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Events on the 14th of December in history

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14 Dec 0557 Constantinople is severely damaged by an earthquake.
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14 Dec 0644 Osman ibn Affan appointed 3rd kalief of islam
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14 Dec 0835 Sweet Dew Incident: Emperor Wenzong of the Tang dynasty conspires to kill the powerful eunuchs of the Tang court, but the plot is foiled.
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14 Dec 0872 John VIII elected as Catholic Pope
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14 Dec 0872 John VIII begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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14 Dec 1124 Theobald Buccapecus elected Pope Coelestinus II (he refuses)
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14 Dec 1287 St. Lucia's flood: The Zuiderzee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses, killing over 50,000 people.
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14 Dec 1287 Zuider Zee seawall collapses with loss of 50,000 lives
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14 Dec 1490 Anna van Bretagne marries a proxy Maximilian of Austria
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14 Dec 1542 Princess Mary Stuart becomes Mary, Queen of Scots.
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14 Dec 1575 Polish Parliament selects Istv
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14 Dec 1582 Zealand/Brabant Netherlands adopt Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is 12/25
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14 Dec 1600 Olivier van Noort sinks Sp galleon San Diego at Bay of Manila, 350 die
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14 Dec 1656 Artificial pearls 1st manufactured by M Jacquin in Paris made of gypsum pellets covered with fish scales
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14 Dec 1708 Prosper Jolyot's "Electre" premieres in Paris
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14 Dec 1751 The Theresian Military Academy is founded as the first military academy in the world.
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14 Dec 1774 Massachusetts militiamen successfully attacked arsenal of Fort William & Mary
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14 Dec 1782 The Montgolfier brothers' first balloon lifts off on its first test flight.
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14 Dec 1782 Charleston SC evacuated by British
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14 Dec 1793 1st state road authorized, Frankfort KY to Cincinnati OH
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14 Dec 1798 David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patents a nut & bolt machine
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14 Dec 1812 The French invasion of Russia comes to an end as the remnants of the Grande Armée are expelled from Russia.
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14 Dec 1814 War of 1812: The Royal Navy seizes control of Lake Borgne, Louisiana.
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14 Dec 1819 Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state.
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14 Dec 1819 Alabama admitted to the Union as the 22nd state
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14 Dec 1825 Decembrist uprising in Russia against Tsar Nicholas I begins
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14 Dec 1836 The Toledo War unofficially ends.
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14 Dec 1849 1st chamber music group in US gives their 1st concert (Boston)
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14 Dec 1863 Battle of Bean's Station-Confederacy repulses Union in Tennessee
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14 Dec 1882 Henry Morton Stanley returns to Brussels from the Congo
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14 Dec 1889 American Academy of Political & Social Science organized, Philadelphia
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14 Dec 1894 Day One 1st Test Cricket Australia vs England Australia 5-346 (Giffen 161, Gregory 85)
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14 Dec 1894 Test Cricket debut of Joe Darling, Ernie Jones, Archie MacLaren
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14 Dec 1896 The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
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14 Dec 1900 Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law.
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14 Dec 1901 1st table tennis tournament is held at the London Royal Aquarium
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14 Dec 1902 The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.
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14 Dec 1903 The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
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14 Dec 1903 Reg Foster completes 287 England vs Australia on Test Cricket debut
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14 Dec 1907 The schooner Thomas W. Lawson runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.
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14 Dec 1909 New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.
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14 Dec 1911 Roald Amundsen‍ '​s team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
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14 Dec 1911 South Pole 1st reached, by Norwegian Roald Amundsen
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14 Dec 1913 Haruna, the fourth and last Kongō-class ship, launches, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II.
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14 Dec 1913 Greece formally takes possession of Crete
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14 Dec 1914 Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party (Partido Demócrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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14 Dec 1915 Jack Johnson is 1st black world heavyweight boxing champion
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14 Dec 1917 UFA, "Universal Film AG", forms in Germany
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14 Dec 1918 Friedrich Karl von Hessen, a German prince elected by the Parliament of Finland to become King Väinö I, renounces the Finnish throne.
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14 Dec 1918 Portuguese President Sidónio Pais is assassinated.
