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14 December 2024

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Holidays

No listed India public holiday for this date.

Observances

No UN observance in the current list for this date.

Selected anniversaries

Anniversary

2025 - Filmmakers Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner are stabbed to death in their Brentwood, Los Angeles residence.

American filmmaker and actor (1947–2025)

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2012 - A 20-year-old gunman shot twenty children and six adult staff members in a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

2012 mass shooting in Connecticut, US

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2008 - During a press conference in Baghdad, Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi threw his shoes at U.S. president George W. Bush and Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki, yelling "This is for the widows and orphans and all those killed in Iraq".

Capital of Iraq

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Anniversary

1999 - Torrential rains caused flash floods in the Venezuelan state of Vargas, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, the destruction of thousands of homes, and the complete collapse of the state's infrastructure.

1999 natural disaster in Venezuela

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1998 - Kosovo War: Yugoslav forces ambushed a group of Kosovo Liberation Army militants attempting to smuggle weapons into Yugoslavia from Albania.

1998–1999 armed conflict in the Balkans

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Historical events

History

2025 - At least 16 people are killed, including one gunman, and 43 injured in a mass shooting during a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in the deadliest terror incident in Australia.

Terrorist attack in Sydney, Australia

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2020 - A total solar eclipse is visible from parts of the South Pacific Ocean, southern South America, and the South Atlantic Ocean.

Total eclipse

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2017 - The Walt Disney Company announces that it would acquire 21st Century Fox, including the 20th Century Fox movie studio, for $52.4 billion.

American media and entertainment conglomerate

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2013 - A reported coup attempt in South Sudan leads to continued fighting and hundreds of casualties.

2013–2018 conflict in South Sudan

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2012 - Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: Twenty-eight people, including the gunman, are killed in Sandy Hook, Connecticut.

2012 mass shooting in Connecticut, US

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History

2004 - The Millau Viaduct, the tallest bridge in the world, is formally inaugurated near Millau, France.

Cable-stayed bridge in Occitanie, France

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2003 - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf narrowly escapes an assassination attempt.

President of Pakistan from 2001 to 2008

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1999 - Torrential rains cause flash floods in Vargas, Venezuela, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, the destruction of thousands of homes, and the complete collapse of the state's infrastructure.

1999 natural disaster in Venezuela

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History

1998 - Yugoslav Wars: The Yugoslav Army ambushes a group of Kosovo Liberation Army fighters attempting to smuggle weapons from Albania into Kosovo, killing 36.

Military forces of Serbia and Montenegro

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History

1995 - Yugoslav Wars: The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris by the leaders of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. On the same day, NATO began ground peacekeeping operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

1991–2001 series of wars in the Balkans

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