Editing December 14 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; The [[Commercial Pacific Cable Company]] lays the first Pacific [[Telegraphy|telegraph]] cable, from [[San Francisco]] to [[Honolulu]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Burns |first=Bill |date=2019-02-09 |title=History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy - The Commercial Pacific Cable Company |url=https://atlantic-cable.com//CableCos/ComPacCable/ |access-date=2021-12-16 |website=atlantic-cable.com}}</ref>
*[[1903]] &ndash; The [[Wright brothers]] make their first attempt to fly with the ''[[Wright Flyer]]'' at [[Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.centennialofflight.net/essay/Wright_Bros/First_Powered_Flight/WR6.htm |title=The First Powered Flight – 1903 |website=[[U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission]] |access-date=22 November 2021}}</ref>
*[[1907]] &ndash; The {{ship||Thomas W. Lawson|ship|2}}, the [[List of large sailing vessels|largest ever ship without a heat engine]], runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the [[Isles of Scilly]] in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die.
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[New South Wales]] Premier [[Charles Wade]] signs the [[Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909]], formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the [[Australian Capital Territory]].
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Roald Amundsen]]'s team, comprising himself, [[Olav Bjaaland]], [[Helmer Hanssen]], [[Sverre Hassel]], and [[Oscar Wisting]], becomes the first to reach the [[South Pole]].
*[[1913]] &ndash; {{ship|Japanese battleship|Haruna||2}}, the fourth and last {{sclass|Kongō|battlecruiser|0}} ship, launches, eventually becoming one of the [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] workhorses during [[World War I]] and [[World War II]].
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Lisandro de la Torre]] and others found the [[Democratic Progressive Party (Argentina)|Democratic Progressive Party]] (''Partido Demócrata Progresista'', PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]].
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse|Friedrich Karl von Hessen]], a German prince elected by the [[Parliament of Finland]] to become King Väinö I, renounces the [[List of monarchs of Finland|Finnish throne]].
*  1918   &ndash; [[President of Portugal|Portuguese President]] [[Sidónio Pais]] is assassinated.
*  1918   &ndash; The [[1918 United Kingdom general election]] occurs, the first where women were permitted to vote. In Ireland the Irish republican political party [[Sinn Féin]] wins a landslide victory with nearly 47% of the popular vote.<ref name=ark>[http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/h1918.htm The Irish Election of 1918] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060824020254/http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/h1918.htm |date=24 August 2006 }}. [[Northern Ireland Social and Political Archive|ARK]]. Retrieved 29 December 2022.</ref>
*  1918   &ndash; [[Giacomo Puccini]]'s comic opera ''[[Gianni Schicchi]]'' premieres at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite book |title= The Puccini Problem |last= Wilson |first= Alexandra |year= 2007 |publisher= [[Cambridge University Press]] |location= Cambridge |isbn= 978-0-521-85688-1 |url= https://archive.org/details/pucciniproblemop0000wils |page=178}}</ref>
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Winter War]]: The [[Soviet Union]] is expelled from the [[League of Nations]] for invading Finland.
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Plutonium]] (specifically [[Pu-238]]) is first isolated at Berkeley, California.
*[[1942]] &ndash; An [[Aeroflot]] [[Tupolev ANT-20]] [[1942 Aeroflot Tupolev ANT-20bis crash|crashes]] near [[Tashkent]], killing all 36 people on board.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Loss of control Accident Tupolev ANT-20bis CCCP-L760, Monday 14 December 1942 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/341225 |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr.]] and Estle Ray Mann are granted a patent for their [[cathode-ray tube amusement device]], the earliest known interactive [[electronic game]].
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Albania]], [[Austria]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Kingdom of Cambodia (1953–1970)|Cambodia]], [[Dominion of Ceylon|Ceylon]], [[Finland]], [[Hungary]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], [[Italy]], [[Jordan]], [[Laos]], [[Libya]], [[Nepal]], [[Portugal]], [[Romania]] and [[Spain]] join the [[United Nations]] through [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 109]].
*[[1958]] &ndash; The [[3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition]] becomes the first to reach the [[Pole of inaccessibility#Southern pole of inaccessibility|southern pole of inaccessibility]].
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Convention Against Discrimination in Education|Convention against Discrimination in Education]] of [[UNESCO]] is adopted.
