December 14
1799 - George Washington, the first president of the United States, died at his Mount Vernon, Virginia home at age 67.
1819 - Alabama became the 22nd state.
1861 - Prince Albert, husband of Britain's Queen Victoria, died at Windsor Castle at age 42.
1911 - Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole, beating an expedition led by Robert F. Scott.
1939 - The Soviet Union was removed from the League of Nations for invading Finland.
1964 - The United States Supreme Court, in Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States, ruled that Congress was within its authority to enforce the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against racial discrimination by private businesses (in this case, a motel that refused to cater to Blacks.)
1967 - DNA was synthesized for the first time.
1981 - Israel formally annexed the Golan Heights, which it had seized from Syria in 1967.
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.
1986 - The experimental aircraft Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, took off from Edwards Air Force Base in California on the first non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world.
2006 - A British police inquiry concluded that the deaths of Princess Diana and her boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, in a 1997 Paris car crash were a "tragic accident," and that allegations of a murder conspiracy were unfounded.
2012 - Adam Lanza, age 20, forced his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut and killed 26 people, including 20 children between the ages of six and seven; Larza killed himself while inside the school.
2017 - The Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal the Obama-era "net neutrality" rules, a move that gave internet service providers a free hand to slow or block specific websites and apps as they see fit, or charge more for faster speeds.
2020 - The largest vaccination campaign in U.S. history began with health workers getting shots on the same day the nation's COVID-19 death toll hit 300,000.
2020 - The Electoral College decisively confirmed Joe Biden as the next president of the United States, ratifying his November victory in a state-by-state repudiation of President Donald Trump's refusal to concede he had lost; electors gave Biden 306 votes to Trump's 232.
2021 - The House voted to hold former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress after he ceased to cooperate with the Jan. 6 committee investigating the Capitol insurrection. (The Justice Department would decline to prosecute.) A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit that was brought by former President Donald Trump in his attempt to block congressional lawmakers from obtaining his tax returns.
Birthdays
26 - Barbie Ferreira (actress)
28 - Mariam Musa (reality star)
30 - Tori Kelly (singer)
34 - Vanessa Hudgens (actress)
38 - Jackson Rathbone (actor/singer)
43 - Sophie Monk (actress)
46 - Tammy Blanchard (actress)
47 - KaDee Strickland (actress)
50 - Miranda Hart (actress/comedian)
51 - Michaela Watkins (actress/comedian)
53 - Natascha McElhone (actress)
53 - Archie Kao (actor)
57 - Nancy Valen (actress)
59 - Cynthia Gibb (actress)
66 - T.K. Carter (actor/comedian)
88 - Hal Williams (actor)
91 - Abbe Lane (actress/singer)
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Today in Sports History - December 14
1915 - Jack Johnson became the first black world heavyweight boxing champion.
1947 - The Cleveland Browns defeat the New York Yankees 14-3 in the AAFC Championship Game.
1947 - The National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is founded in Daytona Beach, Florida.
1982 - Marcel Dionne (Los Angeles Kings) scored his 500th goal.
1984 - Howard Cosell retired from the NFL's Monday Night Football.
1985 - Former New York Yankees slugger Roger Maris, who had hit 61 home runs in the 1961 season to establish the single season record, died in Houston at age 51.
1986 - Dan Marino (Miami Dolphins) set an NFL record with his seventh 400-yard game.
1988 - The NBA's Miami Heat won their first game in franchise history, beating the Los Angeles Clippers 89-88; they had lost their first 17 games.
1991 - Michigan wide receiver Desmond Howard wins the Heisman Trophy.
1992 - Riddick Bowe is stripped of the WBC heavyweight boxing championship for refusing to fight Lennox Lewis; Lewis is then awarded the title.
1996 - Florida quarterback Danny Wuerffel wins the Heisman Trophy.
1997 - Mike Gartner (Phoenix Coyotes) became only the fifth player in NHL history to score 700 career goals. The other 700 goal scorers were Wayne Gretzky, Gordie Howe, Phil Esposito and Marcel Dionne.
1997 - Barry Sanders of the Detroit Lions rushed for 100 yards in his 13th consecutive game.
1998 - Jerry Rice (San Francisco 49ers) caught a pass in a game against the Detroit Lions. It was his 191st consecutive game with a reception.
1998 - Texas running back Ricky Williams wins the Heisman Trophy.
2009 - Alabama running back Mark Ingram wins the Heisman Trophy.
2019 - LSU quarterback Joe Burrow wins the Heisman Trophy; Burrow receives the 90.7% of all the first-place votes, the highest percentage in Heisman history.
2021 - Stephen Curry set a new NBA career 3-point record; the Golden State Warriors’ guard hit his 2,974th 3-point shot against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden, breaking Ray Allen's record.
