Page 7: Historical Events In December - 14

1977  Egypt and Israel reps gather in Cairo for first formal peace conference on December - 14.   

1979  On December - 14 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  On this day in history elston Howard, MVP catcher (NY Yankees), dies at 59   

1981  On December - 14 israel annexes Golan Heights   

1985  On this day in history nY Yankees great Roger Maris dies of cancer at age 51.   

1985  On this day in history roger Maris, HR hitter (61 in 61, NY Yankees), dies of cancer at 51   

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

1987  On December - 14 paul Clinton Sundberg, actor (Belle of NY, Easter Parade), dies   

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  Movie actor Jock Mahoney (Dallas, Tarzan) dies at age 70 on December - 14.   

1989  Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist/dissident (Nobel 1975), dies at 68 on December - 14.   

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

1990  F Dörrenmatt, writer, dies at 69 on December - 14.   

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

1991  Desmond Howard of Michigan wins the Heisman trophy on December - 14.   

1991  On December - 14 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 this day in history.   

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

1995  On December - 14 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   

1995  On this day in history don Anthony, bandleader/songwriter, dies at 85   

1996  Alan Hargreaves, climber, dies at 92 on this day in history.   

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 December - 14.   

2007  FAI World Grand Prix Gliding Championship at Omarama, New Zealand on December - 14.   

2012  On this day in history 28 people, including 20 children, are shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut   

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 December - 14.   

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

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1009  Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (d. 1045) was born on this day in history.   

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

1503  On December - 14 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 this day in history birth of henri IV the Bourbon, king of Navarra (Henri III)/France   

1625  Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville, French orientalist (d. 1695) was born on this day in history.   

1631  Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway, English philosopher (d. 1679) was born on December - 14.   

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

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

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 December - 14.   

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

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

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

1510  Death of Friedrich of Saxony (b. 1473) on December - 14.   

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