Friday, December 14, 2012

December 14th in History



557 - Constantinople is severely damaged by an earthquake.

1287 - St. Lucia's flood: The Zuiderzee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses, killing over 50,000 people.

1542 - Princess Mary Stuart becomes Mary, Queen of Scots.

1782 - The Montgolfier brothers' first balloon lifts off on its first test flight.

1799 - George Washington died

1819 - Alabama becomes the 22nd US state.

1903 - The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

1918 - President of Portugal Sidónio Pais is assassinated.

1939 - Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.

1941 - World War II: Japan signs treaty of alliance with Thailand.

1946 - The United Nations General Assembly votes to establish its headquarters in New York, USA

1955 - Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Sri Lanka join the United Nations.

1961 - Tanzania joins the United Nations.

1962 -  NASA's Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Venus.

1981 - Arab–Israeli conflict: Israel's Knesset passes The Golan Heights Law, extending Israeli law to the area of the Golan Heights.

1995 - Yugoslav Wars: The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris, France by leaders of various governments.

2004 - Cuba and Venezuela found the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas.

Famous Birthdays:

1009 - Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan

1784 - Princess Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily, Princess of Asturias

1787 - Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este, Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia

1870 - Karl Renner, President of Austria

1895 - King George VI of the United Kingdom 

1901 - Paul, King of Greece

1914 - Karl Carstens, former President of Germany 

1947 - Dilma Rousseff, current President of Brazil

1979 - Michael Owen, footballer

1985 - Tom Smith, rugby union footballer

1988 - Vanessa Hudgens, singer and actress










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