What are the important events that happened on December 14? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

December 14: Facts & Myths About This Day

December 14 is the 348^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 17 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 1, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 490,464 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectatetracontaoctagon’ day.

Sagittarius is the zodiac 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 65 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,741 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

December 14 Historical Events

• 1542 –
  Princess Mary Stuart becomes Mary, Queen of Scots.
• 1782 –
  The Montgolfier brothers’ first balloon lifts off on its first test flight.
• 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.
• 1914 –
  Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party (Partido Demócrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires.
• 1941 –
  World War II: Japan signs treaty of alliance with Thailand.
• 1971 –
  Over 200 of East Pakistan’s (now Bangladesh) intellectuals are massacred by the Pakistani Army and their local allies.
• 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.
• 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.
• 2006 –
  American spy satellite USA-193 is launched.

Who were born on December 14?

• 1607 –
  János Kemény, Hungarian aristocrat, writer and prince of Transylvania (d. 1662)
• 1908 –
  Claude Davey, Welsh rugby union footballer (d. 2001)
• 1911 –
  Spike Jones, American comedian and musician (d. 1965)
• 1946 –
  Michael Ovitz, American film producer
• 1951 –
  Paul Zaloom, American actor and puppeteer
• 1963 –
  Mario Yamasaki, Mixed martial arts referee
• 1968 –
  Noelle Beck, American actress
• 1972 –
  Marcus Jensen, American baseball player
• 1973 –
  Amanda Byram, Irish television presenter
• 1980 –
  Tata Young, Thai-American singer

Who died on December 14?

• 1831 –
  Martin Baum, American businessman and politician (b. 1765)
• 1873 –
  Louis Agassiz, Swiss-born American zoologist and geologist (b. 1807)
• 1902 –
  Julia Dent-Grant, wife of Ulysses S. Grant (b. 1826)
• 1964 –
  William Bendix, American actor (b. 1906)
• 1984 –
  Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish writer and Nobel laureate (b. 1898)
• 1985 –
  Roger Maris, American baseball player (b. 1934)
• 1998 –
  Annette Strauss, American philanthropist (b. 1924)
• 2006 –
  Mike Evans, American actor (b. 1949)
• 2009 –
  Alan A'Court, English footballer (b. 1934)
• 2010 –
  Neva Patterson, American actress (b. 1920)