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What happened in history on this day: December 14?
On December 14 in ...
- 1782 - Charleston, South Carolina, evacuated by British.
- 1793 - First state road in US authorized, Frankfort, Kentucky to Cincinnati, Ohio.
- 1798 - David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patents a nut and bolt machine.
- 1799 - George Washington, first President of the USA (1789-97), dies at Mount Vernon, Virginia, at age 67.
- 1819 - Alabama admitted to the United States as the 22nd state.
- 1853 - US Assay Office at San Francisco is discontinued.
- 1863 - Battle of Bean's Station - Confederacy repulses USA in Tennessee.
- 1889 - American Academy of Political and Social Science is organized, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1902 - The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from Ocean Beach, San Francisco to Honolulu, Hawaii.
- 1903 - William Ennis is first US policeman to die in the electric chair.
- 1910 - The US Senate confirms George E. Roberts as Mint director for a second term.
- 1934 - First streamlined steam locomotive introduced (Albany, New York).
- 1944 - US Congress establishes rank of General of the Army (five-star General).
- 1946 - United Nations General Assembly votes to establish United Nations headquarters in New York City, New York.
- 1959 - J B Jordan in F-104C sets world altitude record, 31,513 metres.
- 1962 - Mariner 2 launched; makes first US visit to another planet (Venus).
- 1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1971 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1972 - Apollo 17 mission leaves the Moon, with astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt.
- 1979 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1980 - At 2 PM EST there is ten minutes of silence in memory of John Lennon in the USA.
- 1986 - Voyager experimental aircraft, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, takes off from Edwards Air Force Base, California on first non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world.
- 1987 - Chrysler pleads no contest to selling driven vehicles as new.
- 1988 - US agrees to talk to Palestine Liberation Organization (first time in 13 years).
- 1994 - A Learjet piloted by Richard Anderson and Brad Sexton misses an elementary school and crashes into an apartment complex in Fresno, California, killing both pilots and injuring several apartment residents.
- 1999 - Algerian Ahmed Ressam is arrested while crossing the United States-Canada border at Port Angeles, Washington, when United States Customs finds explosives in the trunk of his automobile. The arrest causes fears of a terrorist attack in the United States, and is a major factor in the cancellation of a public New Year's celebration in Seattle, Washington. Ressam is later convicted in a plot to bomb Los Angeles International Airport on New Year's Eve.
- 2020 - The United States removes Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism.
- 2020 - The United States places sanctions on Turkey in retaliation for their purchase of a S-400 missile system from Russia, making the first time they have sanctioned a NATO ally.
- 2020 - The United States and Canada begin mass vaccination with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
Births on December 14
- 1902 - Birth of Frances Bavier in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Aunt Bee - Andy Griffith Show).
- 1908 - Birth of Morey Amsterdam in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor/comedian (Buddy Sorrell - The Dick Van Dyke Show).
- 1911 - Birth of Spike (Lindley Armstrong) Jones in Long Beach, California, USA; band leader and drummer ("Cocktails for Two", "Der Fuhrer's Face", "You Always Hurt the One You Love", "All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth", The Spike Jones Show TV Show).
- 1914 - Birth of Dan Dailey in New York City, New York, USA; dancer/actor (Governor Drinkwater - Governor and JJ).
- 1914 - Birth of Rosalyn Tureck in Chicago, Illinois, USA; pianist ("Bach and Rock").
- 1915 - Birth of Clay Warnick in Tacoma, Washington, USA; choral director (The Jimmie Rodgers Show).
- 1917 - Birth of Elyse Knox in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; actress (Hit the Ice, Black Gold).
- 1918 - Birth of James T. Aubrey Junior in Illinois, USA; movie/TV executive (president of CBS, president of MGM).
- 1922 - Birth of Don Hewitt in New York City, New York, USA; CBS news executive producer (60 Minutes).
- 1923 - Birth of Sully Boyar in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Car Wash).
- 1932 - Birth of Abbe Lane AKA Mrs Xavier Cugat in Brooklyn, New York, USA; singer (Xavier Cugat Show).
- 1932 - Birth of Charlie Rich in Colt, Arkansas, USA; country singer ("Behind Closed Doors" (1973, Grammy award), "Lonely Weekends", "The Most Beautiful Girl").
- 1932 - Birth of George Furth in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor/director (Tammy, Good Guys, Dumplings).
