About December 14

December 14, 2025 is the 348th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 17 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

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Sagittarius is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 65 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On December 14

  • 557
    Constantinople is severely damaged by an earthquake.
  • 1287
    St. Lucia’s flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses, killing over 50,000 people.
  • 1542
    Princess Mary Stuart becomes Mary, Queen of Scots.
  • 1812
    The French invasion of Russia comes to an end as the remnants of the Grande Armée are expelled from Russia.
  • 1896
    The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
  • 1900
    Quantum Mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law.
  • 1903
    The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
  • 1907
    The schooner Thomas W. Lawson runs aground and founders near the Hellweather’s Reef within the Scilly Isles in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.
  • 1918
    Friedrich Karl von Hessen, a German prince elected by the Parliament of Finland to become King Väinö I, renounces the Finnish throne.
  • 1918
    President of Portugal Sidónio Pais is assassinated.
  • 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 City.
  • 1961
    The United Republic of Tanzania joins the United Nations.
  • 1964
    American Civil Rights Movement: Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States – The United States Supreme Court rules that the U.S. Congress can use the Constitution’s Commerce Clause power to fight discrimination.
  • 1972
    Apollo program: Eugene Cernan is the last person to walk on the moon, after he and Harrison Schmitt complete the third and final Extra-vehicular activity (EVA) of the Apollo 17 mission. To date this is the last manned mission to the moon.
  • 1981
    Arab-Israeli conflict: Israel’s Knesset passes The Golan Heights Law, extending Israeli law to the area of the Golan Heights.
  • 1988
    The ET3 television network is launched in Thessaloniki, Greece.
  • 2003
    President of Pakistan Pervez Musharaf narrowly escapes an assassination attempt.
  • 2004
    Cuba and Venezuela found the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas.
  • 2006
    American spy satellite USA-193 is launched.

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