December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 16 days remaining.
Events
Births
- 1503 - Nostradamus, astrologer and mathematician (+ 1566)
- 1546 - Tycho Brahe, astronomer (+ 1601)
- 1640 (baptism date) - Aphra Behn, playwright, novelist (+ 1689)
- 1824 - Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, painter (+ 1898)
- 1866 - Roger Fry, artist, art critic
- 1870 - Karl Renner, politician and President of Austria 1945-1950 (+ 1950)
- 1896 - King George VI of the United Kingdom (+ 1952)
- 1896 - Jimmy Doolittle American World War II General (+ 1993)
- 1897 - Margaret Chase Smith, American politician
- 1902 - Frances Bavier[?], actress (+ 1989)
- 1908 - Morey Amsterdam, comedian, actor (+ 1996)
- 1909 - Edward Tatum[?], geneticist (+ 1975)
- 1911 - Spike Jones, comedian, musician (+ 1975)
- 1913 - Dan Dailey, actor (+ 1978)
- 1914 - Karl Carstens, politician and President of Germany 1979-1984 (+ 1992)
- 1919 - Shirley Jackson, writer (+ 1965)
- 1923 - Gerard Reve, Dutch writer
- 1932 - Charlie Rich[?], country music performer (+ 1995)
- 1935 - Lee Remick, actgress (+ 1991)
- 1938 - Leonardo Boff[?], theologian
- 1939 - Ernie Davis[?], American football star (+ 1963)
- 1946 - Patty Duke[?], actress
- 1946 - Michael Ovitz[?], film producer
- 1948 - Marianne Fritz[?], writer
- 1962 - Ginger Lynn Allen[?], pornographic film actress
- 1979 - Michael Owen, football star
Deaths
- 1542 - James V of Scotland
- 1788 - Charles III of Spain
- 1799 - George Washington, first President of the United States
- 1861 - Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom[?]
- 1873 - Louis Agassiz, zoologist, geologist
- 1963 - Dinah Washington, singer
- 1964 - William Bendix[?], actor
- 1985 - Roger Maris[?], Baseball Hall of Famer
- 1989 - Andrei D. Sakharov[?], physicist, Soviet dissident
- 1990 - Friedrich Dürrenmatt, writer
- 1993 - Myrna Loy, actress
- 1998 - Norman Fell[?], actor
Holidays and observances
See Also:
December 13 - December 15 - November 14 - January 14 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July,
August, September, October, November, December
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