12-14-2004, 08:48 AM
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December 14th
1503 ~ Birthday of Nostradamus, Astrologer & Mathematician.
1546 ~ Birthday of Tycho Brahe, Astronomer.
1799 ~ Death of George Washington, first President of the United States.
1900 ~ Max Planck published his study of the quantum theory.
1902 ~ First telegraph cable laid across the Pacific Ocean.
1911 ~ First expedition reached the South Pole, led by Roald Amundsen.
1939 ~ USSR expelled from the League of Nations.
1962 ~ Birthday of Ginger Lynn Allen, Actress.
1962 ~ Mariner 2 became the first spacecraft to fly by Venus.
1995 ~ The Dayton Agreement was signed in Paris to end the Yugoslav wars.
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