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[NASA]]'s ''[[Mariner 2]]'' becomes the first [[spacecraft]] to fly by [[Venus]].
*[[1963]] &ndash; The dam containing the [[Baldwin Hills Dam disaster|Baldwin Hills Reservoir]] bursts, killing five people and damaging hundreds of homes in [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]].
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Civil rights movement|American Civil Rights Movement]]: ''[[Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States|Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States]]'': The [[Supreme Court of the United States]] rules that [[United States Congress|Congress]] can use the [[Constitution of the United States|Constitution's]] [[Commerce Clause]] to fight discrimination.
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Bangladesh Liberation War]]: Over 200 of [[East Pakistan]]{{'}}s intellectuals are [[1971 killing of Bengali intellectuals#14 December executions|executed]] by the Pakistan Army and their local allies. (The date is commemorated in Bangladesh as [[Martyred Intellectuals Day]].)
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Apollo program]]: [[Gene Cernan|Eugene Cernan]] is the most recent person to walk on the Moon, after he and [[Harrison Schmitt]] complete the third and final [[extravehicular activity]] (EVA) of the [[Apollo 17]] mission.
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Arab–Israeli conflict]]: Israel's [[Knesset]] ratifies the ''[[Golan Heights Law]]'', extending Israeli law to the [[Golan Heights]].
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Wilma Mankiller]] takes office as the first woman elected to serve as Principal Chief of the [[Cherokee Nation]].
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Qasba Aligarh massacre]]: Over 400 [[Muhajir (Pakistan)|Muhajirs]] killed in revenge killings in Qasba colony after a raid on [[Pashtuns|Pashtun]] heroin processing and distribution center in [[Sohrab Goth]] by the security forces.<ref name="orangi_killings">{{cite web|url=http://therepublicofrumi.com/chronicle/1986.htm |title=1986: Orangi killings |work=The Chronicle of Pakistan |publisher=Republic of Rumi |editor-first=Khurram Ali |editor-last=Shafique |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122151804/http://therepublicofrumi.com/chronicle/1986.htm |archive-date=January 22, 2013 }}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[War in Abkhazia (1992–1993)|War in Abkhazia]]: [[Siege of Tkvarcheli]]: A helicopter carrying evacuees from [[Tkvarcheli]] is [[1992 Russian Air Force Mi-8 shootdown|shot down]], resulting in at least 52 deaths, including 25 children. The incident catalyses more concerted Russian military intervention on behalf of Abkhazia.
*[[1994]] &ndash; Construction begins on the [[Three Gorges Dam]] on the [[Yangtze]] river.
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Yugoslav Wars]]: The [[Dayton Agreement]] is signed in Paris by the leaders of the [[Serbia and Montenegro|Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]], [[Croatia]], and [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]].
*[[1998]] &ndash; Yugoslav Wars: The [[Military of Serbia and Montenegro|Yugoslav Army]] [[December 14, 1998, Albanian–Yugoslav border ambush|ambushes]] a group of [[Kosovo Liberation Army]] fighters attempting to smuggle weapons from Albania into Kosovo, killing 36.
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Vargas tragedy|Torrential rains]] cause [[flash flood]]s 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.
*[[2003]] &ndash; Pakistani President [[Pervez Musharraf]] narrowly escapes an assassination attempt.
*[[2004]] &ndash; The [[Millau Viaduct]], the [[List of tallest bridges|tallest bridge in the world]], is formally inaugurated near [[Millau]], France.
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting]]: Twenty-eight people, including the gunman, are killed in [[Sandy Hook, Connecticut]].
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[South Sudanese Civil War|A reported coup attempt]] in [[South Sudan]] leads to continued fighting and hundreds of casualties.
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[The Walt Disney Company]] announces that it would acquire [[21st Century Fox]], including the [[20th Century Fox]] movie studio, for $52.4&nbsp;billion.
*[[2020]] &ndash; A [[Solar eclipse of December 14, 2020|total solar eclipse]] is visible from parts of the South Pacific Ocean, southern South America, and the South Atlantic Ocean.<ref name="Emol1">{{cite web |last1=Garcia |first1=Richard |title=Chile será protagonista de tres eclipses totales de Sol consecutivos por primera vez |url=http://www.economiaynegocios.cl/noticias/noticias.asp?id=534277 |website=EyN |language=es |date=30 December 2018}}</ref>