14-12-2011, 14:39
1542 - Princess Mary Stuart becomes Mary, Queen of Scots.
1861 - Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria died, at the early age of 42 of typhoid fever. His death plunged the Queen into a deep mourning that lasted for the rest of her life.
1896 - The Glasgow Underground Railway was opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
1900 – Quantum Mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law.
1911 - Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole, 34 days ahead of British explorer Captain Scott.
1946 – The United Nations General Assembly votes to establish its headquarters in New York City.
1947 – The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is founded in Daytona Beach, Florida.
1962 - U.S. Mariner II sent the first close-up pictures of the planet Venus back to Earth.
1972 – Apollo program: Eugene Cernan is the last person to walk on the moon, after he and Harrison Schmitt complete the third and final Extra-vehicular activity (EVA) of the Apollo 17 mission. This is the last manned mission to the moon of the 20th century.
1993 – Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam in the Yangtze River.
2003 – President of Pakistan Pervez Musharaf narrowly escapes an assassination attempt.
2008 – President George W. Bush makes his fourth and final (planned) trip to Iraq as president and is almost struck by two shoes thrown at him by Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi during a news conference in Baghdad.
1861 - Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria died, at the early age of 42 of typhoid fever. His death plunged the Queen into a deep mourning that lasted for the rest of her life.
1896 - The Glasgow Underground Railway was opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
1900 – Quantum Mechanics: Max Planck presents a theoretical derivation of his black-body radiation law.
1911 - Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole, 34 days ahead of British explorer Captain Scott.
1946 – The United Nations General Assembly votes to establish its headquarters in New York City.
1947 – The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is founded in Daytona Beach, Florida.
1962 - U.S. Mariner II sent the first close-up pictures of the planet Venus back to Earth.
1972 – Apollo program: Eugene Cernan is the last person to walk on the moon, after he and Harrison Schmitt complete the third and final Extra-vehicular activity (EVA) of the Apollo 17 mission. This is the last manned mission to the moon of the 20th century.
1993 – Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam in the Yangtze River.
2003 – President of Pakistan Pervez Musharaf narrowly escapes an assassination attempt.
2008 – President George W. Bush makes his fourth and final (planned) trip to Iraq as president and is almost struck by two shoes thrown at him by Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi during a news conference in Baghdad.