Today in history - December 14
In 1408
The Yongle Canon is written
In 1503
The French prophet Nostradamus was born
1542
Mary I was crowned Queen of Scotland
In 1546
The birth of Tycho Brahe, the progenitor of modern astronomy
1644
Zhang Xianzhong declared himself emperor in Chengdu
In 1799
The first president of the United States, George Washington, dies
In 1895
King George VI of england was born
In 1902
Submarine cables were first paved across the Pacific Ocean, from San Francisco to Honolulu
In 1905
The Iranian Revolution broke out
In 1906
Planck pioneered "quantum theory"
In 1911
Norwegian explorer Amundsen arrives at the South Pole
In 1912
The Beijing government allows men to take concubines freely
In 1920
Ireland is divided in two
In 1927
The Nationalist government severed diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union
In 1931
The Kuomintang 26th Route Army revolted in Ningdu, Jiangxi
In 1939
Zheng Luo, a member of the democratic revolution, fell ill and died
In 1944
Battle of Si'an
In 1945
Lu Dongsheng, a famous Chinese military general, died in Harbin
In 1946
United Nations address New York
In 1949
Kostov, the first offender in the Bulgarian treason case, was sentenced to death
In 1960
China has established diplomatic relations with Somalia
The General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to the Colonies
In 1963
Premier Zhou visited 14 countries in Asia and Africa
In 1971
China has established diplomatic relations with Cyprus
In 1979
The Greek shipwright divorced a KGB spy
Wuyi Mountain captures the "Horned Monster" for the first time
In 1984
The Chinese football team reached the final round of the Asian Cup for the first time
Guo Lin, a famous qigong master in China, has passed away
In 1986
China's first self-designed guided-missile frigate entered service
In 1987
Discover an Egyptian mummy that has been forgotten for more than 100 years in Paris
In 1989
Sakharov, the father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, died
In 1990
The socialist countries of Eastern Europe underwent drastic changes
In 1991
The largest shipwreck in Egyptian history
In 1992
Writer Satin dies
The first female to male sex reassignment surgery was successful
In 1994
The Three Gorges Project officially started
In 1995
The United Nations publishes the World Investment Report I attract the second largest foreign investment in the world
The official signing ceremony of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Peace Agreement was held in France
In 1999
Panama regains sovereignty over the canal
In 2006
Zhang Dingfa, commander of the Chinese Navy, died
In 2013
Chang'e-3 landed on the lunar surface
In 2016
"Bite the Bullet" announced the top ten buzzwords of the year
The house is for living, not for frying
In 2017
The famous poet Yu Guangzhong died of illness
NASA Discovers "Second Solar System"