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.
1911 - Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole.
1939 - The Soviet Union was dropped from the League of Nations.
1964 - The U.S. 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.
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.
1995 - The Dayton Accords were formally signed in Paris, ending the Bosnian War.
2012 - Adam Lanza, age 20, forced his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School, in Newtown, Connecticut, and killed 26 people. The victims included 20 children between the ages of six and seven.
2020 - The Electoral College confirmed Joe Biden as the nation’s next president, 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.
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.
Birthdays
27 - DK Metcall (football player)
28 - Barbie Ferreira (actress)
32 - Tori Kelly (singer)
36 - Vanessa Hudgens (actress)
40 - Jackson Rathbone (actor)
45 - Sophie Monk (singer/actress)
52 - Miranda Hart (actress)
53 - Natascha McElhone (actress)
59 - Craig Biggio (baseball player)
74 - Cliff Williams (musician)
76 - Dee Wallace (actress)
78 - Stan Smith (tennis player)
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Today in Sports History - December 14
1915 - Jack Johnson became the first black world heavyweight champion.
1947 - The Cleveland Browns defeat the New York Yankees 14-3 in the AAFC Championship Game.
1947 - The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is founded in Daytona Beach, Florida.
1980 - The New Orleans Saints snap a 14-game losing streak, defeating the New York Jets.
1982 - Marcel Dionne (Los Angeles Kings) scored his 500th goal.
1984 - Howard Cosell retired from the NFL's Monday Night Football.
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 i franchise history, 89-88 over the Los Angeles Clippers. They had lost their first 17 games.
1991 - Michigan wide receiver Desmond Howard wins the Heisman Trophy.
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 (Detroit Lions) ran for more than 100 yards for his 13th consecutive game.
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; he wins with the highest percentage of first-place votes in history with 90.7%.
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 the record held by Ray Allen.
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.
1911 - Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole.
1939 - The Soviet Union was dropped from the League of Nations.
1964 - The U.S. 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.
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.
1995 - The Dayton Accords were formally signed in Paris, ending the Bosnian War.
2012 - Adam Lanza, age 20, forced his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School, in Newtown, Connecticut, and killed 26 people. The victims included 20 children between the ages of six and seven.
2020 - The Electoral College confirmed Joe Biden as the nation’s next president, 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.
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.
Birthdays
27 - DK Metcall (football player)
28 - Barbie Ferreira (actress)
32 - Tori Kelly (singer)
36 - Vanessa Hudgens (actress)
40 - Jackson Rathbone (actor)
45 - Sophie Monk (singer/actress)
52 - Miranda Hart (actress)
53 - Natascha McElhone (actress)
59 - Craig Biggio (baseball player)
74 - Cliff Williams (musician)
76 - Dee Wallace (actress)
78 - Stan Smith (tennis player)
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Today in Sports History - December 14
1915 - Jack Johnson became the first black world heavyweight champion.
1947 - The Cleveland Browns defeat the New York Yankees 14-3 in the AAFC Championship Game.
1947 - The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is founded in Daytona Beach, Florida.
1980 - The New Orleans Saints snap a 14-game losing streak, defeating the New York Jets.
1982 - Marcel Dionne (Los Angeles Kings) scored his 500th goal.
1984 - Howard Cosell retired from the NFL's Monday Night Football.
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 i franchise history, 89-88 over the Los Angeles Clippers. They had lost their first 17 games.
1991 - Michigan wide receiver Desmond Howard wins the Heisman Trophy.
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 (Detroit Lions) ran for more than 100 yards for his 13th consecutive game.
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; he wins with the highest percentage of first-place votes in history with 90.7%.
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 the record held by Ray Allen.
