This Day In History

December 14th

1799  First US President George Washington dies in his Mt. Vernon home of pneumonia at age 67.
1819  Alabama admitted into the Union as the 22nd US state.
1861  Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, dies in London.
1911  Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen becomes the first man to reach the South Pole
1939  Soviet Union dropped from the League of Nations.
1946  The United Nations General Assembly votes to establish UN headquarters in New York.
1962  US space probe Mariner II approaches Venus and transmits information about the planet.
1981  Israel annexes Golan Heights from Syria.
1999  The US hands returns control over the Panama Canal to the Panamanian Government as was agreed in the 1977 treaty signed by US Presdient Jimmy Carter, who was on hand this day  for the ceremony.

1503  Occultist Nostradamus (Michael de Notredame)
1896  Aviator James Doolittle
1911  Bandleader Spike (Lindley) Jones
1935  Actor Lee Remick
1942  Musician Dave Clark
1946  Actress Patty (Anna Marie) Duke

1956

• Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino

• True Love - Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly

• A Rose and a Baby Ruth - George Hamilton IV

• Singing the Blues - Marty Robbins

1964

• Mr. Lonely - Bobby Vinton

• She's Not There - The Zombies

• Come See About Me - The Supremes

• Once a Day - Connie Smith

1972

• I am Woman - Helen Reddy

• If You Don't Know Me by Now - Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes

• You Ought to be with Me - Al Green

• Got the All Overs for You (All Over Me) - Freddie Hart & The Heartbeats

1980

• Lady - Kenny Rogers

• (Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon

• Love on the Rocks - Neil Diamond

• Why Lady Why - Alabama

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