1799 - George Washington, the first president of the United States, died at his Mount Vernon, Virginia home at age 67.
1819 - Alabama became the 22nd state.
1861 - Prince Albert, husband of Britain's Queen Victoria, died at Windsor Castle at age 42.
1911 - Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole, beating an expedition led by Robert F. Scott.
1939 - The Soviet Union was removed from the League of Nations for invading Finland.
1964 - The United States Supreme Court, in Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States, ruled that Congress was within its authority to enforce the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against racial discrimination by private businesses (in this case, a motel that refused to cater to Blacks.)
1967 - DNA was synthesized for the first time.
1981 - Israel formally annexed the Golan Heights, which it had seized from Syria in 1967.
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.
1986 - The experimental aircraft Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, took off from Edwards Air Force Base in California on the first non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world.
2006 - A British police inquiry concluded that the deaths of Princess Diana and her boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, in a 1997 Paris car crash were a "tragic accident," and that allegations of a murder conspiracy were unfounded.
2012 - Adam Lanza, age 20, forced his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut and killed 26 people, including 20 children between the ages of six and seven; Larza killed himself while inside the school.
2017 - The Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal the Obama-era "net neutrality" rules, a move that gave internet service providers a free hand to slow or block specific websites and apps as they see fit, or charge more for faster speeds.
2020 - The largest vaccination campaign in U.S. history began with health workers getting shots on the same day the nation's COVID-19 death toll hit 300,000.
2020 - The Electoral College decisively confirmed Joe Biden as the next president of the United States, ratifying his November victory in a state-by-state repudiation of President Donald Trump's refusal to concede he had lost; electors gave Biden 306 votes to Trump's 232.
2021 - The House voted to hold former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress after he ceased to cooperate with the Jan. 6 committee investigating the Capitol insurrection. (The Justice Department would decline to prosecute.) A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit that was brought by former President Donald Trump in his attempt to block congressional lawmakers from obtaining his tax returns.
Birthdays
26 - Barbie Ferreira (actress)
28 - Mariam Musa (reality star)
30 - Tori Kelly (singer)
34 - Vanessa Hudgens (actress)
38 - Jackson Rathbone (actor/singer)
43 - Sophie Monk (actress)
46 - Tammy Blanchard (actress)
47 - KaDee Strickland (actress)
50 - Miranda Hart (actress/comedian)
51 - Michaela Watkins (actress/comedian)
53 - Natascha McElhone (actress)
53 - Archie Kao (actor)
57 - Nancy Valen (actress)
59 - Cynthia Gibb (actress)
66 - T.K. Carter (actor/comedian)
88 - Hal Williams (actor)
91 - Abbe Lane (actress/singer)
=====================================
Today in Sports History - December 14
1915 - Jack Johnson became the first black world heavyweight boxing champion.
1947 - The Cleveland Browns defeat the New York Yankees 14-3 in the AAFC Championship Game.
1947 - The National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is founded in Daytona Beach, Florida.
1982 - Marcel Dionne (Los Angeles Kings) scored his 500th goal.
1984 - Howard Cosell retired from the NFL's Monday Night Football.
1985 - Former New York Yankees slugger Roger Maris, who had hit 61 home runs in the 1961 season to establish the single season record, died in Houston at age 51.
1986 - Dan Marino (Miami Dolphins) set an NFL record with his seventh 400-yard game.
1988 - The NBA's Miami Heat won their first game in franchise history, beating the Los Angeles Clippers 89-88; they had lost their first 17 games.
1991 - Michigan wide receiver Desmond Howard wins the Heisman Trophy.
1992 - Riddick Bowe is stripped of the WBC heavyweight boxing championship for refusing to fight Lennox Lewis; Lewis is then awarded the title.
1996 - Florida quarterback Danny Wuerffel wins the Heisman Trophy.
1997 - Mike Gartner (Phoenix Coyotes) became only the fifth player in NHL history to score 700 career goals. The other 700 goal scorers were Wayne Gretzky, Gordie Howe, Phil Esposito and Marcel Dionne.
1997 - Barry Sanders of the Detroit Lions rushed for 100 yards in his 13th consecutive game.
1998 - Jerry Rice (San Francisco 49ers) caught a pass in a game against the Detroit Lions. It was his 191st consecutive game with a reception.
1998 - Texas running back Ricky Williams wins the Heisman Trophy.
2009 - Alabama running back Mark Ingram wins the Heisman Trophy.
2019 - LSU quarterback Joe Burrow wins the Heisman Trophy; Burrow receives the 90.7% of all the first-place votes, the highest percentage in Heisman history.
2021 - Stephen Curry set a new NBA career 3-point record; the Golden State Warriors’ guard hit his 2,974th 3-point shot against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden, breaking Ray Allen's record.
