Saturday, December 14, 2024

History for December 14

History for December 14 - On-This-Day.com 
Margaret Chase Smith 1897 - Politician, first woman to serve in both houses of the United States Congress
  • 1798 - David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patented the nut and bolt machine.
  • 1799 - The first president of the United States, George Washington, died at the age 67.
  • 1900 - Professor Max Planck of Berlin University revealed his revolutionary Quantum Theory.
  • 1911 - Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole. He reached the destination 35 days ahead of Captain Robert F. Scott.
  • 1945 - Josef Kramer, known as "the beast of Belsen," and 10 others were executed in Hamelin for the crimes they committed at the Belsen and Auschwitz Nazi concentration camps.
  • 1984 - Howard Cosell retired from the NFL's Monday Night Football.
  • 1987 - Chrysler pled no contest to federal charges of selling several thousand vehicles as new when Chrysler employees had driven the vehicles with the odometer disconnected.
  • 1999 - Charles M. Schulz announced he was retiring the "Peanuts" comic strip. The last original "Peanuts" comic strip was published on February 13, 2000.

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