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12-14-2010, 05:10 AM
Hear are some notable events that happened on
This Date in History - December 14th
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* 1287 St. Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses, killing over 50,000 people.
* 1542 Princess Mary Stuart becomes Mary, Queen of Scots.
* 1751 The Theresian Military Academy is founded as the first Military Academy in the world.
* 1782 The Montgolfier brothers' first balloon lifts off on its first test flight.
* 1812 The French invasion of Russia comes to an end as the remnants of the Grande Armιe are expelled from Russia.
* 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 ends.
* 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, San Francisco to Honolulu, Hawaii.
* 1903 The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
* 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.
* 1909 New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signed the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.
* 1911 Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
* 1913 Haruna, the fourth and last ship of the Kongō-class, launches, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II.
* 1914 Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party (Partido Demσcrata 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 Vδinφ I, renounces the Finnish throne.
* 1939 Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.
* 1941 World War II: Japan signs treaty of alliance with Thailand.
* 1946 The United Nations 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, Florida.
* 1955 Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Sri Lanka join the United Nations.
* 1958 The 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition becomes the first expedition to reach The Pole of Relative Inaccessibility in the Antarctic.
* 1960 Ian Meckiff of Australia is run out by the West Indies, causing the first Tied Test in the history of cricket.
* 1961 The United Republic of Tanzania joins the United Nations.
* 1962 NASA's Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Venus.
* 1963 Baldwin Hills Reservoir wall bursts, killing five people and damaging hundreds of homes in Los Angeles.
* 1964 American Civil Rights Movement: Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States The United States Supreme Court rules that the U.S. Congress can use the Constitution's 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 the Apollo 17 mission. This is the last manned mission to the moon of the 20th century.
* 1981 Arab-Israeli conflict: Israel's Knesset passes The Golan Heights Law, extending Israeli law to the area of the Golan Heights.
* 1983 The 3rd Congress of the Communist Youth of Greece starts.
* 1994 Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam in the Yangtze River.
* 1995 Yugoslav Wars: The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris by leaders of various governments.
* 1999 Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
* 2003 President of Pakistan Pervez Musharaf narrowly escapes an assassination attempt.
* 2004 The Millau viaduct, the tallest bridge in the world, near Millau, France is officially opened.
* 2004 Cuba and Venezuela found the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas.
* 2006 American spy satellite USA-193 is launched.
* 2008 President George W. Bush makes his fourth and final (planned) trip to Iraq as president and is almost struck by two shoes thrown at him by Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi during a news conference in Baghdad.
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This Date in History - December 14th
c/p from Wikipedia
* 1287 St. Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses, killing over 50,000 people.
* 1542 Princess Mary Stuart becomes Mary, Queen of Scots.
* 1751 The Theresian Military Academy is founded as the first Military Academy in the world.
* 1782 The Montgolfier brothers' first balloon lifts off on its first test flight.
* 1812 The French invasion of Russia comes to an end as the remnants of the Grande Armιe are expelled from Russia.
* 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 ends.
* 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, San Francisco to Honolulu, Hawaii.
* 1903 The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
* 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.
* 1909 New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signed the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.
* 1911 Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
* 1913 Haruna, the fourth and last ship of the Kongō-class, launches, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II.
* 1914 Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party (Partido Demσcrata 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 Vδinφ I, renounces the Finnish throne.
* 1939 Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.
* 1941 World War II: Japan signs treaty of alliance with Thailand.
* 1946 The United Nations 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, Florida.
* 1955 Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Sri Lanka join the United Nations.
* 1958 The 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition becomes the first expedition to reach The Pole of Relative Inaccessibility in the Antarctic.
* 1960 Ian Meckiff of Australia is run out by the West Indies, causing the first Tied Test in the history of cricket.
* 1961 The United Republic of Tanzania joins the United Nations.
* 1962 NASA's Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Venus.
* 1963 Baldwin Hills Reservoir wall bursts, killing five people and damaging hundreds of homes in Los Angeles.
* 1964 American Civil Rights Movement: Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States The United States Supreme Court rules that the U.S. Congress can use the Constitution's 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 the Apollo 17 mission. This is the last manned mission to the moon of the 20th century.
* 1981 Arab-Israeli conflict: Israel's Knesset passes The Golan Heights Law, extending Israeli law to the area of the Golan Heights.
* 1983 The 3rd Congress of the Communist Youth of Greece starts.
* 1994 Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam in the Yangtze River.
* 1995 Yugoslav Wars: The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris by leaders of various governments.
* 1999 Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
* 2003 President of Pakistan Pervez Musharaf narrowly escapes an assassination attempt.
* 2004 The Millau viaduct, the tallest bridge in the world, near Millau, France is officially opened.
* 2004 Cuba and Venezuela found the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas.
* 2006 American spy satellite USA-193 is launched.
* 2008 President George W. Bush makes his fourth and final (planned) trip to Iraq as president and is almost struck by two shoes thrown at him by Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi during a news conference in Baghdad.
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