Today in History, English
Today in History, English


IDTimeCategoryEvent
140791December 13Death2014 – Bill Bonds, American journalist (b. 1932)
140792December 13Death2014 – William E. May, American theologian and academic (b. 1928)
140793December 13Death2014 – Taitetsu Unno, Japanese scholar and author (b. 1929)
140794December 13Holiday and observanceAcadian Remembrance Day (Acadians)
140795December 13Holiday and observanceChristian feast day:December 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)LucyOdile of Alsace
140796December 13Holiday and observanceRepublic Day (Malta)
140797December 13Holiday and observanceSt Lucy's Day (mainly Scandinavia, some regions of Italy (for example, Sicily, Veneto and Trentino), and Malta), and its related observances:National Day, celebrates the independence of Saint Lucia from United Kingdom in 1979.
140798December 13Holiday and observanceTellus was worshipped in the district Carinae at the Esquiline Hill, and a lectisternium or table was spread for Ceres. (Roman Empire)
140799December 14Event557 – Constantinople is severely damaged by an earthquake.
140800December 14Event835 – Sweet Dew Incident: Emperor Wenzong of the Tang dynasty conspires to kill the powerful eunuchs of the Tang court, but the plot is foiled.
140801December 14Event1287 – St. Lucia's flood: The Zuiderzee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses, killing over 50,000 people.
140802December 14Event1542 – Princess Mary Stuart becomes Mary, Queen of Scots.
140803December 14Event1751 – The Theresian Military Academy is founded as the first military academy in the world.
140804December 14Event1782 – The Montgolfier brothers' first balloon lifts off on its first test flight.
140805December 14Event1812 – The French invasion of Russia comes to an end as the remnants of the Grande Armée are expelled from Russia.
140806December 14Event1814 – War of 1812: The Royal Navy seizes control of Lake Borgne, Louisiana.
140807December 14Event1819 – Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state.
140808December 14Event1836 – The Toledo War unofficially ends.
140809December 14Event1896 – The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
140810December 14Event1900 – Quantum mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law.
140811December 14Event1902 – The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.
140812December 14Event1903 – The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
140813December 14Event1907 – The schooner Thomas W. Lawson runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Isles of Scilly in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.
140814December 14Event1909 – New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.
140815December 14Event1911 – Roald Amundsen‍ '​s team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
140816December 14Event1913 – Haruna, the fourth and last Kongō-class ship, launches, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II.
140817December 14Event1914 – Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party (Partido Demócrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
140818December 14Event1918 – Friedrich Karl von Hessen, a German prince elected by the Parliament of Finland to become King Väinö I, renounces the Finnish throne.
140819December 14Event1918 – Portuguese President Sidónio Pais is assassinated.
140820December 14Event1939 – Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.

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