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14 Dec 1918 Giacomo Puccini's opera "Il Trittico" premieres in New York NY
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14 Dec 1920 Heavyweight Jack Dempsey KOs Bill Brennan in New York City
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14 Dec 1920 Jack Dempsey KOs Bill Brennan in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
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14 Dec 1920 Heavyweight Jack Dempsey KOs Bill Brennan in 12 for heavyweight boxing title in New York NY
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14 Dec 1923 Gerard K "Simon" van het Reve, Dutch writer (Evenings)
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14 Dec 1924 Chiang Kai-shek occupies Hankou
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14 Dec 1924 Respighi's symphony "Pini di Roma" premieres in Paris
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14 Dec 1926 Danish Madsen government, forms
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14 Dec 1927 Iraq gains independence from Britain, but British troops remain
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14 Dec 1928 2nd Test Cricket Australia vs England starts with Bradman 12th man
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14 Dec 1929 Alexander Zaimis elected President of Greece
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14 Dec 1930 New York Giants defeat Notre Dame 22-0 in a charity game
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14 Dec 1931 1st assembly of Anton Musserts NSB in Utrecht
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14 Dec 1932 French government of Herriot falls
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14 Dec 1933 Josephine Baker performs in Amsterdam
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14 Dec 1934 1st streamlined steam locomotive introduced (Albany NY)
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14 Dec 1935 Test Cricket debut of "Chuck" Fleetwood-Smith vs South Africa, Durban
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14 Dec 1937 Japanese troops conquer/plunder Nanjing
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14 Dec 1938 American League permits Cleveland & Philadelphia to play night games
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14 Dec 1938 Major leagues agree on standard ball
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14 Dec 1938 Major leagues disagree on increasing rosters from 23 to 25
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14 Dec 1938 Will Harridge is elected to a 10-year-term as American League president
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14 Dec 1939 Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.
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14 Dec 1939 Soviet Union attacks Finland - League of Nations drops Soviet Union
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14 Dec 1941 World War II: Japan signs a treaty of alliance with Thailand.
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14 Dec 1941 1st NFL division playoff, Bears beat Packers 33-14
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14 Dec 1941 Prime Minister Winston Churchill travels to US on board HMS Duke of York
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14 Dec 1941 U-557 torpedoes British cruiser Galatea
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14 Dec 1944 Congress establishes rank of General of the Army (5-star General)
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14 Dec 1944 Begin(ning) Liese-Aktion: werving of labor force for Germany
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14 Dec 1944 German occupiers forbid use of electricity in parts of Holland
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14 Dec 1945 Elmer Rice's "Dream Girl" premieres in New York NY
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14 Dec 1946 "Three to Make Ready" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 323 performances
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14 Dec 1946 The United Nations General Assembly votes to establish its headquarters in New York, New York.
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14 Dec 1946 Togo is made a trusteeship territory of the UN
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14 Dec 1946 UN General Assembly votes to establish UN HQs in New York NY
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14 Dec 1947 Cleveland Browns beat the New York Yankees 14-3 in AAFC championship game
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14 Dec 1947 Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, home of Real Madrid C.F., staged its first football match.
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14 Dec 1950 "Bless You All" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 84 performances
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14 Dec 1950 UN General Assembly establishes High Commissioner for Refugees (Nobel 1954)
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14 Dec 1950 Baseball owners choose Lou Perini (Braves), Phil Wrigley (Cubs), Del Webb (Yankees), & Ellis Ryan (Indians) to select new commissioner
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14 Dec 1952 KROD (now KDBC) TV channel 4 in El Paso TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
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14 Dec 1952 R H Shodhan scores 110 on Test Cricket debut vs Pakistan, Calcutta
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14 Dec 1952 Uprising of captives in Pongam South Korea, 82 die
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14 Dec 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers sign pitcher Sandy Koufax
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14 Dec 1954 WOAY TV channel 4 in Oak Hill-Beckley WV (ABC) begins broadcasting
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14 Dec 1955 Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Ceylon, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania and Spain join the United Nations.
