* Astronomy

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RE: December 14th

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Monkey Day is a holiday celebrated internationally on every year December 14.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46737164/monkey-day/

Each year on December 14, Sengakuji Temple holds a festival commemorating the forty-seven Ronin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty-seven_Ronin

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Sir Bernard Lovell began using radio astronomy at the Jodrell Bank Observatory in 1945.
http://www.jodrellbank.net/jodrell-bank-celebrates-70th-birthday/

Construction began of the Three Gorges Dam on December 14, 1994
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Gorges_Dam

St. Lucia's flood was a storm tide that affected the Netherlands and Northern Germany on December 14, 1287
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46737169/st-lucias-flood-1287/

The 557 Constantinople earthquake took place on the night of 14 December.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/557_Constantinople_earthquake

The 1872 North Cascades earthquake struck Washington state on December 14, 1872.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1872_North_Cascades_earthquake

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On December 14, 1911, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team reached the South Pole.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amundsen%27s_South_Pole_expedition

On 14 December 1958, the 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition established the Pole of Inaccessibility Station
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Pole_of_Inaccessibility#Southern_pole_of_inaccessibility

The Glasgow Subway opened on 14 December 1896
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Subway

The Canadian Space Agency Act which established the Canadian Space Agency came into force on December 14, 1990.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Space_Agency#History.2C_mission_and_mandate

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SM U-1, a German Type U 1 submarine, was commissioned on 14 December 1906.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM_U-1_(Germany)

First test flight of a Montgolfière balloon on 14 December 1782
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgolfier_brothers#Early_experiments

First attempt at powered flight of Kitty Hawk on December 14, 1903
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_Flyer#Flight_trials_at_Kitty_Hawk

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Yohkoh (Solar A) was lost during an annular eclipse on December 14, 2001
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yohkoh#Description

Mariner 2, Venus flyby in 1962
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t20251385/mariner-2-spacecraft/

The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) was launched on 14th December 2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide-field_Infrared_Survey_Explorer

Nozomi spacecraft Mars flyby in 2003
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nozomi_(spacecraft)

USA-193 was an American military spy satellite launched on December 14, 2006.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t9377646/nro_l-21-launch/

Chang'e 3 landed at Sinus Iridum on 14 December 2013
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang'e_3#Landing_site

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Catherine Grace "Cady" Coleman (born December 14, 1960) is an American chemist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Coleman

Steven Glenwood MacLean (born December 14, 1954) is a Canadian astronaut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_MacLean_(astronaut)

Michel de Nostredame (14 or 21 December 1503 - 2 July 1566) was a French apothecary
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nostradamus

William James Peacòck (born 14 December 1937) was Chief Scientist of Australia (2006-2008)
http://goo.gl/BPYbn2

Giovanni Amelino-Camelia (born 14 December 1965) is an Italian physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Amelino-Camelia

Hans Joachim Pabst von Ohain (14 December 1911 - 13 March 1998) was a German physicist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_von_Ohain

Nikolay Gennadiyevich Basov (14 December 1922 - 1 July 2001) was a Soviet physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolay_Gennadiyevich_Basov

Tycho Brahe (14 December 1546 - 24 October 1601), born Tyge Ottesen Brahe, was a Danish nobleman
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t20970525/tycho-brahe/

Frederick Garnett "Fred" Watson AM (born 14 December 1944) is an astronomer and popular scientist in Australia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Watson

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The Planck postulate was proposed by Max Planck on December 14, 1900.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck_postulate

I Am Legend was released on December 14, 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Legend_(film)

Dune is a 1984 American science fiction action film written and directed by David Lynch
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46535081/dune/

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NGC 620 was discovered by Edouard Stephan on the 14th December 1871.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55915791/ngc-620/

NGC 1607 was discovered by Edouard Stephan on the 14th December 1881.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55915871/ngc-1607/

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"a display of the aurora borealis at night" after the Battle of Fredericksburg on December 14, 1862.
https://13thmississippi.com/2011/05/04/the-northern-lights/

On 14 December 2009, scientists announced the discovery of three planets around 61 Virginis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/61_Virginis#Planetary_system