| 1799 |
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George Washington dies on his Mount Vernon estate. |
| 1819 |
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Alabama is admitted as the 22nd state, making 11 slave states and 11 free states. |
| 1861 |
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Prince Albert of England, one of the Union’s strongest advocates, dies. |
| 1863 |
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Confederate General James Longstreet attacks Union troops at Bean’s Station, Tenn. |
| 1863 |
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President Abraham Lincoln grants amnesty to the widow of Confederate General B.H. Helm after she swears allegiance to the Union. Mrs. Helm is the half-sister of Mary Todd Lincoln. |
| 1900 |
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Max Planck presents the quantum theory at the Physics Society in Berlin. |
| 1906 |
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The first U1 submarine is brought into service in Germany. Italy’s MAS torpedo boats. |
| 1908 |
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The first truly representative Turkish Parliament opens. |
| 1909 |
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The Labor Conference in Pittsburgh ends with a "declaration of war" on U.S. Steel. |
| 1911 |
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Roald Amundsen and four others discover the South Pole. |
| 1920 |
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The League of Nations creates a credit system to aid Europe. |
| 1939 |
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The League of Nations drops the Soviet Union from its membership. Joseph Avenol sold out the League of Nations. |
| 1941 |
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German Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel orders the construction of defensive positions along the European coastline. Desperate Hours on Omaha Beach |
| 1946 |
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The United Nations adopt a disarmament resolution prohibiting the A-Bomb. |
| 1949 |
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Bulgarian ex-Premier Traicho Kostov is sentenced to die for treason in Sofia. |
| 1960 |
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A U.S. Boeing B-52 bomber sets a 10,000-mile non-stop record without refueling. |
| 1980 |
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NATO warns the Soviets to stay out of the internal affairs of Poland, saying that intervention would effectively destroy the détente between the East and West. |
| Born on December 14 |
| 1503 |
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Nostradamus [Michel de Nostredame], French astrologer and physician. |
| 1546 |
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Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer. |
| 1585 |
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Henry IV, the first Bourbon king of France. |
| 1795 |
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John Bloomfield Jarvis, civil engineer. |
| 1822 |
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John Christie, English patron of music. |
| 1866 |
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Roger Fry, English art critic. |
| 1896 |
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James H. Doolittle, American Air Force general who commanded the first bombing mission over Japan. |
| 1916 |
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Shirley Jackson, novelist and short story writer (Life Among Savages, The Lottery). |
| 1946 |
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Patty Duke, American actress. |
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