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14 Dec 1955 Dutch Reformed Church condemns woman/wife as vicar
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14 Dec 1955 Tappan Zee Bridge in New York opens to traffic
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14 Dec 1956 Paul-Henri Spaak appointed Secretary-General of NATO
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14 Dec 1957 "Most Happy Fella" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 678 performances
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14 Dec 1957 "Rumple" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 45 performances
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14 Dec 1958 The 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition becomes the first to reach the southern pole of inaccessibility.
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14 Dec 1959 J B Jordan in F-104C sets world altitude record, 31,513 meters
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14 Dec 1959 Archbishop Makarios proclaimed President of Cyprus
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14 Dec 1960 Australia vs West Indies 1st Test Cricket at the Gabba ends in a tie
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14 Dec 1960 Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) forms
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14 Dec 1960 Washington Senators joins American League
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14 Dec 1961 Tanganyika joins the United Nations.
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14 Dec 1961 Jimmy Dean's "Big Bad John" is 1st country song to get a gold record
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14 Dec 1962 Mariner 2 makes 1st US fly-by of another planet (Venus)
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14 Dec 1962 NASA's Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Venus.
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14 Dec 1962 Mariner 2 launched, makes 1st US visit to another planet (Venus)
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14 Dec 1963 The dam containing the Baldwin Hills Reservoir bursts, killing five people and damaging hundreds of homes in Los Angeles, California.
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14 Dec 1963 Verne Gagne beats The Crusher in Minneapolis, to become NWA champion
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14 Dec 1964 Michael Brown meets Rene Fladen, then writes "Walk Away Rene"
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14 Dec 1964 American Civil Rights Movement: Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States – The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Congress can use the Constitution's Commerce Clause to fight discrimination.
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14 Dec 1965 "La Grusse Valise" opens at 54th St. Theater NYC for 7 performances
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14 Dec 1967 DNA created in a test tube
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14 Dec 1969 "La Strada" opens / closes at Lunt Fontanne NYC for 1 performance
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14 Dec 1969 Jackson Five made their 1st appearance on "Ed Sullivan Show"
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14 Dec 1969 Bishen Bedi takes 7-98 (career-best) vs Australia at Calcutta
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14 Dec 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War: Over 200 of East Pakistan‍ '​s intellectuals are executed by the Pakistan Army and their local allies. (The date is commemorated in Bangladesh as Martyred Intellectuals Day.)
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14 Dec 1971 Golden Gate Bridge lights out all night due to power failure
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14 Dec 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.
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14 Dec 1972 Eugene Cernan & Harrison Schmitt leave the Moon
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14 Dec 1972 Willy Brandt re-elected West German chancellor
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14 Dec 1974 Islander Glenn Resch's 1st shut-out opponent-Kings 3-0
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14 Dec 1974 Viv Richards scores 1st Test Cricket ton 192 vs India 20 fours 6 sixes
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14 Dec 1975 "Treemonisha" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 64 performances
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14 Dec 1975 WCPR (Brooklyn New York pirate radio station) begins broadcasting on 1620 AM
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14 Dec 1975 6 South Moluccan terrorists surrender, holding 23 hostages for 12 days
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14 Dec 1976 Dutch 1st Chamber condemns Dutch Liberal/social-democratic abortion laws
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14 Dec 1977 "Saturday Night Fever, "starring John Travolta, premieres in New York City
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14 Dec 1977 Egypt & Israel representatives gather in Cairo for 1st formal peace conference
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14 Dec 1977 Red Sox trade Fergie Jenkins to Rangers for John Poloni & cash
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14 Dec 1977 Test Cricket debut of Abdul Qadir, vs England at Lahore
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14 Dec 1977 War criminal Pieter Menten sentenced in Amsterdam to 15 years
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14 Dec 1978 "Ballroom" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 116 performances
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14 Dec 1978 China People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China
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14 Dec 1979 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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14 Dec 1980 "Onward Victoria" opens / closes at Martin Beck NYC for 1 performance
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14 Dec 1980 Nancy Lopez / Curtis Strange wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
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14 Dec 1980 New Orleans Saints end 14 game losing streak, beat the New York Jets 21-20
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14 Dec 1980 Anders Kailur scores on 6th Islander penalty shot
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14 Dec 1980 At 2 PM EST there is 10 minutes of silence in memory of John Lennon
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14 Dec 1980 Minnesota Vikings pass for 456 yards against Cleveland Browns, winning 28-24
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14 Dec 1980 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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14 Dec 1981 Arab–Israeli conflict: Israel's Knesset ratifies the Golan Heights Law, extending Israeli law to the occupied Golan Heights.
