863 |
Battle of Bean's Station-Confederacy repulses Union in Tennessee |
1882 |
Henry Morton Stanley returns to Brussels from the Congo |
1889 |
American Academy of Political & Social Science organized, Phila |
1894 |
Day One 1st Test Cricket Aus v Eng Aust 5-346 (Giffen 161, Gregory 85) |
1894 |
Test Cricket debut of Joe Darling, Ernie Jones, Archie MacLaren |
1896 |
The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company. |
1897 |
Emilio Aguinaldo signs the Pact of Biak-na-Bato, to end hostilities and dissolve his government, in exchange for amnesty and "$800,000 (Mexican)" as an indemnity |
1900 |
Birth of Quantum Physics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law. |
1900 |
France and Italy sign a secret agreement by which Italy recognizes France's right to exploit Morocco in return for France's conceding her the same right in Tripoli |
1901 |
1st table tennis tournament is held (London Royal Aquarium) |
1903 |
Reg Foster completes 287 England v Australia on Test Cricket debut |
1907 |
The schooner Thomas W. Lawson runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Scilly Isles in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die. |
1911 |
South Pole 1st reached, by Norwegian Roald Amundsen |
1913 |
Greece formally takes possession of Crete |
1914 |
Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressist Party (Partido Demócrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires. |
1915 |
Jack Johnson is 1st black world heavyweight boxing champion |
1917 |
UFA, Universal Film AG, forms in Germany |
1918 |
Giacomo Puccini's opera "Il Trittico" premieres in NYC |
1920 |
Jack Dempsey KOs Bill Brennan in 12 for heavyweight boxing title in NYC |
1923 |
Gerard K "Simon" van het Reve, Dutch writer (Evenings) |
1924 |
Chiang Kai-shek occupies Hankou |
1924 |
Respighi's symphony "Pini di Roma" premieres in Paris |
1926 |
Danish Madsen government forms |
1927 |
Iraq gains independence from Britain, but British troops remain |
1928 |
2nd Test Cricket Australia v England starts with Bradman 12th man |
1929 |
Alexander Zaimis elected president of Greece |
1930 |
NY Giants defeat Notre Dame 22-0 in a charity game |
1931 |
1st assembly of Anton Musserts NSB in Utrecht |
1932 |
French government of Herriot falls |
1933 |
Josephine Baker performs in Amsterdam |
1934 |
1st streamlined steam locomotive introduced (Albany NY) |
1935 |
Test Cricket debut of "Chuck" Fleetwood-Smith v South Africa, Durban |
1937 |
Japanese troops conquer/plunder Nanjing |
1938 |
AL permits Cleveland & Philadelphia to play night games |
1938 |
Major leagues agrees on standard ball |
1938 |
Major leagues disagree on increasing rosters from 23 to 25 |
1938 |
Will Harridge is elected to a 10-year-term as AL president |
1939 |
Soviet Union attacks Finland-League of Nations drops Soviet Union |
1941 |
1st NFL division playoff, Bears beat Packers 33-14 |
1941 |
Premier Winston Churchill travels to US on board HMS Duke of York |
1941 |
U-557 torpedoes British cruiser Galatea |
1944 |
Begin(ning) Liese-Aktion: werving of labor force for Germany |
1944 |
Congress establshes rank of General of Army (5-star General) |
1944 |
German occupiers forbid use of electricity in parts of Holland |
1945 |
Elmer Rice' "Dream Girl" premieres in NYC |
1946 |
"Three to Make Ready" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 323 perfs |
1946 |
Togo made a trusteeship territory of UN |
1946 |
UN General Assembly votes to establish UN HQs in NYC |
1947 |
Cleveland Browns beat NY Yankees 14-3 in AAFC championship game |
1947 |
The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is founded in Daytona Beach, Florida. |
1950 |
"Bless You All" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 84 perfs |
1950 |
UN Gen Assembly establishes High Comm for Refugees (Nobel 1954) |
