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Today in History December 14

1751 The first military academy in the world, the Theresian Military Academy, is founded in Austria

1819 Alabama is admitted as the 22nd state, making 11 slave states and 11 free states.

1900 Max Planck presents the quantum theory at the Physics Society in Berlin.

1960 A U.S. Boeing B-52 bomber sets a 10,000-mile non-stop record without refueling.

1994 Construction begins on China's Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River.

1999 Tens of thousands die as a result of flash floods caused by torrential rains in Vargas, Venezuela.

2003 US President George W. Bush announces the capture of Saddam Hussein

2008 President George W. Bush make his fourth and final trip to Iraq as president and is almost struck by two shoes thrown at him by Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi during a farewell conference in Baghdad

2021 American Covid-19 death toll passes 800,000, with more deaths recorded in 2021 than 2020

Born on December 14

1503 Nostradamus [Michel de Nostredame], French astrologer and physician.

1896 Jimmy Doolittle American air force general who conducted the raid on Tokyo in 1942, born in Alameda, California

1932 Charlie Rich, crossover country singer, musician ("Behind Closed Doors").


Joke of the day

Want to know why women don’t blink during foreplay?





Not enough time.