Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
December 14
| 1799 | George Washington dies on his Mount Vernon estate. | |
| 1819 | Alabama is admitted as the 22nd state, making 11 slave states and 11 free states. | |
| 1861 | Prince Albert of England, one of the Union's strongest advocates, dies. | |
| 1863 | Confederate General James Longstreet attacks Union troops at Bean's Station, Tenn. | |
| 1863 | 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 | Max Planck presents the quantum theory at the Physics Society in Berlin. | |
| 1906 | The first U1 submarine is brought into service in Germany. Italy's MAS torpedo boats. | |
| 1908 | The first truly representative Turkish Parliament opens. | |
| 1909 | The Labor Conference in Pittsburgh ends with a "declaration of war" on U.S. Steel. | |
| 1911 | Roald Amundsen and four others discover the South Pole. | |
| 1920 | The League of Nations creates a credit system to aid Europe. | |
| 1939 | The League of Nations drops the Soviet Union from its membership. Joseph Avenol sold out the League of Nations. | |
| 1941 | German Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel orders the construction of defensive positions along the European coastline. Desperate Hours on Omaha Beach | |
| 1946 | The United Nations adopt a disarmament resolution prohibiting the A-Bomb. | |
| 1949 | Bulgarian ex-Premier Traicho Kostov is sentenced to die for treason in Sofia. | |
| 1960 | A U.S. Boeing B-52 bomber sets a 10,000-mile non-stop record without refueling. | |
| 1980 | 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 | Nostradamus [Michel de Nostredame], French astrologer and physician. | |
| 1546 | Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer. | |
| 1585 | Henry IV, the first Bourbon king of France. | |
| 1795 | John Bloomfield Jarvis, civil engineer. | |
| 1822 | John Christie, English patron of music. | |
| 1866 | Roger Fry, English art critic. | |
| 1896 | James H. Doolittle, American Air Force general who commanded the first bombing mission over Japan. | |
| 1916 | Shirley Jackson, novelist and short story writer (Life Among Savages, The Lottery). | |
| 1946 | Patty Duke, American actress. | |
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