- 1935 - Birth of Lee Remick in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA; actress (Ike, Wheels, Mistral's Daughter, QB VII, Around the World in 80 Days, Days of Wine and Rose, Long Hot Summer).
- 1935 - Birth of Lewis Arquette in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Horror Show, Book of Love).
- 1936 - Birth of Robert Allan Ridley Parker in New York City, New York, USA; PhD/astronaut (STS-9, STS-35).
- 1938 - Birth of Hal Williams in Columbus, Ohio, USA; actor (Private Benjamin, 227, Sanford and Son, Sinbad Show).
- 1939 - Birth of Marilyn Cooper in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Broadway Bound, Survivors).
- 1942 - Birth of Rex Thompson in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Young Bess, King and I, Her 12 Men).
- 1946 - Birth of Joyce Vincent-Wilson in Detroit, Michigan, USA; singer (Tony Orlando and Dawn).
- 1946 - Birth of Patty Duke [Anna Marie] in Elmhurst, New York, USA; actress (Miracle Worker, Patty Duke Show, Karen's Song, Hail to the Chief).
- 1947 - Birth of Christopher Parkening in Los Angeles, California, USA; guitarist (transcribed sacred music).
- 1949 - Birth of Bill Buckner in California; first baseman whose error cost Boston Red Sox 1986 World Series.
- 1949 - Birth of Dee Wallace Stone [Deanna Bowers] in Kansas City, Missouri, USA; actress (Critters, Secret Admirer, 10).
- 1953 - Birth of Joe Toplyn in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; comedic writer (Late Night with David Letterman).
- 1954 - Birth of Alan Kulwicki in Greenfield, Wisconsin, USA; NASCAR racer (Winston Cup).
- 1956 - Birth of T K Carter in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Mike - Punky Brewster, Just our Luck).
- 1960 - Birth of Catherine G Coleman in Charleston, South Carolina, USA; Phd/Captain US Air Force/astronaut (STS 73).
- 1963 - Birth of Cindy Gibb in Bennington, Vermont, USA; actress (Search for Tomorrow, Youngblood, Fame).
- 1964 - Birth of C[arl] J[eff] Snare in Washington DC; vocalist (Firehouse - "Love of a Lifetime").
- 1965 - Birth of Craig Biggio in Smithtown, New York, USA; infielder (Houston Astros).
- 1965 - Birth of Ken Hill in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA; pitcher (Texas Rangers).
- 1965 - Birth of Lawrence Clay-Bey in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; super heavyweight boxer (Olympics-1996).
- 1967 - Birth of Ali Wood in Long Beach, California, USA; WPVA volleyball player (US Open-13th-1995).
- 1967 - Birth of Noelle Beck in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actress (Trisha - Loving, Fletch Lives).
- 1974 - Birth of Billy Koch in Garden City, New York, USA; baseball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-1996).
- 1977 - Birth of Tisha Dabber in Shelbyville, Indiana; actress (New Mickey Mouse Club).
Deaths on December 14
- 1799 - George Washington, first President of the USA (1789-97), dies at Mount Vernon, Virginia, at age 67.
- 1862 - George Dashiell Bayard, USA Brigadier-General, dies at age 27.
- 1902 - Death of Julia Boggs Dent Grant in Washington, D.C., USA; spouse of US President Hiram Ulysses Grant.
- 1903 - William Ennis is first US policeman to die in the electric chair.
- 1964 - Death of William Bendix at age 58 of lobar pneumonia in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Chester A. Riley - Life of Riley radio and TV shows).
- 1974 - Walter Lippmann, US journalist (One of Dynasty), dies at age 85.
- 1985 - Death of Roger Eugene Maras AKA Roger Maris of cancer at age 51 in Houston, Texas, USA; major league baseball (Cleveland Indians, Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees, Saint Louis Cardinals), hit record 61 home runs in 1961.
- 1985 - Stanley G[rauman] Weinbaum, American science-fiction author (Red Peri), dies at age 85.
- 1989 - Death of Jock Mahoney at age 70 of a stroke in Bremerton, Washington, USA; stunt man/actor (Tarzan, Dallas, Cow Town, The Range Rider, Yancy Derringer).
- 1998 - Death of Annette Strauss, American philanthropist and mayor of Dallas, Texas (born 1924).
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