December 14
Today in America's Present Past
1763 | Indian Wars: Paxton Boys Massacre.
1774 | War of Independence: 400 New Hampshire militiamen successfully attack British Fort William and Mary.
1780 | Founder Alexander Hamilton wed Elizabeth Schuyler.
1794 | Entrepreneur Erastus Corning was born.
1799 | POTUS: President George Washington died.
1806 | Politician John Breckinridge died.
1814 | The War of 1812: The Battle of Lake Borgne, Louisiana.
1819 | Statehood: Alabama granted statehood.
1829 | Politician John Mercer Langston was born.
1836 | The Toledo War ended.
1862 | Civil War: The Battle of Kinston, North Carolina.
1896 | General Jimmy Doolittle was born.
1902 | First Lady Julia Dent Grant died.
1903 | The Wright brothers unsuccessfully attempted to fly the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
1914 | POTUS: Democrat President Wilson signed the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act.
1920 | Collegiate footballer George “The Gipper” Gipp died.
1922 | Civil Rights: Perry, Florida massacre.
1943 | Entrepreneur John Harvey Kellogg died.
1946 | Actress Patty Duke was born.
1953 | Author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings died.
1964 | Actor William Bendix died.
1969 | TV: The Jackson Five debuted on the “Ed Sullivan Show.”
1974 | Journalist Walter Lippmann died.
1980 | Inventor Richard Gurley Drew died.
1984 | Actress Bette Midler wed Martin Von Hasselberg.
1986 | Experimental airplane Voyager, flown by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager took off.
1993 | Film: “Philadelphia” debuted.
1995 | POTUS: Democrat President Clinton signs the Dayton Agreement.
1998 | Author and activist Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham, Jr died.
2008 | POTUS: Republican President Bush was assaulted by a journalist throwing a shoe in Iraq.
2015 | Entrepreneur Lillian Vernon died.