Articles by May, 2020

Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 14 December.

1. Charleston SC evacuated by British
2. George Washington died at Mt Vernon Va
3. Alabama becomes 22nd state
4. South Pole 1st reached by Roald Amundsen
5. Iraq gains independence from Britain but British troops remain
6. Mariner 2 makes 1st US visit to another planet (Venus)
7. Golden Gate Bridge lights out all night from power failure
8. Islander Glenn Resch's 1st shut-out opponent - Kings 3-0
9. Anders Kailur scored in 6th Islander penalty shot
10. Yankee catcher Elston Howard dies
11. Roger Maris dies at 51

These famous people were born on 14 December.

1. 1503 - Nostradamus, astrologer and physician
2. 1546 - Tycho Brahe, at Knudstrup, Denmark, astronomer
3. 1895 - George VI, king of England (1936-52)
4. 1896 - James H. Doolittle, former Air Force general
5. 1897 - Margaret Chase Smith, (R-Sen-Maine)
6. 1909 - Edward L. Tatum, American molecular geneticist (Nobel 1958)
7. 1914 - Morey Amsterdam, Actor
8. 1922 - Charley Trippi, NFL halfback (Chicago Cardinals)
9. 1932 - Abbe Lane, in Bkln
10. 1932 - Charlie Rich, singer
11. 1935 - Lee Remick, in Boston Mass (Days of Wine and Rose, Long Hot Summer)
12. 1938 - Janette Scott
13. 1946 - Jane Birkin
14. 1946 - Joyce Wilson (Dawn), in Detroit Michigan
15. 1946 - Patty Duke, in Bkln, (Miracle Worker)