American Civil Rights Movement: Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Congress can use the Constitution's Commerce Clause to fight discrimination. Date: December 14, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 14 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This…
Bangladesh Liberation War: Over 200 of East Pakistan's intellectuals are executed by the Pakistan Army and their local allies. (The date is commemorated in Bangladesh as Martyred Intellectuals Day.) Date: December 14, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 14 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day…
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. Date: December 14, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 14 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅…
Arab–Israeli conflict: Israel's Knesset ratifies the Golan Heights Law, extending Israeli law to the Golan Heights. Date: December 14, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 14 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today)
Wilma Mankiller takes office as the first woman elected to serve as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. Date: December 14, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 14 📅 Events on this day in 1985 📅 On This Day (Today)
Qasba Aligarh massacre: Over 400 Muhajirs killed in revenge killings in Qasba colony after a raid on Pashtun heroin processing and distribution center in Sohrab Goth by the security forces. Date: December 14, 1986 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 14 📅 Events on this day in 1986 📅 On This…
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. Date: December 14, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 14 📅 Events on this…
Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river. Date: December 14, 1994 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 14 📅 Events on this day in 1994 📅 On This Day (Today)
Yugoslav Wars: The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris by the leaders of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. On the same day, NATO began ground peacekeeping operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Date: December 14, 1995 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 14 📅 Events on this…
Yugoslav Wars: The Yugoslav Army ambushes a group of Kosovo Liberation Army fighters attempting to smuggle weapons from Albania into Kosovo, killing 36. Date: December 14, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 14 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today)