Historical Events In December - 14

1977  On this day in history 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 this day in history at 2 PM EST there is 10 minutes of silence in memory of John Lennon  

1980  Elston Howard, MVP catcher (NY Yankees), dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history paul Clinton Sundberg, actor (Belle of NY, Easter Parade), dies  

1988  On this day in history spanish general strike to protest austerity measures  

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

1989  On December - 14 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  On this day in history andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist/dissident (Nobel 1975), dies at 68  

1990  On this day in history right to Die case permits Nancy Cruzan to have her feeding tube removed, she dies 12 days later  

1990  On this day in history f Dörrenmatt, writer, dies at 69  

1991  On December - 14 476 die when the ferry boat Salem Express sinks in the Red Sea.  

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

1991  On this day in history john Arlott, cricketer (the greatest of cricket commentators), dies  

1993  On December - 14 actress Myrna Loy dies at age 88.  

1993  Myrna Loy, [Williams], US actress (Jazz Singer), dies at 88 on December - 14.  

1994  Mary Ann McCall, singer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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  On December - 14 alan Hargreaves, climber, dies at 92  

1997  Owen Barfield, philosopher of language, dies at 99 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

2014  On this day in history 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  The Vatican announces it has rediscovered the lost last paintings of Raphael in Vatican Museum, painted 1520 on December - 14.  

2017  The Walt Disney Company buys most of 21st Century Fox for $52.4 billion on this day in history.  

2017  On this day in history uS media regulator the Federal Communications Commission votes to end net neutrality  

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1009  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist/prophet  

1546  Tycho Brahe, Knudstrup Denmark, astronomer (Golden nose) was born on this day in history.  

1553  On December - 14 birth of henri IV the Bourbon, king of Navarra (Henri III)/France  

1625  On this day in history birth of barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (d. 1695)  

1631  On this day in history birth of anne Conway, Viscountess Conway, English philosopher (d. 1679)  

1640  (baptism date) was born on December - 14.  

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

1077  On this day in history agnes of Poitou, German empress/wife of emperor Henry III, dies  

1136  Death of Harald IV, "Gylle Krist", king of Norway, murdered on December - 14.  

1417  Death of John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham, English nobleman, hanged & burned on December - 14.  

1460  On this day in history death of guarino da Verona (b. 1370)  

1476  On December - 14 death of vlad III the Impaler (b. 1431)  

1510  On this day in history death of friedrich of Saxony (b. 1473)  

1542  James, king of Scotland (1513-42), dies at 30 on December - 14.