1950 |
Baseball owners choose Lou Perini (Braves), Phil Wrigley (Cubs), Del Webb (Yankees), & Ellis Ryan (Indians) to select new commissioner |
1952 |
KROD (now KDBC) TV channel 4 in El Paso, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting |
1952 |
R H Shodhan scores 110 on Test Cricket debut v Pakistan, Calcutta |
1952 |
Uprising of captives in Pongam South Korea, 82 die |
1953 |
Brooklyn Dodgers sign pitcher Sandy Koufax |
1954 |
WOAY TV channel 4 in Oak Hill-Beckley, WV (ABC) begins broadcasting |
1955 |
Dutch Reformed Church condemns woman/wife as vicar |
1955 |
Tappan Zee Bridge in NY opens to traffic |
1956 |
Paul-Henri Spaak appointed secretary-general of NATO |
1957 |
"Most Happy Fella" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 678 perfs |
1957 |
"Rumple" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 45 performances |
1958 |
Pat Summerall kicks game winning field goal for the New York Giants against the Cleveland Browns at Yankee Stadium |
1959 |
Archbishop Makarios proclaimed president of Cyprus |
1959 |
J B Jordan in F-104C sets world altitude record, 31,513m |
1960 |
Australia v West Indies 1st Test Cricket at the Gabba ends in a tie |
1960 |
Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) forms |
1960 |
Washington Senators joins American League |
1961 |
Jimmy Dean's "Big Bad John" is 1st country song to get a gold record |
1962 |
Mariner 2 makes 1st US fly-by of another planet (Venus) |
1962 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1963 |
Verne Gagne beats The Crusher in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ |
1964 |
Michael Brown meets Rene Fladen, then writes "Walk Away Rene" |
1965 |
"La Grusse Valise" opens at 54th St Theater NYC for 7 performances |
1967 |
DNA created in a test tube |
1967 |
Lester B. Pearson (PM of Canada) announces that he is retiring from politics, and is succeeded by Pierre Trudeau |
1968 |
Bobby Orr scores first career hat trick (vs Chicago Blackhawks) |
1969 |
"La Strada" opens/closes at Lunt Fontanne NYC for 1 performance |
1969 |
Bishen Bedi takes 7-98 (career-best) v Australia at Calcutta |
1969 |
Jackson Five made their 1st appearance on "Ed Sullivan Show" |
1971 |
Golden Gate Bridge lights out all night due to power failure |
1971 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1972 |
Eugene Cernan & Harrison Schmitt leave the Moon |
1972 |
Willy Brandt re-elected West German chancellor |
1974 |
Islander Glenn Resch's 1st shut-out opponent-Kings 3-0 |
1974 |
Viv Richards scores 1st Test Cricket ton 192 v India 20 fours 6 sixes |
1975 |
"Treemonisha" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 64 performances |
1975 |
6 So Moluccan terrorists surrender, holding 23 hostages for 12 days |
1975 |
WCPR (Brooklyn New York pirate radio station) begins broadcasting on 1620 AM |
1976 |
Dutch 1st Chamber condemns Dutch Liberal/social dem abortion laws |
1976 |
Oil tanker Argo Merchant runs aground on the Nantucket Shoals, spilling 7.6 million US gallons (29,000 m3) of No. 6 fuel oil |
1977 |
"Saturday Night Fever" starring John Travolta, premieres in NYC |
1977 |
Egypt & Israel reps gather in Cairo for 1st formal peace conference |
1977 |
Red Sox trade Fergie Jenkins to Rangers for John Poloni & cash |
1977 |
Test Cricket debut of Abdul Qadir, v England at Lahore |
1977 |
War criminal Pieter Menten sentenced in Amsterdam to 15 years |
1978 |
"Ballroom" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 116 performances |
1978 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
1978 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
1979 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1980 |
"Onward Victoria" opens/closes at Martin Beck NYC for 1 performance |
1980 |
Anders Kailur scores on 6th Islander penalty shot |
1980 |
