Historical Events In December - 14

1977  On December - 14 egypt and Israel reps gather in Cairo for first formal peace conference   

1979  On this day in history nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, cricketer (2 Tests for India, avg 205), dies   

1980  On December - 14 at 2 PM EST there is 10 minutes of silence in memory of John Lennon   

1980  On December - 14 elston Howard, MVP catcher (NY Yankees), dies at 59   

1981  On December - 14 israel annexes Golan Heights   

1985  NY Yankees great Roger Maris dies of cancer at age 51 on December - 14.   

1985  Roger Maris, HR hitter (61 in 61, NY Yankees), dies of cancer at 51 on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history the experimental aircraft Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, takes flight from Edwards Air Force Base (CA) on the first non-stop, self-contained (i.e., no aerial refueling) flight around the world.   

1987  On December - 14 in the worst attack on merchant shipping in the 'Gulf War', 21 crewmen from a Norwegian tanker are killed   

1987  Paul Clinton Sundberg, actor (Belle of NY, Easter Parade), dies on this day in history.   

1988  Spanish general strike to protest austerity measures on December - 14.   

1988  On this day in history uS agrees to talk to Palestine Liberation Org (1st time in 13 yrs)   

1989  On this day in history andrei D. Sakharov, author and Nobel laureate, dies in Moscow at age 68.   

1989  On this day in history movie actor Jock Mahoney (Dallas, Tarzan) dies at age 70.   

1989  Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist/dissident (Nobel 1975), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1990  On December - 14 right to Die case permits Nancy Cruzan to have her feeding tube removed, she dies 12 days later   

1990  On December - 14 f Dörrenmatt, writer, dies at 69   

1991  476 die when the ferry boat Salem Express sinks in the Red Sea on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history desmond Howard of Michigan wins the Heisman trophy   

1991  On December - 14 john Arlott, cricketer (the greatest of cricket commentators), dies   

1993  Actress Myrna Loy dies at age 88 on December - 14.   

1993  On December - 14 myrna Loy, [Williams], US actress (Jazz Singer), dies at 88   

1994  Mary Ann McCall, singer, dies at 75 on December - 14.   

1995  After sixty-nine grueling days on the picket line, machinists for the Boeing Company gave the go-ahead to a new contract on this day in 1995 on this day in history.   

1995  Don Anthony, bandleader/songwriter, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1996  Alan Hargreaves, climber, dies at 92 on December - 14.   

1997  On December - 14 owen Barfield, philosopher of language, dies at 99   

1998  IXC Communications announced it had turned on a new coast-to-coast data network that it hoped would serve as the backbone for the next generation Internet on December - 14.   

2007  On December - 14 fAI World Grand Prix Gliding Championship at Omarama, New Zealand.   

2012  On December - 14 28 people, including 20 children, are shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut   

2014  On December - 14 shinzō Abe and his ruling Liberal Democratic Party win re-election in Japan, retaining their two-thirds majority with coalition partner New Kōmeitō Party   

2017  On December - 14 the Vatican announces it has rediscovered the lost last paintings of Raphael in Vatican Museum, painted 1520   

2017  On this day in history the Walt Disney Company buys most of 21st Century Fox for $52.4 billion   

2017  US media regulator the Federal Communications Commission votes to end net neutrality on this day in history.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Next Page »

1009  On December - 14 birth of emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (d. 1045)   

1363  John Van [Jean C] Gerson, French theologist was born on this day in history.   

1503  Nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist/prophet was born on this day in history.   

1546  On this day in history birth of tycho Brahe, Knudstrup Denmark, astronomer (Golden nose)   

1553  On this day in history birth of henri IV the Bourbon, king of Navarra (Henri III)/France   

1625  On December - 14 birth of barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (d. 1695)   

1631  On December - 14 birth of anne Conway, Viscountess Conway, English philosopher (d. 1679)   

1640  (baptism date) was born on this day in history.   

0872  On December - 14 adrian II, Italian Pope (867-72)/last married pope, dies at about 80   

1077  Agnes of Poitou, German empress/wife of emperor Henry III, dies on this day in history.   

1136  Death of Harald IV, "Gylle Krist", king of Norway, murdered on this day in history.   

1417  On this day in history death of john Oldcastle, Lord Cobham, English nobleman, hanged & burned   

1460  Death of Guarino da Verona (b. 1370) on this day in history.   

1476  Death of Vlad III the Impaler (b. 1431) on this day in history.   

1510  On December - 14 death of friedrich of Saxony (b. 1473)   

1542  On December - 14 james, king of Scotland (1513-42), dies at 30