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Old 12-14-2006, 06:41 PM
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December 14th

1503 ~ Birthday of Nostradamus, Astrologer & Mathematician.

1546 ~ Birthday of Tycho Brahe, Astronomer.

1799 ~ Death of George Washington, first U.S. President.

1900 ~ Max Planck published his study of the quantum theory.

1911 ~ First expedition reached the South Pole, led by Roald Amundsen.

1939 ~ USSR expelled from the League of Nations.

1946 ~ The United Nations General Assembly voted to establish the U.N. headquarters in New York City.

1962 ~ Birthday of Ginger Lynn Allen, Actress.

1981 ~ Israel annexed the Golan Heights.

1995 ~ The Dayton Agreement was signed in Paris to end the Yugoslav wars.
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