History Of 14 December | On This Day In World

In the history of the World, some other important events recorded on the date of 14 December are as follows: -

➧ 1799: The first President of the United States of America George Washington (I) died.

➧ 1921: Annie Besant conferred with the title of Doctor of Letters by the Banaras Hindu University.

➧ 1922: Nobel Prize winner Russian physicist Nikolay Bassov was born.

➧ 1924: Director, Producer, Showman Raj Kapoor was born.

➧ 1934: Famous film director Shyam Benegal was born.

➧ 1944: German businessmen forbade the use of electricity in parts of Holland.

➧ 1946: Sanjay Gandhi, the younger son of Indian leader Indira Gandhi, was born.

➧ 1953: Former Indian tennis player and commentator Vijay Amritraj was born.

➧ 1966: Lyricist Shailendra died.

➧ 1982: The huge Green Gate between the British colony Gibraltar and Spain reopened after 13 years.

➧ 1983: General Hussain Mohammad Irshad declared himself President of Bangladesh.

➧ 1997: All countries of the world agreed to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

➧ 2000: George Walker Bush is elected the 43rd President of the US.

➧ 2003: A 6.6 earthquake struck the southeastern Iranian city of Bam, killing thousands of people and destroying the stronghold of Arg-e-Bam.

➧ 2007: Rail service resumes between North and South Korea after 50 years.

➧ 2012: Australian Joel Parkinson wins the 2012 ASP World Tour.

➧ 2012: Jean Wolf wins the Demon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award.

➧ 2017: The Walt Disney Company bought the majority of 21 Century Fox for $ 52.4 billion.

➧ 2018: Reuters investigation alleged that Johnson & Johnson knew some of their talc was contaminated with asbestos.

➧ 2019: Miss Jamaica won by Miss Jamaica Tony-Ann Singh in London. For the first time all five major beauty titles were held by black women.