Birthdates Which Occur on December 14:
1363 John Van [Jean C] Gerson French theologist
1503 Nostradamus [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist/prophet
1546 Tycho Brahe Knudstrup Denmark, astronomer (Golden nose)
1824 Pierre C Puvis de Chavannes French painter (Panth‚on)
1829 John Mercer Langston 1st black to hold US political office
1830 Allen Thomas Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1907
1832 Daniel Harris Reynolds Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902
1837 William Wells Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
1853 Salvador Diaz Miron Mexican poet (Los Cien Mejores Poemas)
1870 Dirk J de Geer premier (1926-29, 39-40)
and Karl Renner Austrian Chancellor/president (1918-20, 45-50)
1883 Manolis Kalomiris Greek opera composer
and Morihei Ueshiba founder (Aikido)
1895 George VI king of England (1936-52)
1896 James H Doolittle General (US Air Force)
1897 Margaret Chase Smith (Rep/Sen-R-Maine)
19-- Celia Weston Spartanburg SC, actress (Jolene-Alice)
and Elaine Princi actress (As the World Turns, Dorian-One Life to Live)
and Franco spanish entertainer
and Robert Lusseir West Warwick RI, actor (Brent-Man From Atlantis)
and Sallie Brophy Phoenix Az, actress (Annie O'Connell-Buckskin)
1901 Paul I King of Greece
1908 Laurence Naismith Surrey England, actor (Judge Fulton-Persuaders)
1909 Edward L Tatum US, molecular geneticist (Nobel 1958)
and Phia [Sophia R] Berghout harpist/founder Eduard of Beinumstichting
1911 Spike Jones Long Beach Calif, composer (In a Secluded Rendesvous)
1912 Morey Amsterdam Chicago Ill, comedian (Buddy-Dick Van Dyke Show)
1914 Dan Dailey NYC, dancer/actor (Gov Drinkwater-Governor & JJ)
and Karl Carstens German (CDU)/pres Germany (1979-84)
and Morey Amsterdam actor/comedian (Dick Van Dyke Show)
and Rosalyn Tureck Chicago Illinois, pianist (Bach & Rock)
1915 Clay Warnick Tacoma Wash, choral director (Jimmie Rodgers Show)
1917 Elyse Knox Hartford Ct, actress (Hit the Ice, Black Gold)
1919 Shirley Jackson US, writer (Road Through the Wall)
1922 Charley Trippi NFL halfback (Chicago Cardinals)
and Don Hewitt NYC, TV creator (60 Minutes)
1923 Gerard [K van het] Reve writer (Dear Guys)
and Leonardus S van Egerat travel expert
1924 Marion Morgan singer (Stop the Music)
and Siiri Rantanen Finland, cross country skier (Olympic-gold-1956)
1927 Jacobus G Rietkerk Dutch foreign minister (VVD)
1932 Abbe Lane Bkln, aka Mrs Xavier Cugat/singer (Xavier Cugat Show)
and Charlie Rich Colt Arkansas, singer (Behind Closed Doors)
and George Furth Chicago Ill, actor/dir (Tammy, Good Guys, Dumplings)
1933 Leo N Wright US saxophonist (I left my heart in SF)
1935 Barbara Leigh-Hunt Bath England, actress (Search for the Nile)
and Lee Remick Quincy Mass (Days of Wine & Rose, Long Hot Summer)
1936 Robert Allan Ridley Parker NYC, PhD/astronaut (STS-9, STS-35)
1938 Hall Williams US, actor (Private Benjamin, Sanford & Son)
and Janette Scott actress (Day of the Triffids)
and Leonardo Boff Italy, Brazilian Catholic theologian
1939 Ernest Davis 1st black to win Heisman Trophy (1961)
and Hal Williams Columbus Ohio, actor (Pvt Benjamin, 227, Sanford & Son)
1942 Rex Thompson NYC, actor (Young Bess, King & I, Her 12 Men)
1943 Frank Allen rock vocalist (Searchers-Needles & Pins)
1946 Jane Birkin actress (Mr Don Juan, Dark Places, Dust)
and Joyce Vincent Wilson Detroit Mich, singer (Tony Orlando & Dawn)
and Patty Duke [Anna Marie], Elmhurst NY, actress (Miracle Worker)
and Stan Smith tennis pro (Wimbeldon 1972)
1947 Christopher Parkening LA Calif, guitarist (transcribed sacred music)
1948 Boudew˜n Buch writer/TV host
1949 Bill Buckner Calif, 1st baseman, error cost Red Sox 1986 world series
and Cliff Williams bass (AC/DC-Highway to Hell)
and Dee Wallace Stone KC Mo, actress (Critters, Secret Admirer, 10)
1950 Vicki Michelle Essex England, actress (Virgin Witch, Allo Allo)
1951 Jan Timman chess player
1953 Joe Toplyn Boston, comedic writer (Late Night with David Letterman)
and V˜ay Amritraj India, tennis player/actor (Octopussy)
1954 James Horean actor (Loving)
1956 Hanni Wenzel Liechtenstein, Slalom (Olympic-2 gold-1980)
