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 349^th 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.

December 14 Historical Events

• 557 –
  Constantinople is severely damaged by an earthquake.
• 1287 –
  St. Lucia’s flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses, killing over 50,000 people.
• 1751 –
  The Theresian Military Academy is founded as the first Military Academy in the world.
• 1903 –
  The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
• 1909 –
  New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signed the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.
• 1911 –
  Roald Amundsen’s team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
• 1964 –
  American Civil Rights Movement: Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States – The United States Supreme Court rules that the U.S. Congress can use the Constitution’s Commerce Clause power to fight discrimination.
• 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.

Who were born on December 14?

• 1881 –
  Katherine MacDonald, American actress and film producer (d. 1956)
• 1897 –
  Kurt Schuschnigg, Austrian politician (d. 1977)
• 1897 –
  Margaret Chase Smith, American politician (d. 1995)
• 1931 –
  Jon Elia, Pakistani scholar, poet and philosopher (d. 2002)
• 1940 –
  Lex Gold, Scottish football administrator
• 1951 –
  Paul Zaloom, American actor and puppeteer
• 1953 –
  Vijay Amritraj, Indian tennis player
• 1973 –
  Amanda Byram, Irish television presenter
• 1978 –
  Radu Sârbu, Moldovan-born Romanian singer (O-Zone)
• 1994 –
  Joshua Dionisio, Filipino actor

Who died on December 14?

• 1460 –
  Guarino da Verona (b. 1370)
• 1741 –
  Charles Rollin, French historian (b. 1661)
• 1788 –
  King Charles III of Spain (b. 1716)
• 1947 –
  Edward Higgins, American evangelical (b. 1864)
• 1947 –
  Stanley Baldwin, British statesman (b. 1867)
• 1975 –
  Arthur Treacher, English actor (b. 1894)
• 1997 –
  Kurt Winter, Canadian musician (The Guess Who) (b. 1946)
• 2001 –
  W. G. Sebald, German writer (b. 1944)
• 2006 –
  Ahmet Ertegün, Turkish-born American music executive (b. 1923)
• 2009 –
  Alan A'Court, English footballer (b. 1934)