December 14

Events

 * - : The sea wall in the  collapses, killing over 50,000 people.
 * - Princess Mary Stuart becomes Queen.
 * (according to the ;, by the new calendar) - The , under the command of , avenged the death of their master.
 * - The was founded as the first Military Academy in the world.
 * - is chartered by  of.
 * - brothers first balloon lifted on its very first test flight.
 * - Death of, first of the.
 * - becomes the 22nd.
 * - Advocates of in  rise up against  and are put down in the  in.
 * - The unofficially ended.
 * - The is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
 * - : presents a theoretical derivation of his.
 * - The lays the first   cable, from  to.
 * - The make their first attempt to fly with the  at . It crashes, and 3 days later, after repairs, they get it to fly.
 * - The schooner runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the  in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.
 * - 's team, comprising himself,, , , and , becomes the first to reach the.
 * - and others found the  (Partido Demócrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy,.
 * -, a prince elected by the  to become King , renounces the.
 * - : The is expelled from the.
 * - military commander of,  issued an order, according to which the  population was to move to the city periphery within 2 days, into the barracks of the works of a machine factory. In the next days 15,000 Jews were shot at.
 * 1941  - :  signs  with.
 * - The votes to establish its headquarters in.
 * - The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is founded in.
 * -, , , , , , , , , , and   join the.
 * - The 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition becomes the first-ever to reach in the.
 * - The  is founded in  by.
 * - 's  becomes the first to fly by.
 * - :  - The rules that the  can use its  power to fight discrimination.
 * - : is the last person to walk on the moon, after he and  complete the third and final  (EVA) of . This was the last manned mission to the moon of the 20th century.
 * - Legendary group  release  in the UK, a landmark album in rock music.
 * - : 's passes The ,  extending Israeli law to the area of the.
 * - : The is signed in  by leaders of various governments.
 * -  narrowly escapes an assassination attempt.
 * - The, the highest bridge in the world, near , is officially opened.

Births

 * - of Japan (d. )
 * -, French astrologer (d. )
 * -, Danish astronomer and alchemist (d. )
 * -, French orientalist (d. )
 * -, English philosopher (d. )
 * - (baptism date) -, English playwright and novelist (d. )
 * -, English historian (d. )
 * -, German statesman (d. )
 * -, American founder of Kenyon College (d. )
 * 1775  -, British admiral (d. )
 * -, Empress of Austria and queen of Hungary and Bohemia (d. )
 * -, French painter (d. )
 * -, British artist and art critic (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, American actress and film producer (d. )
 * -, American actress and playwright (d. )
 * -, French poet (d. )
 * 1895  - King  (d. )
 * -, American General (d. )
 * -, American politician (d. )
 * 1897  -, Austrian politician (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, American comedian and actor (d. )
 * 1908  -, Welsh rugby player
 * 1908  -, Hungarian authoress (d. )
 * -, American geneticist and laureate (d. )
 * -, American comedian and musician (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * 1914  -, Hungarian Olympic champion fencer (d. )
 * 1914  -, American pianist and harpsichordist (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, Swedish communist leader
 * -, American television executive (d. )
 * 1918  -, Indian yoga advocate
 * -, American trumpeter
 * -, Soviet-born Russian physicist and laureate (d. )
 * -, Dutch writer
 * -, Indian actor (d. )
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, American tenor (d.)
 * -, Pakistani scholar, poet and philosopher (d. )
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * 1932  -, American singer and actress
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * 1935  -, American film actor, writer and producer (d. )
 * -, Brazilian theologian
 * -, American journalist (d. )
 * 1941  -, American soprano
 * -, British-born actress
 * 1946  -, American actress
 * 1946  -, American film producer
 * 1946  -, American former tennis player
 * 1946  -, East German athlete
 * -, American guitarist
 * 1947  -, British artist
 * -, American music journalist (d. )
 * 1948  -, American actress
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1949  -, British-born bassist
 * -, Dutch chess grandmaster
 * -, Indian former tennis player
 * 1953  -, Soviet-born Estonian composer
 * 1953  -, Swedish politician
 * -, American race car driver (d. )
 * 1954  -, American actor
 * 1954  -, Canadian astronaut
 * -, skier
 * -, American author
 * -, British singer and songwriter
 * 1958  -, English musician
 * -, Mexican boxer
 * -, American bodybuilder and gay rights advocate
 * - (Ginger Lynn Allen), American adult film actress
 * -, American actress
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1965  -, baseball player
 * -, Italian racecar driver
 * 1966  -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1966  -, Swedish/American musician
 * -, Polish writer
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, Polish singer
 * 1970  -, English singer-songwriter
 * -, British actress
 * -, baseball player
 * 1972  -, American musical theatre actor
 * -, Polish-born international footballer
 * 1973  -, American actress and singer
 * 1973  -, American actress (d. )
 * -, baseball player
 * -, American rock singer
 * -, bounty hunter, son of.
 * 1976  -, Portuguese racing driver
 * 1976  -, Spanish football player
 * -, American actress
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1978  -, singer
 * -, footballer
 * 1979  -, Australian actress, singer, and model
 * -, Spanish singer
 * 1980  -, Thai-American singer
 * -, Malaysian model and actress
 * 1981  -, Canadian diver
 * 1981  -, American professional wrestler
 * 1981  -, American baseball player
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1982  -, English footballer
 * 1982  -, British singer and actor
 * -, Northern Irish footballer
 * 1984  -, Zimbabwean cricketer
 * -, Welsh Rugby Union Player
 * 1985  -, Japanese actress
 * -, French basketball player
 * 1988  -, American actress
 * -, Brazilian footballer

Deaths

 * -, Italian humanist and translator (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * -, Croatian writer (b. )
 * -, Spanish friar and poet (b. )
 * -, English statesman (b. )
 * -, French scholar (b. )
 * -, English historian (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, English bishop and antiquarian (b. )
 * -, French historian (b. )
 * -, German composer (b. )
 * 1788  - King  (b. )
 * -, first (b. )
 * -, French Canadian physician and (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, consort of (b. )
 * -, Danish geologist (b. )
 * -, Swiss-born American zoologist and geologist (b. )
 * -, wife of  (b. )
 * -, Russian mathematician (b. )
 * -, American science-fiction author (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * 1947  -, General of The Salvation Army (b. )
 * -, president of Finland (b. )
 * -, American singer (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, German Nazi politician (b. )
 * -, Nigerian-born boxer (b. )
 * -, Spanish diplomat, writer, historian and pacifist (b. )
 * -, Spanish writer and (b. )
 * -, social justice activist (b. )
 * 1985  -, American baseball player (b. )
 * -, Russian physicist, (b. )
 * -, Swiss writer (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * 1993  -, American football player (b. )
 * -, Canadian musician (b. )
 * 1997  -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * 1998  -, American philanthropist (b. )
 * 1998  -, American civil rights activist and author (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * 2003  -, foreign minister of the Philippines (b. )
 * -, American baseball player (b. )
 * 2004  -, Filipino actor and presidential candidate (b. )
 * -, American author (b. )
 * -, chief political strategist of (b. )
 * 2006  -, co-founder of Atlantic Records (b. )
 * 2006  -, American actor (b. )