About December 14
December 14, 2024 is the 349th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 17 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
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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 46 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On December 14
- 557 –Constantinople is severely damaged by an earthquake.
- 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.
- 1836 –The Toledo War unofficially ends.
- 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.
- 1911 –Roald Amundsen’s team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
- 1913 –Haruna, the fourth and last ship of the Sclass Kongō, launches, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II.
- 1914 –Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party (Partido Demócrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires.
- 1939 –Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.
- 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.
- 1971 –Over 200 of East Pakistan’s (now Bangladesh) intellectuals are massacred by the Pakistani Army and their local allies.
- 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.
- 1992 –War in Abkhazia: During the Siege of Tkvarcheli, a helicopter carrying evacuees from Tkvarcheli, Abkhazia, is shot down, resulting in at least 52 deaths, 25 of which are children. The incident catalyses more concerted Russian military intervention on behalf of Abkhazia.
- 1994 –Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River.
- 1995 –Yugoslav Wars: The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris by leaders of various governments.
- 2004 –Cuba and Venezuela found the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas.
- 2004 –The Millau viaduct, the tallest bridge in the world, near Millau, France is officially opened.
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