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This is a list of selected December 14 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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1542 – Six-day-old Mary I succeeded to the throne of Scotland. {{refimprove}}
1836 – The Toledo War, the mostly bloodless boundary dispute between Ohio and the adjoining Territory of Michigan, unofficially ended with a resolution passed by the controversial "Frostbitten Convention". {{Ibid}}
1896Glasgow Subway, the third oldest below-ground metro system in the world after the London Underground and the Budapest Metro, began operations in Glasgow, Scotland. refimprove section
1900 – German physicist Max Planck (pictured) presented a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law, suggesting that electromagnetic energy could only be emitted in quantized form. refimprove section
1918Frederick Charles, King of Finland, renounced the throne after criticism of his German nationality in the aftermath of World War I. {{one source}}
1964 – The United States Supreme Court ruled in Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States that Congress could use the Constitution's Commerce Clause power to fight discrimination. refimprove
1972 - Upon completing the third extra-vehicular activity of Apollo 17, American astronaut Eugene Cernan became the last person to date to walk on the moon. Tagged with {{More footnotes}}
1989 – Chile held its first free election in 16 years and elected Patricio Aylwin as the new President of the Republic. {{unreferenced}}
1995 – The Dayton Agreement was signed in Paris to end the Bosnian War, establishing, among others, a new structure of government and political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina. refimprove section
2004 – The Millau Viaduct spanning the valley of the River Tarn near Millau in France, the tallest vehicular bridge in the world at 343 metres (1,125 ft), opened. Tagged for cleanup

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  • 1819Alabama was admitted as the 22nd U.S. state, after the statehood of present-day Northern Alabama was delayed for several years by the lack of a coastline until Mobile was captured from Spain during the War of 1812.

December 14: Day of the Children Killed During the War in Abkhazia (1992); Day of the Martyred Intellectuals in Bangladesh (1971); Monkey Day

Three Gorges Dam

  • 1999Torrential rains caused flash floods in Vargas, Venezuela, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, the destruction of thousands of homes, and the complete collapse of the state's infrastructure.
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