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 349th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 17 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is December 1, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 481,704 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 ‘trihectatetracontaenneagon’ 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 46 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 4,376 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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December 14 Historical Events
- 1287 –St. Lucia’s flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses, killing over 50,000 people.
- 1819 –Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state.
- 1911 –Roald Amundsen’s team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
- 1914 –Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party (Partido Demócrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires.
- 1939 –Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.
- 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.
- 1988 –The ET3 television network is launched in Thessaloniki, Greece.
- 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.
- 2004 –The Millau viaduct, the tallest bridge in the world, near Millau, France is officially opened.
Who were born on December 14?
- 1949 –Bill Buckner, American baseball player
- 1953 –Vijay Amritraj, Indian tennis player
- 1956 –Hanni Wenzel, Liechtenstein skier
- 1960 –Chris Waddle, English footballer
- 1970 –Anna Maria Jopek, Polish singer
- 1971 –Tia Texada, American actress and singer
- 1979 –Michael Owen, English footballer
- 1985 –Jakub Błaszczykowski, Polish footballer
- 1989 –Onew, South Korean singer (Shinee), musical actor and TV host
- 1992 –Ryo Miyaichi, Japanese footballer
Who died on December 14?
- 1591 –Saint John of the Cross, Spanish friar and poet (b. 1542)
- 1624 –Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, English statesman (b. 1536)
- 1788 –King Charles III of Spain (b. 1716)
- 1831 –Martin Baum, American businessman and politician (b. 1765)
- 1860 –George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, British statesman (b. 1784)
- 1971 –Dick Tiger, Nigerian-born boxer (b. 1929)
- 1985 –Catherine Doherty, Russian-born Canadian social activist (b. 1896)
- 1993 –Myrna Loy, American actress (b. 1905)
- 1994 –Orval Faubus, American politician (b. 1910)
- 2003 –Jeanne Crain, American actress (b. 1925)
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