At 2 PM EST there is 10 minutes of silence in memory of John Lennon |
1980 |
Minnesota Vikings pass for 456 yards against Cleveland Browns, winning 28-24 |
1980 |
Nancy Lopez/Curtis Strange wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic |
1980 |
New Orleans Saints end 14 game losing streak, beat NY Jets 21-20 |
1980 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
1981 |
Israel annexes Golan Heights (seized from Syria in war of 1967) |
1982 |
Marcel Dionne, LA, becomes 9th NHLer to score 500 goals |
1983 |
"Peg" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 5 performances |
1984 |
Sportscaster Howard Cosell retires from Monday Night Football |
1985 |
US Foreign Minister George Shultz arrives in West Berlin |
1986 |
Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan & Jeana Yeager, took off from Edwards AFB, California on 1st non-stop, non-refueled flight around world |
1987 |
Allan Border scores 205 v NZ to become Australia's top rungetter |
1987 |
Chrysler pleads no contest to selling driven vehicles as new |
1988 |
CBS' $1.1 B bid wins exclusive 1990-94 major-league baseball rights |
1988 |
NBA's Miami Heat wins 1st game ever, 89-88 (Clippers), after 17 loses |
1988 |
Spanish General strike to protest austerity measures |
1988 |
US agrees to talk to Palestine Liberation Org (1st time in 13 yrs) |
1990 |
Louis Jordan's revue "Five Guys Named Moe" premieres in London |
1990 |
Right to Die case permits Nancy Cruzan to have her feeding tube removed, she dies 12 days later |
1991 |
57th Heisman Trophy Award: Desmond Howard, Michigan (WR) |
1991 |
Ferry boat Salem Express sinks in Red Sea, 476 killed |
1992 |
Lennox Lewis given WBC title, when Riddick Bowe refused to fight him |
1993 |
Moslem fundamentalists murder 12 Kroates/Bosnians in Algeria |
1994 |
Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam, China |
1995 |
"Les Miserables" opens at Cable Hall, Helsinki |
1995 |
AIDS patient Jeff Getty recieves baboon bone marrow transplant |
1995 |
Yugoslav Wars: The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris by leaders of various governments ending the conflict in former Yugoslavia |
1996 |
12th Soap Opera Digest Awards - Days of Our Lives wins |
1996 |
62nd Heisman Trophy Award: Danny Wuerffel, Florida (QB) |
1997 |
"View From the Bridge" opens at Criterion Theater, NYC |
1997 |
Diners Club Senior Golf Match |
1997 |
Juli Inkster & Dottie Pepper win LPGA Diners Club Matches |
1997 |
Phoenix Coyote Mike Gartner is 5th NHLer to score 700 goals |
2003 |
President of Pakistan Pervez Musharaf narrowly escapes an assassination attempt. |
2003 |
President George W. Bush announces the capture of Saddam Hussein. |
2004 |
The Millau viaduct, the highest bridge in the world, near Millau, France is officially opened. |
2008 |
President George W. Bush made his fourth and final (planned) trip to Iraq as president and almost struck by two shoes thrown at him by Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi during a farewell conference in Baghdad. |
2012 |
28 people, including 20 children, are shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut |
2012 |
Australian Joel Parkinson wins the 2012 ASP World Tour |
2012 |
Gene Wolfe wins the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award |
2015 |
Bus plunges from bridge in Argentina; 41 dead |
2015 |
Dazzling new airplane patent offers seats on top of aircraft |
2015 |
More than 700000 evacuated as Typhoon Melor batters Philippines |
2015 |
Bus plunges from bridge in Argentina; 43 dead |
2015 |
Plumber sues dealership for $1 million after truck ends up with terrorists |
2015 |
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred will not reinstate Pete Rose |
2016 |
China Warns Trump Ignoring One-China Policy Could Hurt Peace |
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