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14 Dec 1981 Israel annexes Golan Heights (seized from Syria in war of 1967)
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14 Dec 1982 Marcel Dionne, Los Angeles CA, becomes 9th NHLer to score 500 goals
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14 Dec 1983 "Peg" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 5 performances
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14 Dec 1983 The third Congress of the Communist Youth of Greece starts.
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14 Dec 1984 Howard Cosell retires from Monday Night Football
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14 Dec 1985 US Foreign Minister George Shultz arrives in West Berlin
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14 Dec 1986 Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, takes off from Edwards AFB, California on 1st non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world
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14 Dec 1987 Allan Border scores 205 vs New Zealand to become Australia's top rungetter
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14 Dec 1987 Chrysler pleads no contest to selling driven vehicles as new
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14 Dec 1988 The ET3 television network is launched in Thessaloniki, Greece.
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14 Dec 1988 CBS' $1.1 B bid wins exclusive 1990-94 major-league baseball rights
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14 Dec 1988 NBA's Miami Heat wins 1st game ever, 89-88 (Clippers), after 17 losses
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14 Dec 1988 Spanish general strike to protest austerity measures
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14 Dec 1988 US agrees to talk to Palestine Liberation Organization (1st time in 13 years)
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14 Dec 1990 Right to Die case permits Nancy Cruzan to have her feeding tube removed, she dies 12 days later
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14 Dec 1990 Louis Jordan's revue "Five Guys Named Moe" premieres in London
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14 Dec 1991 57th Heisman Trophy Award: Desmond Howard, Michigan (WR)
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14 Dec 1991 Ferry boat Salem Express sinks in Red Sea, 476 killed
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14 Dec 1992 War in Abkhazia: Siege of Tkvarcheli – A helicopter carrying evacuees from Tkvarcheli is shot down, resulting in at least 52 deaths, including 25 children. The incident catalyses more concerted Russian military intervention on behalf of Abkhazia.
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14 Dec 1992 Lennox Lewis given WBC title, when Riddick Bowe refuses to fight him
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14 Dec 1993 Moslem fundamentalists murder 12 Kroates/Bosnians in Algeria
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14 Dec 1994 Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river.
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14 Dec 1995 "Les Miserables" opens at Cable Hall, Helsinki
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14 Dec 1995 Yugoslav Wars: The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris by the leaders of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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14 Dec 1995 AIDS patient Jeff Getty recieves baboon bone marrow transplant
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14 Dec 1996 12th Soap Opera Digest Awards
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14 Dec 1996 62nd Heisman Trophy Award: Danny Wuerffel, Florida (QB)
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14 Dec 1997 "View From the Bridge, " opens at Criterion Theater, New York City
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14 Dec 1997 "View From the Bridge" opens at Criterion Theater NYC
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14 Dec 1997 Diners Club Senior Golf Match
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14 Dec 1997 Juli Inkster & Dottie Pepper win LPGA Diners Club Matches
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14 Dec 1997 Phoenix Coyote Mike Gartner is 5th NHLer to score 700 goals
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14 Dec 1999 Torrential rains cause flash floods in Vargas, Venezuela, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, the destruction of thousands of homes, and the complete collapse of the state's infrastructure.
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14 Dec 2003 Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf narrowly escapes an assassination attempt.
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14 Dec 2004 The Millau Viaduct, the tallest bridge in the world, is formally inaugurated near Millau, France.
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14 Dec 2008 Muntadhar al-Zaidi throws his shoes at then-U.S. President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq.
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14 Dec 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: Twenty-eight people, including the gunman, are killed in Sandy Hook, Connecticut.
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14 Dec 2013 A reported coup attempt in South Sudan leads to continued fighting and hundreds of casualties.
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