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Birthday December 14, 1503 Nostradamus, astrologer and physician |
Birthday December 14, 1546 Tycho Brahe, at Knudstrup, Denmark, astronomer |
Birthday December 14, 1895 George VI, king of England (1936-52) |
Birthday December 14, 1896 James H. Doolittle, former Air Force general |
Birthday December 14, 1897 Margaret Chase Smith, (R-Sen-Maine) |
Birthday December 14, 1909 Edward L. Tatum, American molecular geneticist (Nobel 1958) |
Birthday December 14, 1914 Morey Amsterdam, Actor |
Birthday December 14, 1922 Charley Trippi, NFL halfback (Chicago Cardinals) |
Birthday December 14, 1932 Charlie Rich, singer |
Birthday December 14, 1932 Abbe Lane, in Bkln |
Birthday December 14, 1935 Lee Remick, in Boston Mass (Days of Wine and Rose, Long Hot Summer) |
Birthday December 14, 1938 Janette Scott |
Birthday December 14, 1946 Jane Birkin |
Birthday December 14, 1946 Joyce Wilson (Dawn), in Detroit Michigan |
Birthday December 14, 1946 Patty Duke, in Bkln, (Miracle Worker) |
Birthday December 14, 1946 Stan Smith is born |
History December 14, 1640 Aphra Behn is baptized |
History December 14, 1777 Thomas Conway is named inspector general |
History December 14, 1782 Charleston SC evacuated by British |
History December 14, 1799 George Washington dies |
History December 14, 1799 George Washington dies at Mount Vernon |
History December 14, 1799 First U.S. President George Washington dies |
History December 14, 1799 George Washington died at Mt Vernon Va |
History December 14, 1819 Alabama becomes 22nd state |
History December 14, 1863 Lincoln pardons his sister-in-law |
History December 14, 1874 An unsatisfactory end to a kidnapping |
History December 14, 1900 The birth of quantum theory |
History December 14, 1909 Indy Brickyard is completed |
History December 14, 1911 South Pole 1st reached by Roald Amundsen |
History December 14, 1918 New king renounces Finnish throne |
History December 14, 1927 Iraq gains independence from Britain but British troops remain |
History December 14, 1939 USSR expelled from the League of Nations |
History December 14, 1961 Kennedy announces intent to increase aid to South Vietnam |
History December 14, 1962 Mariner 2 makes 1st US visit to another planet (Venus) |
History December 14, 1964 Operation Barrel Roll begins |
History December 14, 1967 Blizzard ravages Navajo reservation |
History December 14, 1971 Golden Gate Bridge lights out all night from power failure |
History December 14, 1974 Islander Glenn Resch's 1st shut-out opponent - Kings 3-0 |
History December 14, 1977 Saturday Night Fever gets its world premiere and launches a musical juggernaut |
History December 14, 1980 Anders Kailur scored in 6th Islander penalty shot |
History December 14, 1980 Yankee catcher Elston Howard dies |
History December 14, 1980 CIA issues warning about Soviet arms sales to Third World nations |
History December 14, 1985 Roger Maris dies at 51 |
History December 14, 2005 King Kong remake debuts |
History December 14, 2012 Gunman kills students and adults at Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school |