Tukuk-OS📅 December 14
18 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on December 14? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2025 — Filmmakers Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner are stabbed to death in their Brentwood, Los Angeles residence.
Rob ReinerMichele Singer ReinerKilling of Rob and Michele Reiner
- 2012 — A 20-year-old gunman shot twenty children and six adult staff members in a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
Sandy Hook Elementary School shootingNewtown Public SchoolsNewtown, Connecticut
- 2008 — During a press conference in Baghdad, Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi threw his shoes at U.S. president George W. Bush and Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki, yelling "This is for the widows and orphans and all those killed in Iraq".
BaghdadMuntadhar al-ZaidiGeorge W. Bush shoe-throwing incident
- 1999 — Torrential rains caused flash floods in the Venezuelan state of Vargas, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, the destruction of thousands of homes, and the complete collapse of the state's infrastructure.
- 1998 — Kosovo War: Yugoslav forces ambushed a group of Kosovo Liberation Army militants attempting to smuggle weapons into Yugoslavia from Albania.
Kosovo WarSerbia and MontenegroDecember 14, 1998, Albanian–Yugoslav border ambush
- 1992 — War in Abkhazia: A helicopter carrying evacuees was shot down during the siege of Tkvarcheli, resulting in at least 52 deaths and catalysing more concerted Russian military intervention on behalf of Abkhazia.
- 1981 — The Knesset passed the Golan Heights Law, extending Israeli "laws, jurisdiction and administration" to the Golan Heights, effectively annexing the territory internationally recognized as part of Syria.
- 1972 — Upon completing the third extra-vehicular activity of Apollo 17, American astronaut Gene Cernan became the last person to date to walk on the Moon.
- 1960 — Australian cricketer Ian Meckiff was run out on the last day of the first Test match between Australia and the West Indies, resulting in the first tied Test in cricket history.
- 1948 — American physicists Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann were awarded a patent for their cathode-ray tube amusement device, the first interactive electronic game.
Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr.Cathode-ray tube amusement deviceElectronic game
- 1925 — Wozzeck (poster pictured) by composer Alban Berg, described as the first atonal opera, premiered at the Berlin State Opera.
- 1918 — Giacomo Puccini's comic opera Gianni Schicchi premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.
- 1913 — Haruna (pictured), the fourth and last Japanese battlecruiser of the Kongō class, was launched and went on to serve in both world wars.
- 1911 — Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team became the first people to reach the South Pole.
- 1863 — American Civil War: The Battle of Bean's Station, the final battle of the Knoxville campaign, was fought in Grainger County, Tennessee.
American Civil WarBattle of Bean's StationKnoxville campaign
- 1836 — The Toledo War, a mostly bloodless territorial dispute between Ohio and the Michigan Territory, was unofficially ended with a resolution passed by the controversial "Frostbitten Convention".
- 1650 — English domestic servant Anne Greene survived being hanged for infanticide.
- 835 — In the Sweet Dew incident, Emperor Wenzong of the Tang dynasty conspired to kill the powerful eunuchs of the Tang court, but the plot was foiled.
Births
- 2002 — Francisco Conceição, Portuguese footballer
- 2001 — Joshua Rush, American actor and activist
- 1998 — Lonnie Walker IV, American basketball player
- 1998 — Kim Ji-woong, South Korean singer and actor
- 1997 — DK Metcalf, American football player
- 1996 — Barbie Ferreira, American actress and model
- 1996 — Raphinha, Brazilian footballer
- 1996 — Li Zijun, Chinese figure skater
- 1995 — Ivan Barbashev, Russian ice hockey player
- 1995 — Calvyn Justus, South African swimmer
- 1995 — Álvaro Odriozola, Spanish footballer
- 1994 — Kuldeep Yadav, Indian cricketer
Deaths
- 2025 — Rob Reiner, American filmmaker and actor (born 1947)
- 2024 — Isak Andic, Turkish-Spanish billionaire businessman (born 1953)
- 2023 — Tomáš Janovic, Slovak writer (born 1937)
- 2022 — Jean Franco, American academic and literary critic (born 1924)
- 2020 — Gérard Houllier, French Football manager (born 1947)
- 2019 — Chuy Bravo, Mexican-American comedian and actor (born 1956)
- 2017 — Yu Kwang-chung, Chinese writer (born 1928)
- 2016 — Paulo Evaristo Arns, Brazilian cardinal (born 1921)
- 2016 — Bernard Fox, Welsh actor (born 1927)
- 2015 — Terry Backer, American soldier and politician (born 1954)
- 2015 — Glen Sonmor, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1929)
- 2015 — Vadym Tyshchenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (born 1963)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Folcwin
- Christian feast day: John of the Cross
- Christian feast day: John III of the Sedre (Syriac Orthodox Church)
- Christian feast day: Blessed Mary Frances Schervier
- Christian feast day: Nicasius of Rheims
- Christian feast day: Nimatullah Kassab (Maronite Church)
- Christian feast day: Spyridon (Western Church)
- Christian feast day: Venantius Fortunatus
- Christian feast day: December 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Alabama Day (Alabama)
- Forty-seven Ronin Remembrance Day (Sengaku-ji, Tokyo)
- Martyred Intellectuals Day (Bangladesh)
- Monkey Day
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