Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 14

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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.

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Feast day of Saint John of the Cross (Catholicism, Anglicanism, Lutheranism) CN tags
557A large earthquake severely damaged the city of Constantinople. Date not cited
1542 – Six-day-old Mary I succeeded to the throne of Scotland. appears on February 8
1782 – In Avignon, France, the Montgolfier brothers conducted their first test of their hot air balloon. refimprove
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. expansion
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. outdated
1900 – German physicist Max Planck 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. multiple issues
1964 – The United States Supreme Court ruled in Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States that Congress could use the Constitution's Commerce Clause power to fight discrimination. refimprove
1989 – Chile held its first free election in 16 years and elected Patricio Aylwin as the new President of the Republic. refimprove section
1994 – Construction on the Three Gorges Dam began on the Yangtze river in China. outdated
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
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. refimprove
2004 – Cuba and Venezuela founded the Alliance for the Americas, an intergovernmental organization dedicated to the integration of Latin American and Caribbean nations. unreferenced section

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December 14: Martyred Intellectuals Day in Bangladesh (1971)

Japanese battlecruiser Haruna
Japanese battlecruiser Haruna
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