and T K Carter LA Calif, actor (Mike-Punky Brewster, Just our Luck)
1958 Jan D˜ksma bassist (Weekend at Waikiki)
and Mike Scott rocker (Blues Inc, Waterboys-Rainbow Warrior)
and Steven Rock-Savage Mellville Louisiana, (LSU), actor
1959 Franco Iglesia Cuba, spanish singer
1960 Catherine G Coleman Charleston SC, USAF Capt/astronaut
1962 Ginger Lynn Allen Rockford Ill, XXX actress (Vice Academy 2)
1963 Cindy Gibb Bennington Vt, actress (Search for Tomorrow, Youngblood)
1964 C(arl) J(eff) Snare Wash DC, vocalist (Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime)
and Chelsea Noble actress (Kate-Growing Pains)
1967 Noelle Beck Baltimore, actress (Trisha-Loving, Fletch Lives)
1977 Tisha Dabber Shelbyville Indiana, actress (New Mickey Mouse Club)
Deaths Which Occured December 14:
872 Adrian II Italian Pope (867-72), dies
1077 Agnes van Poitou German empress/wife of emperor Henry III, dies
1136 Harald IV "Gylle Krist", king of Norway, murdered
1417 John Oldcastle Lord Cobham, English edelman, hanged
1591 Juan de la Cruz [de Yepes], Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint, dies
1754 Mahmoed I sultan of Turkey, dies
1760 Kacic Miosic Croatish poet (Razgovar ugodni naroda slovinskoga), dies
1788 Charles III King of Spain, dies
1799 George Washington 1st president USA (1789-97), dies at 66
1861 Albert prince consort of England & husband of Queen Victoria, dies
1873 J Louis R Agassiz Swiss geologist/paleo-biologist), dies
1900 Jean B A Kessler director of oil on Dutch Indies, dies at 46
1903 William Ennis 1st cop to die in electric chair
1906 Jan A C Oudemans geographer/astronomer, dies
1918 Sidonio Pais prince of Portugal, murdered
1926 Theo Van Rysselberghe Belgian painter (pointillisme), dies
1935 Stanley G Weinbaum US, sci-fi writer (Martian Odyssey), dies
1939 Helene ELJ Kr”ller-Mller founder/head mistress (K-M Museum), dies
1945 Henry Van Goudoever lawyer/judge, dies at 69
Josef Kramer known as "beast of Belsen," & 10 others, hanged
1947 Stanley Baldwin English premier (1923, 24-29, 35-37), dies
1959 Maria EG "Lizzy" Ansingh house painter (Verstoten), dies at 84
1963 Dinah Washington singer, dies of sleeping pill overdose at 39
Erich Ollenhauer German politician (SPD), dies
1964 William Bendix actor (Life of Riley), dies at 58
1966 Verna Felton actress (Hilda-December Bride), dies at 76
1974 Walter Lippmann US journalist (One of Dynasty), dies at 85
1975 Arthur Treacher TV announcer (Merv Griffin Show), dies at 81
1980 Elston Howard catcher (NY Yankees), dies
1984 Vicente Aleixandre Spanish poet (Historia del coraz¢n), dies at 86
1985 Roger Maris HR hitter (61 in 61, NY Yankees), dies at 51 of cancer
Stanley G[rauman] Weinbaum US, sci-fi author (Red Peri) dies at 85
1989 Andrej Sacharov Russian physicist/dissident (Nobel 1975), dies at 68
Holidays Which Occur December 14:
Alabama Admission Day (1819)
El Salvador Revolution Day
Iran Death of Iman Ja'far Sadeq Day
1217 Turkey Festival of Mevlana-Jelaeddin Rumi (Whirling Dervishes)
1228 World Halcyon Days
Religious Observances on December 14:
Luth Commemoration of Teresa of Avila
RC, Luth Memorial of St Spyridon
1591 RC, Luth Feast of John of Cross, priest/doctor
Things to Remember for December 14:
Flowers-narcissus, poinsettia & holly Gems-turquoise & zircon
National Indigestion Season
7 Days Astrological sign: Sagittarius
2 Days Geminid meteor shower, radiant in Gemini (50-80 per hour)
Highlights in History Which Occur December 14:
867 Adrian II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
872 John VIII begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1124 Theobald Buccapecus elected Pope Coelestinus II
1287 Zuider Zee seawall collapses with loss of 50,000 lives
1656 Artificial pearls 1st manufactured by M Jacquin in Paris
made of gypsum pellets covered with fish scales
1782 Charleston, SC evacuated by British
1793 1st state road authorized, Frankfort, Ky to Cincinnati
1798 David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patents a nut & bolt machine
1819 Alabama admitted to Union as 22nd state
1825 Decembrist uprising in Russia against Tsar Nicholas I begins
1849 1st chamber music group in US gives their 1st concert (Boston)
