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On This Day In History:
1799 George Washington, the first president of the United States, died in Mount Vernon, Va., at age 67.
1819 Alabama joined the Union as the 22nd state.
1861 Prince Albert, husband of Britain's Queen Victoria, died in London.
1911 Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole, beating an expedition led by Robert F. Scott.
1946 The United Nations General Assembly voted to establish the U.N. headquarters in New York City.
1979 The album ''London Calling'' by the Clash was released.
On Dec. 14, 1981, Israel annexed the Golan Heights, seized from Syria in 1967.
1985 Wilma Mankiller became the first woman to lead a major American Indian tribe as she took office as principal chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.
1989 Nobel Peace laureate Andrei D. Sakharov died in Moscow at age 68.
1993 A Colorado judge struck down as unconstitutional the state's voter-approved ban on gay rights laws.
1997 Cuban President Fidel Castro declared Christmas 1997 an official holiday to ensure the success of Pope John Paul II's upcoming visit to the communist country.
1998 President Bill Clinton stood witness as hundreds of Palestinian leaders renounced a call for the destruction of Israel.
1999 U.S. and German negotiators agreed to establish a $5.2 billion fund for Nazi-era slaves and forced laborers.
1999 Charles M. Schulz announced he was retiring the ''Peanuts'' comic strip.
2000 The Federal Trade Commission unanimously approved the $111 billion merger of America Online and Time Warner.
Birthdays...
Today marks the birthday of Nostradamus, French astrologer and physician
12/14/1503 - 7/2/1566
Actress Cynthia Gibb turns 42 today
29 Tammy Blanchard
Actress
27 Patty Schnyder
Tennis player
Good morning from..... *looks outside*...... uh, good morning from gloomy snowy CANADAAAA! :D
Time to let the dog out so's he can have his morning shit, then I'll be getting me some coffee. Have a good day everyone!
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