Page 7: Historical Events In December - 14

1977  Egypt and Israel reps gather in Cairo for first formal peace conference on this day in history.   

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

1981  Israel annexes Golan Heights on December - 14.   

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

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

1986  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 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1993  On this day in history actress Myrna Loy dies at age 88.   

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  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 December - 14.   

1998  On this day in history 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   

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

2017  The Vatican announces it has rediscovered the lost last paintings of Raphael in Vatican Museum, painted 1520 on this day in history.   

2017  On December - 14 the Walt Disney Company buys most of 21st Century Fox for $52.4 billion   

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

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1009  Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (d. 1045) was born on December - 14.   

1363  On this day in history birth of john Van [Jean C] Gerson, French theologist   

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 December - 14.   

1553  On December - 14 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  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 this day in history 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  On December - 14 death of harald IV, "Gylle Krist", king of Norway, murdered   

1417  Death of John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham, English nobleman, hanged & burned on this day in history.   

1460  On December - 14 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  On December - 14 james, king of Scotland (1513-42), dies at 30