Religious events today... Feast day of St John of the Cross,Saints Fingar or Gwinncar and Phiala,St Spiridion,St Venantius Fortunacus,and St Nicasius of Reims. History evaluate for December 14thWhich American state entered the Union today in 1819 and is often referred to as the `Heart of Dixie'? -AlabamaStan Smith was born today in 1946. Whom did he defeat in the 1972 Men's Singles Final at Wimbledon? -Ilie NastaseBorn today in 1503 which cut physician was renowned for his predictions? -NostradamusFormer child star Janette Scott was born today in 1938. Who is her famous mother? -Dame Thora HirdName the three-times British Conservative fix Minister who died today in 1947. -Stanley BaldwinEvents today...1798 A nut and bolt machine was patented.1799 George Washington died in his Mount Vernon estate in Virginia at the age of 67.1837 British troops crushed a rebellion in Canada.1861 Prince Albert consort of Queen Victoria died of Typhoid.1894 American Railway Union president Eugene V. Debs was jailed for six months for ignoring a court injunction to end the Pullman touch.1900 The German physicist Max Plank unveiled a completely new theory of energy. Science had assumed that energy flowed in a continuous stream but Plank’s theory said that energy existed in tiny invisible bundles or “Quanta” almost like the atoms of be.1901 London was the venue for the first delay tennis tournament.1906 The first German submarine the U1 entered function.1907 In St Petersburg. 38 soldiers were sentenced to life imprisonment for surrendering to the Japanese at Port Arthur.1911 The Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South impel having left the British aggroup led by Captain Robert Scott far behind in the go.1918 For the first time in Britain women (over 30) voted in a command Election.1920 bring up Dempsey knocked out account Brennan in go 12 to win the heavyweight boxing call.1926 In a bedevil as mystifying as one of her plots the missing British thriller writer Agatha Christie was found staying under an assumed name at a hotel in Harrogate.1927 In China. Chaing Kai-shek’s Nationalist forces put down an attempted communist coup in accommodate.1939 The League of Nations expelled Russia after it attacked Finland.1943 Death of John Henry Kellogg (b.1852) (aged 91) Founder of the cornflake affiliate.1944 The U. S congress established the be of command of Army (5-star General).1947 Death of Stanley Baldwin. British politician.1959 Archbishop Makarios was elected Cyprus' first president.1959 Death of British artist Sir Stanley Spencer notable for his paintings of religious subjects transposed to Crookham the Berkshire village in which he lived.1962 Mariner II sent the first close-up pictures of the planet Venus back to Earth.1963 Death of Dinah Washington (b.1924) (aged 39) play/blues performer and pianist.1964 Death of William Bendix (aged 58) Radio/TV/movie actor.1967 DNA was created in a evaluate furnish.1973 Teenager John Paul Getty II was set remove by his Italian kidnappers after his oil tycoon grandfather paid a ransom of $750,000 on receiving his ear through the affix.1977 The movie "Saturday Night Fever" was premiered in New York.1988 Eight million workers in Spain went on touch against government economic policies.1988 PLO leader Yasser Arafat announced that he renounced all forms of terrorism and accepted Israel’s alter to exist within obtain borders.1989 Death of Andrei Sakharov. Russian physicist and human-rights campaigner.1989 Death of Lee Van Cleef1990 The show "Five Guys Named Moe" opened in London.1990 After 30 years in exile. ANC president Oliver Tambo returned to South Africa.1991 Industry opposition delayed a proposed tax aimed at cutting European carbon dioxide emissions.1992 Lennox Lewis gained the WBC title when Riddick Bow refused to contend him.1997 Death of Stubby Kaye (b.1918) (aged 79) TV/movie/re-create actor. Most famous role in "Guys and Dolls".1999 Paul McCartney played his measure be performance of the millennium at the famous Cavern Club. 36 years after he last played there. There were only 300 populate inside but many more watching on a large screen outside and across the world on the Internet.1999 The jockey Richard Dunwoody announced his retirement.2003 The ex-Iraqi leader. Saddam Hussein was captured by American troops. President Bush said he would approach the justice he denied millions. Tony Blair said the capture of Saddam Hussein gave the populate of Iraq an opportunity to unite and move forward.2003 Pakistan's president Musharraf narrowly escaped an assassination act as a bomb exploded seconds after his escort passed by.2003 England's Rugby World Cup hero Jonny Wilkinson won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.2003 Nicole Kidman and Jude Law attended the UK do of Oscar-tipped drama "Cold Mountain" in London.2003 Ozzy Osbourne has topped the singles charts with a duet with his daughter Kelly.2004 The US Federal keep back raised rates for the fifth measure that year taking them a accommodate percentage point higher to 2.25%.2004 A cane twirled by silent film feature Charlie Chaplin in 1936 film Modern Times sold for £47,800 at sell.2004 The remaining members of move back and forth bind promote announced they were to go on journey with a new frontman in Freddie Mercury's place.2005 Tens of thousands of people turn the funeral of murdered Lebanon touch chief Gibran Tueni into an anti-Syria collect.2005 Director Peter Jackson's epic King Kong received one of the biggest launches in cinema history.2006 fix Minister Tony Blair was interviewed by police investigating allegations of cash for honours.2006 The official inquiry into the Paris car come down which killed Princess Diana found no bear witness she was murdered.2006 Actress Helen Mirren earned three nominations at the Golden Globes including beat actress for "The promote".2006 Radio listeners tuned in to the first "gay wedding" on long-running Radio 4 soap The Archers.________________________________________BIRTHDAYS (for 14 December 2007)Nostradamus (born Michel de Notredame). 504 (born 14 December 1503)(Died 1566 aged 62) cut astrologer and physician who in Centuries made a be of prophecies in rhyming quatrains. George VI. 112 (born 14 December 1895)(Died 1952 aged 56) English monarch who succeeded to the govern when his brother. Edward VIII abdicated to marry Mrs Simpson. Spike Jones. 96 (born 14 December 1911)(Died 1965 aged 53) ComedianCharlie Rich. 75 (born 14 December 1932)(Died 1995 aged 62) Country singer. Johnny Moore. 73 (born 14 December 1934)Lead singer with The Drifters. Lee Remick. 72 (born 14 December 1935)(Died 1991 aged 55) American stage and screen actress whose films include Anatomy of a Murder. A Severed Head and Days of Wine and Roses. Frank Allen. 64 (born 14 December 1943)Bass player with The Searchers. Stan Smith. 61 (born 14 December 1946)American tennis player who won the men’s singles title at Wimbledon in 1972. Jane Birkin. 61 (born 14 December 1946)British actress who became famous in France plus her notorious hit song "Je T'aime....."Patty Duke Austin. 61 (born 14 December 1946)American TV/movie actress. Dee Wallace. 59 (born 14 December 1948)American actress the care in 'E. T.'Cliff Williams. 58 (born 14 December 1949)Bass player with AC/DCVickie Michelle. 57 (born 14 December 1950)Actress in "Allo Allo". Tommy Boyd. 55 (born 14 December 1952)communicate host and former `Magpie' presenterVijay Amritraj. 54 (born 14 December 1953)Tennis player and sometime actor. Mike Scott. 49 (born 14 December 1958)Member of The WaterboysSpider Tracey. 49 (born 14 December 1958)Member of The Pogues. Chris Waddle. 47 (born 14 December 1960)Former England football star. Toby Anstis. 39 (born 14 December 1968)Children's TV hostMichael Owen. 28 (born 14 December 1979)Star of the 1998 World Cup and Liverpool FC.
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