14 December is the 348th day of the year (349th in Leap Year s) in the Gregorian Calendar . There are 17 days remaining.
- 867 - Adrian II becomes Pope .
- 872 - John VIII becomes Pope .
- sea wall in the Netherlands collapses, killing over 50,000 people.
- 1542 - Princess Mary Stuart becomes Queen Mary I Of Scotland .
- 1769 - Dartmouth College is chartered by King George III of England .
- 1819 - Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. State .
- 1896 - The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
- 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 .
- 1911 - Roald Amundsen 's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland , Helmer Hanssen , Sverre Hassel , and Oscar Wisting , becomes the first to reach the South Pole .
- 1918 - Friedrich Karl Von Hessen , a German prince elected by the Parliament Of Finland to become King Väinö I , renounces the Finnish Throne .
- is expelled from the League Of Nations .
- 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, Florida .
- 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, Michigan by Berry Gordy .
- 1962 - NASA 's '' Mariner 2 '' becomes the first Spacecraft to fly by Venus .
- 1962 - The '' Mona Lisa '' is assessed at US$ 100 million, the Highest Insurance Valuance For A Painting in history.
- '' - The United States Supreme Court rules that the U.S. Congress can use its Commerce Clause power to fight discrimination.
- 1977 - Releasing of Saturday Night Fever film.
- 's Knesset passes ''The Golan Heights Law'', extending Israeli law to the area of the Golan Heights .
- 1982 - Government Of The 23rd Dáil first sits
- 1989 - Patricio Aylwin is elected President Of Chile .
- is signed in Paris by President Slobodan Milošević , President Franjo Tuđman , President Alija Izetbegović , President Jacques Chirac , President Bill Clinton , Prime Minister John Major , Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin .
- 1999 - Charles M. Schulz , creator of the Comic Strip '' Peanuts '', announces his retirement.
- 2000 - The " Texas 7 " rob a Radio Shack store in Pearland, Texas , stealing police Radio Scanner s.
- 2003 - The La Fenice Opera House in Venice, Italy , rebuilt following Arson , is reopened.
- 2003 - President Of Pakistan Pervez Musharaf narrowly escaped an assassination attempt.
- 2004 - The Millau Viaduct , the highest bridge in the world, spanning the valley of the River Tarn near Millau , France and designed by British architect Lord Foster in collaboration with French bridge engineer Michel Virlogeux , is officially opened.
- 2005 - The Road And Transport Authority of New South Wales , Australia starts to issue NSW Photo Card .
- 1009 - Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (d. 1045 )
- 1503 - Nostradamus , French astrologer (d. 1566 )
- 1546 - Tycho Brahe , Danish astronomer (d. 1601 )
- 1625 - Barthélemy D'Herbelot De Molainville , French orientalist (d. 1695 )
- 1631 - Anne Conway, Viscountess 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, 10th Earl Of Dundonald , British admiral (d. 1860 )
- 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 fim 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 (Albert Frederick Arthur George Windsor) (d. 1952 )
- 1896 - Jimmy Doolittle , American General (d. 1993 )
- 1897 - Margaret Chase Smith , American politician (d. 1995 )
- 1902 - Frances Bavier , American actress (d. 1989 )
- 1908 - Morey Amsterdam , American comedian and actor (d. 1996 )
- 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 - Rosalyn Tureck , American pianist and harpsichordist (d. 2003 )
- 1916 - Shirley Jackson , American writer (d. 1965 )
- 1918 - James T. Aubrey , American television executive (d. 1994 )
- 1918 - B.K.S. Iyengar , Indian yoga advocate
- 1920 - Clark Terry , American trumpeter
- 1922 - Nikolay Basov , Soviet-born Russian physicist and Noble Prize laureate (d. 2001 )
- 1923 - Gerard Reve , Dutch writer
- 1924 - Raj Kapoor , Indian actor (d. 1988 )
- 1932 - Charlie Rich , American musician (d. 1995 )
- 1935 - Lee Remick , American actress (d. 1991 )
- 1938 - Leonardo Boff , Brazilian theologian
- 1946 - Jane Birkin , British-born actress
- 1946 - Patty Duke , American actress
- 1946 - Michael Ovitz , American film producer
- 1946 - Stan Smith , American tennis player
- 1947 - Christopher Parkening , American guitarist
- 1949 - Bill Buckner , American baseball player
- 1949 - Cliff Williams , British-born bassist ( AC/DC )
- 1949 - Dee Wallace-Stone , American actress
- 1951 - Jan Timman , Dutch chess grandmaster
- 1953 - René Eespere , Soviet-born Estonian composer
- 1954 - Alan Kulwicki , American race car driver (d. 1993 )
- 1954 - James Horan , American actor
- 1956 - Hanni Wenzel , Liechtenstein skier
- 1958 - Mike Scott , British singer and songwriter ( The Waterboys )
- 1958 - Spider Stacy (Peter Richard Stacy), British-born Tin Whistle player, ( The Pogues )
- 1960 - Bob Paris , American bodybuilder and gay rights advocate
- 1962 - Ginger Lynn (Ginger Lynn Allen), American adult film actress
- 1963 - Cynthia Gibb , American actress
- 1965 - Craig Biggio , American baseball player
- 1966 - Bill Ranford , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1967 - Ewa Białołęcka , Polish writer
- 1969 - Scott Hatteberg , American baseball player
- 1970 - Anna Maria Jopek , Polish singer
- 1973 - Tomasz Radzinski , Polish-born Canadian international footballer
- 1974 - Billy Koch , baseball player
- 1977 - KaDee Strickland , American actress
- 1979 - Michael Owen , English international footballer
- 1979 - Jean-Alain Boumsong , French footballer
- 1982 - Anthony Way , British singer and actor
- 1984 - Chris Brunt , Northern Irish footballer
- 1985 - Tom Smith , Welsh Rugby Union Player
- 1988 - Nicolas Batum , French basketball player
- 1988 - Vanessa Anne Hudgens , American actress
- 1990 - Murakawa Daisuke , professional Go player
- 1460 - Guarino Da Verona , Italian humanist and translator (b. 1370 )
- 1510 - Friedrich Of Saxony (b. 1473 )
- 1542 - King James V Of Scotland (b. 1512 )
- 1591 - Saint John Of The Cross , Spanish friar and poet (b. 1542 )
- 1624 - Charles Howard, 1st Earl Of Nottingham , 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 )
- 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 )
- 1947 - Edward Higgins , the 3rd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1864 )
- 1963 - Dinah Washington , American singer (b. 1924 )
- 1964 - William Bendix , American actor (b. 1906 )
- 1984 - Vicente Aleixandre , Spanish writer and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898 )
- 1985 - Catherine Doherty , social justice activist (b. 1896 )
- 1985 - Roger Maris , baseball player (b. 1934 )
- 1989 - Andrei D. Sakharov , Russian physicist, activist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1921 )
- 1990 - Friedrich Dürrenmatt , Swiss writer (b. 1921 )
- 1993 - Myrna Loy , American actress (b. 1905 )
- 1998 - Norman Fell , American actor (b. 1924 )
- 1998 - Annette Strauss , American philanthropist and Mayor of Dallas, Texas (b. 1924 )
- 1998 - Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham, Jr. , 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 , baseball player (b. 1934 )
- 2004 - Fernando Poe, Jr. , Filipino actor and presidential candidate (b. 1939 )
- 2005 - Dr. Rodney William Whitaker, of Pen Name Trevanian , American author (b. 1931 )
December 13 - December 15 - November 14 - January 14 -- Listing Of All Days
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