Page 7: Historical Events In December - 14

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

1979  Nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, cricketer (2 Tests for India, avg 205), dies on December - 14.   

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 December - 14.   

1981  On this day in history israel annexes Golan Heights   

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

1985  On December - 14 roger Maris, HR hitter (61 in 61, NY Yankees), dies of cancer at 51   

1986  On December - 14 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 this day in history 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  On December - 14 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  Andrei D. Sakharov, author and Nobel laureate, dies in Moscow at age 68 on December - 14.   

1989  On December - 14 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  Right to Die case permits Nancy Cruzan to have her feeding tube removed, she dies 12 days later on December - 14.   

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

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

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  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  On this day in history mary Ann McCall, singer, dies at 75   

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

2007  On this day in history 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  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 December - 14.   

2017  The Walt Disney Company buys most of 21st Century Fox for $52.4 billion on December - 14.   

2017  On December - 14 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 this day in history.   

1363  John Van [Jean C] Gerson, French theologist was born on December - 14.   

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

1546  On December - 14 birth of tycho Brahe, Knudstrup Denmark, astronomer (Golden nose)   

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  Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway, English philosopher (d. 1679) was born on this day in history.   

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

0872  Adrian II, Italian Pope (867-72)/last married pope, dies at about 80 on this day in history.   

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 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 December - 14.   

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

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

1542  On this day in history james, king of Scotland (1513-42), dies at 30