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December 14th Today's Highlights in History

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« on: December 14, 2009, 06:58:12 am »

Monday, December 14th
The 348th day of 2009.
There are 17 days left in the year.
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Today's Highlights in History

   
   On Dec. 14, 1981, Israel annexed the Golan Heights, seized from Syria in 1967. (Go to article.)

On Dec. 14, 1919, Shirley Jackson, the American writer best known for her story "The Lottery", was born. Following her death on Aug. 8, 1965, her obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
Editorial Cartoon of the Day
   
   On December 14, 1901, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about the children of President Theodore Roosevelt. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)
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1799    George Washington, the first president of the United States, died at his Mount Vernon, Va., home at age 67.

1819    Alabama joined the Union as the 22nd state.

1861    Prince Albert, husband of Britain's Queen Victoria, died in London.

1911    Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole.

1946    The United Nations General Assembly voted to establish the U.N. headquarters in New York City.

1979    The album "London Calling" by the Clash was released.

1985    Wilma Mankiller became the first woman to lead a major American Indian tribe as she took office as principal chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.

1989    Nobel Peace laureate Andrei D. Sakharov died in Moscow at age 68.

1993    A Colorado judge struck down as unconstitutional the state's voter-approved ban on gay rights laws.

1997    Cuban President Fidel Castro declared Christmas 1997 an official holiday to ensure the success of Pope John Paul II's upcoming visit to the communist country.

1999    U.S. and German negotiators agreed to establish a $5.2 billion fund for Nazi-era slaves and forced laborers.

1999    Charles M. Schulz announced he was retiring the "Peanuts" comic strip.

2000    The Federal Trade Commission unanimously approved the $111 billion merger of America Online and Time Warner.

2006    South Korea's Ban Ki-moon was sworn in as the eighth secretary-general of the United Nations.

2008    An Iraqi journalist threw his shoes at President George W. Bush during a news conference in Baghdad; Bush was not hit. (The shoe-thrower, Muntadhar al-Zeidi, spent nine months in prison.)

Current Birthdays

Vanessa Hudgens turns 21 years old today.

AP Photo/Evan Agostini Actress Vanessa Hudgens ("High School Musical" movies) turns 21 years old today.


89    Clark Terry
Jazz trumpeter

71    Hal Williams
Actor

63    Patty Duke
Actress

63    Michael Ovitz
Former Walt Disney Co. president

63    Stan Smith
Tennis Hall of Famer

63    Joyce Vincent-Wilson
Singer (Tony Orlando and Dawn)

61    Dee Wallace
Actress

60    Cliff Williams
Rock musician (AC/DC)

51    Mike Scott
Rock singer, musician (The Waterboys)

51    Peter "Spider" Stacy
Singer, musician (The Pogues)

46    Cynthia Gibb
Actress

44    Craig Biggio
Baseball player

40    Natascha McElhone
Actress ("Californication")

38    Michaela Watkins
Actress, comedian

34    Brian Dalyrimple
R&B singer (Soul for Real)

34    KaDee Strickland
Actress ("Private Practice")

33    Tammy Blanchard
Actress

31    Patty Schnyder
Tennis player

30    Sophie Monk
Actress

Historic Birthdays

Shirley Jackson

12/14/1916 - 8/8/1965
American author
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62    Nostradamus
12/14/1503 - 7/2/1566
French astrologer and physician

54    Tycho Brahe
12/14/1546 - 10/24/1601
Danish astronomer

63    James Bruce
12/14/1730 - 4/27/1794
Scottish explorer of Ethiopia

77    Pierre du Pont
12/14/1739 - 8/6/1817
French economist

72    Louis Marshall
12/14/1856 - 9/11/1929
American lawyer and activist

67    Roger Fry
12/14/1866 - 9/9/1934
English artist and art critic

96    James Doolittle
12/14/1896 - 9/27/1993
American aviator and World War II army general

55    Lee Remick
12/14/1935 - 7/2/1991
American actress


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