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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.

1911
Norwegian Roald Amundsen's Antarctic expedition is the 1st to reach the South Pole

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

2022
President Joe Biden vows to extend US involvement in Africa in address at US-Africa Leaders summit in Washington, amid competition from China on the continent

2023
European Union agrees to open membership negotiations with Ukraine at a summit on Brussels

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").


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