Born on December 14
December 14 birthdays & history
If you were born on December 14, you share a birthday with Dilma Rousseff, Tycho Brahe and Vanessa Hudgens. December 14 babies are Sagittarius, with turquoise as their birthstone and the narcissus as their birth flower. December 14 is the 349th day of the year in leap years (348th in other years).
Famous people born on December 14
- 1947Dilma Rousseff, Brazilian economist and politician, 36th President of Brazil
- 1546Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer and chemist
- 1988Vanessa Hudgens, American actress and singer
- 1970Anna Maria Jopek, Polish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
- 1979Michael Owen, English footballer and sportscaster
- 1895Paul Éluard, French poet and author
- 1640Aphra Behn, English playwright and author
- 1924Raj Kapoor, Indian actor, director, and producer
- 1922Nikolay Basov, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1883Morihei Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist, developed aikido
What happened on December 14
- 1819Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state.
- 1896The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
- 1902The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.
- 1903The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
- 1911Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team became the first people to reach the South Pole.
- 1914Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party (Partido Demócrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 1918Giacomo Puccini's comic opera Gianni Schicchi premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.
- 1918Friedrich Karl von Hessen, a German prince elected by the Parliament of Finland to become King of Finland, renounces the throne.
- 1925Wozzeck by composer Alban Berg, described as the first atonal opera, premiered at the Berlin State Opera.
- 1948American 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.
- 1960Australian 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.
- 1972Upon completing the third extra-vehicular activity of Apollo 17, American astronaut Gene Cernan became the last person to date to walk on the Moon.
Also observed on December 14
- Alabama Day (Alabama)
- Forty-seven Ronin Remembrance Day (Sengaku-ji, Tokyo)
- Monkey Day
Questions, answered
What star sign is December 14?
People born on December 14 are Sagittarius. Their birthstone is turquoise and their birth flower is the narcissus.
Which famous people were born on December 14?
Dilma Rousseff (1947), Tycho Brahe (1546), Vanessa Hudgens (1988), Anna Maria Jopek (1970), Michael Owen (1979), Paul Éluard (1895) were all born on December 14.
What happened on December 14 in history?
Among other things: in 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; in 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; in 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.
Can I get a newspaper front page from December 14?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any December 14 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “December 14”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.