on December 14th:
1287: 50,000 die after Zuider Zee wall collapses in the Netherlands
1790: Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton proposes to create the Bank of the United States
1900: German Physicist Max Planck published his quantum theory. Synthesis of his theory with Einstein's theory of relativity is the basis of modern physics
1906: Germany's first U-Boat is commissioned
1918: Woman vote in a UK general election for the first time. The first woman MP is elected, but, being a Sinn Fein member, she is unable to take her seat.
1927: Iraq is formally recognized as an independent country
1947: NASCAR is founded
1981: Israel annexes Golan Heights
Birthdays: Nostradamus (1503), Tycho Brahe (1546), King George VI (1895), Jimmy Doolittle (1896), Margaret Chase Smith (1897),
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