December 14 in history
Events on December 14
Notable events that happened on December 14 in past years.
- 2025
At least 16 people are killed, including one gunman, and 43 injured in a mass shooting during a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in the deadliest terror incident in Australia.
Wikipedia article: Bondi Beach shooting - 2012
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: Twenty-eight people, including the gunman, are killed in Sandy Hook, Connecticut.
Wikipedia article: Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting - 1998
Yugoslav Wars: The Yugoslav Army ambushes a group of Kosovo Liberation Army fighters attempting to smuggle weapons from Albania into Kosovo, killing 36.
Wikipedia article: Armed Forces of Serbia and Montenegro - 1992
War in Abkhazia: Siege of Tkvarcheli: A helicopter carrying evacuees from Tkvarcheli is shot down, resulting in at least 52 deaths, including 25 children. The incident catalyses more concerted Russian military intervention on behalf of Abkhazia.
Wikipedia article: War in Abkhazia (1992–1993) - 1972
Apollo program: Eugene Cernan is the most recent person to walk on the Moon, after he and Harrison Schmitt complete the third and final extravehicular activity (EVA) of the Apollo 17 mission.
Wikipedia article: Apollo program - 1962
NASA's Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Venus.
Wikipedia article: NASA - 1948
Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann are granted a patent for their cathode-ray tube amusement device, the earliest known interactive electronic game.
Wikipedia article: Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. - 1925
Wozzeck, Alban Berg's first opera, is premiered at the Berlin State Opera conducted by Erich Kleiber.
Wikipedia article: Wozzeck - 1918
The 1918 United Kingdom general election occurs, the first where women were permitted to vote. In Ireland the Irish republican political party Sinn Féin wins a landslide victory with nearly 47% of the popular vote.
Wikipedia article: 1918 United Kingdom general election - 1911
Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
Wikipedia article: Roald Amundsen - 1902
The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.
Wikipedia article: Commercial Pacific Cable Company - 1836
The Toledo War unofficially ends as the "Frostbitten Convention" votes to accept Congress' terms for admitting Michigan as a U.S. state.
Wikipedia article: Toledo War - 1812
The French invasion of Russia comes to an end as the remnants of the Grande Armée are expelled from Russia.
Wikipedia article: French invasion of Russia - 1542
Princess Mary Stuart becomes Queen of Scots at the age of one week on the death of her father, King James V.
- 557
Constantinople is severely damaged by an earthquake, which cracks the dome of Hagia Sophia.
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