1863 Battle of Bean's Station-Confederacy repulses Union in Tenn
1889 American Academy of Political & Social Science organized, Phila
1892 A Charlois discovers asteroid #350 Ornamenta
1901 1st table tennis tournament is held, at London Royal Aquarium
1904 M Wolf discovers asteroid #552 Sigelinde
1911 South Pole 1st reached, by Norwegian Roald Amundsen
1913 Greece formally takes possession of Crete
1917 UFA, Universal Film AG, forms in Germany
1918 F Gonnessiat discovers asteroid #915 Cosette
1920 Heavyweight Jack Dempsey KOs Bill Brennan in NYC
1924 Chang Kai Shek occupies Hankou
1926 Danish Madsen govt, forms
1927 Iraq gains independence from Britain, but British troops remain
1929 Alexander Zaimis elected pres of Greece
1930 NY Giants defeat Notre Dame 22-0 in a charity game
1931 1st assembly of Anton Musserts NSB in Utrecht
1932 French govt of Herriot falls
1934 1st streamlined steam locomotive introduced, Albany, NY
1937 Japanese troops conquers Nanjing
1939 Soviet Union attacks Finland-League of Nations drops Soviet Union
1941 1st NFL division playoff, Bears beat Packers 33-14
1944 Congress establshes rank of General of Army (5-star General)
and German occupier forbid use of electricity in NZ & Holland
1946 Togo made a trusteeship territory of UN
and UN General Assembly votes to establish UN HQs in NYC
1947 Cleve Browns beat NY Yankees 14-3 in AAFC championship game
1950 UN Gen Assembly establishes High Comm for Refugees (Nobel 1954)
1952 KROD (now KDBC) TV channel 4 in El Paso, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
and Uprising of captives in Pongam South-Korea, 82 die
1954 WOAY TV channel 4 in Oak Hill-Beckley, WV (ABC) begins broadcasting
1955 Tappan Zee Bridge in NY opens to traffic
1956 Paul-Henri Spaak appointed secretary-general of NATO
1959 Archbishop Makarios proclaimed president of Cyprus
and J B Jordan in F-104C sets world altitude record, 31,513 m
1960 Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) forms
1962 Mariner 2 launched, makes 1st US visit to another planet (Venus)
1964 Michael Brown meets Rene Fladen, then writes "Walk Away Rene"
1971 Golden Gate Bridge lights out all night due to power failure
and T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2122 Pyatiletka
1972 Eugene Cernan & Harrison Schmitt leave the Moon
1974 Islander Glenn Resch's 1st shut-out opponent-Kings 3-0
and Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroid #2655 Guangxi
1975 6 So Moluccan terrorists surrender, holding 23 hostages for 12 days
and WCPR (Bkln NY pirate radio station) begins broadcasting on 1620 AM
1977 Egypt & Israel reps gather in Cairo for 1st formal peace conference
1979 E Bowell discovers asteroids #2246 Bowell, #2772 Dugan & #3478 Fanale
and Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroids #2778 & #3570
1980 Anders Kailur scores on 6th Islander penalty shot
and At 2 PM EST there is 10 minutes of silence in memory of John Lennon
and New Orleans Saints end 14 game losing streak, beat NY Jets 21-20
1981 Israel annexes Golan Heights
1982 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3062 Wren
and E F Helin discovers asteroid #3757
and Marcel Dionne, LA, becomes 9th NHLer to score 500 goals
1986 Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan & Jeana Yeager, took off from
Edwards AFB, Calif on 1st non-stop, non-refueled flight around world
1988 CBS' $1.1 B bid wins exclusive 1990-94 major-league baseball rights
and NBA's Miami Heat wins 1st game ever, 89-88 (Clippers), after 17 loses
and Spanish General strike to protest austerity measures
and US agrees to talk to Palestine Liberation Org (1st time in 13 yrs)
1990 Right to Die case permits Nancy Cruzan to have her feeding tube
removed, she dies 12 days later
1991 Desmond Howard of Michigan wins Hiesman trophy
1287 Zuider Zee seawall collapses with the loss of 50,000 lives.
Your Special Reminders for December 14:
and 348th day of year with 17 days left (Numerology = 8)
1881 61øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
1976 12øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
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