The Fourteenth
What happened on December 14...
December 14 is The Feast of Saint John of the Cross (in the Roman Catholic Church and Church of England)
Princess Mary Stuart becomes Queen Mary I of Scotland (1542)
Alexander Hamilton proposes creation of a Bank of the United States (1790)
Max Planck publishes his study of quantum theory (The birth of Quantum Theory) (1900)
First telegraph cable laid across the Pacific Ocean (1902)
NASCAR founded (1947)
Mariner 2 became the first spacecraft to fly by Venus (1962)
The Mona Lisa was assessed at US$100 million, the highest insurance valuance for a painting in history (1962)
The news of the former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's capture is finally announced (2003)
Charleston, South Carolina evacuated by British (1782)
Alabama became the 22nd state in the United States (1819)
Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole (1911)
DNA synthesized for the first time (1967)
The Soviet Union was dropped from the League of Nations (1939)
Births
Nostradamus, astrologer and mathematician (1503)
Tycho Brahe, astronomer (1546)
Roger Fry, artist, art critic (1866)
King George VI of the United Kingdom (1895)
Frances Bavier, actress (1902)
Edward Tatum, geneticist (1909)
Shirley Jackson, writer (1919)
Ernie Davis, American football star (1939)
Michael Owen, football star (1979)
Deaths
1990 Johannes von Thurn und Taxis, prince in Germany, dies at 64
1989 Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist/dissident (Nobel 1975), dies at 68
1987 Paul Clinton Sundberg, actor (Belle of NY, Easter Parade), dies
1963 Erich Ollenhauer, German politician (SPD), dies at 62
1947 Stanley Baldwin, English premier (1923, 24-29, 35-37), dies at 80
1945 Constantino Gaito, composer, dies at 67
1945 Forrester Harvey, actor (Tarzan and Mate, Chump at Oxford), dies at 61
1943 John Harvey Kellogg, pioneer responsible for creation of the flaked-cereal industry. Developed peanut butter, granola, and toasted flakes.
1928 Theodore Roberts, actor (Roaring Road, 10 Commandments), dies at 77
1926 Theo van Rysselberghe, Belgian painter (pointillism), dies at 64
1909 Leopold II, king of Belgium, dies
1906 John A C Oudemans, Dutch geographer/astronomer, dies at 78
1903 William Ennis, 1st cop to die in electric chair
1886 Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer, dies at 27
1873 J Louis R Agassiz, Swiss geologist/paleo-biologist), dies
1861 George HG earl of Aberdeen, Engl min of Foreign affairs, dies at 76
1799 George Washington, 1st president USA (1789-97), dies at 66
1788 Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach, German composer, dies at 74
1788 Carlos III, King of Naples/Spain (1759-88), dies at 72
1754 Mahmud I, sultan of Turkey, dies at 58
1542 James, king of Scotland (1513-42), dies at 30
1417 John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham, English nobleman, hanged and burned
1136 Harald IV, "Gylle Krist", king of Norway, murdered
872 Adrian II, Italian Pope (867-72)/last married pope, dies at about 80
Just some of the stuff that happened on December 14.
For lunch, I had some Aloo Keema with rice; some Salmon and Pollock fish; and finally fried chicken from yesterday. I let the fried chicken in the deep fryer too long, which is why it came out burnt badly; I still ate it though...
December 14 is The Feast of Saint John of the Cross (in the Roman Catholic Church and Church of England)
Princess Mary Stuart becomes Queen Mary I of Scotland (1542)
Alexander Hamilton proposes creation of a Bank of the United States (1790)
Max Planck publishes his study of quantum theory (The birth of Quantum Theory) (1900)
First telegraph cable laid across the Pacific Ocean (1902)
NASCAR founded (1947)
Mariner 2 became the first spacecraft to fly by Venus (1962)
The Mona Lisa was assessed at US$100 million, the highest insurance valuance for a painting in history (1962)
The news of the former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's capture is finally announced (2003)
Charleston, South Carolina evacuated by British (1782)
Alabama became the 22nd state in the United States (1819)
Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole (1911)
DNA synthesized for the first time (1967)
The Soviet Union was dropped from the League of Nations (1939)
Births
Nostradamus, astrologer and mathematician (1503)
Tycho Brahe, astronomer (1546)
Roger Fry, artist, art critic (1866)
King George VI of the United Kingdom (1895)
Frances Bavier, actress (1902)
Edward Tatum, geneticist (1909)
Shirley Jackson, writer (1919)
Ernie Davis, American football star (1939)
Michael Owen, football star (1979)
Deaths
1990 Johannes von Thurn und Taxis, prince in Germany, dies at 64
1989 Andrei Sakharov, Russian physicist/dissident (Nobel 1975), dies at 68
1987 Paul Clinton Sundberg, actor (Belle of NY, Easter Parade), dies
1963 Erich Ollenhauer, German politician (SPD), dies at 62
1947 Stanley Baldwin, English premier (1923, 24-29, 35-37), dies at 80
1945 Constantino Gaito, composer, dies at 67
1945 Forrester Harvey, actor (Tarzan and Mate, Chump at Oxford), dies at 61
1943 John Harvey Kellogg, pioneer responsible for creation of the flaked-cereal industry. Developed peanut butter, granola, and toasted flakes.
1928 Theodore Roberts, actor (Roaring Road, 10 Commandments), dies at 77
1926 Theo van Rysselberghe, Belgian painter (pointillism), dies at 64
1909 Leopold II, king of Belgium, dies
1906 John A C Oudemans, Dutch geographer/astronomer, dies at 78
1903 William Ennis, 1st cop to die in electric chair
1886 Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski, composer, dies at 27
1873 J Louis R Agassiz, Swiss geologist/paleo-biologist), dies
1861 George HG earl of Aberdeen, Engl min of Foreign affairs, dies at 76
1799 George Washington, 1st president USA (1789-97), dies at 66
1788 Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach, German composer, dies at 74
1788 Carlos III, King of Naples/Spain (1759-88), dies at 72
1754 Mahmud I, sultan of Turkey, dies at 58
1542 James, king of Scotland (1513-42), dies at 30
1417 John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham, English nobleman, hanged and burned
1136 Harald IV, "Gylle Krist", king of Norway, murdered
872 Adrian II, Italian Pope (867-72)/last married pope, dies at about 80
Just some of the stuff that happened on December 14.
For lunch, I had some Aloo Keema with rice; some Salmon and Pollock fish; and finally fried chicken from yesterday. I let the fried chicken in the deep fryer too long, which is why it came out burnt badly; I still ate it though...
posted by Abid at 7:50 PM
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