December 14th, 1672

Born on December 14th, 1672

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on December 14th?

December 14th, 2025

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

December 14th, 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.

December 14th, 2009

The tino rangatiratanga flag, representing the Māori people, was officially recognized by the government of New Zealand.

December 14th, 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".

December 14th, 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.

December 14th, 1998

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

December 14th, 1992

War in Abkhazia: A helicopter carrying evacuees was shot down during the siege of Tkvarcheli, resulting in at least 52 deaths and catalysing more concerted Russian military intervention on behalf of Abkhazia.

December 14th, 1981

The Knesset passed the Golan Heights Law, extending Israeli "laws, jurisdiction and administration" to the Golan Heights, effectively annexing the territory internationally recognized as part of Syria.

December 14th, 1972

Upon completing the third extra-vehicular activity of Apollo 17, American astronaut Gene Cernan became the last person to date to walk on the Moon.

December 14th, 1963

The dam containing the Baldwin Hills Reservoir in Los Angeles failed, releasing a flood that killed five people and destroyed 277 homes.

December 14th, 1962

NASA's Mariner 2 became the world's first spacecraft to successfully conduct a planetary encounter when it flew by Venus.

December 14th, 1960

Australian cricketer Ian Meckiff was run out on the last day of the first Test match between Australia and the West Indies, resulting in the first tied Test in cricket history.

December 14th, 1948

American physicists Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann were awarded a patent for their cathode-ray tube amusement device, the first interactive electronic game.

December 14th, 1918

Giacomo Puccini's comic opera Gianni Schicchi premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.

December 14th, 1913

Haruna (pictured), the fourth and last Japanese battlecruiser of the Kongō class, was launched and went on to serve in both world wars.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 14th

Same year
Born in 1672

47

Joseph Addison

English essayist, poet, playwright and politician (1672–1719)

*May 1st, 1672, Milston †June 17th, 1719, Kensington

70

Hugh Boulter

Anglican bishop (1672-1742)

*January 4th, 1672, London †September 27th, 1742, London

70

Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino

Italian librettist

*March 21st, 1672, Padua †April 16th, 1742, Dresden

79

François Chicoyneau

French physician (1672-1752)

*April 23rd, 1672, Montpellier †April 13th, 1752, Versailles

69

Pylyp Orlyk

Hetman of Ukrainian Cossacks

*November 11th, 1672, Kasuta †May 26th, 1742, Iași

60

Johann Jakob Scheuchzer

Swiss paleontologist (1672–1733)

*August 2nd, 1672, Zurich †June 23rd, 1733, Zurich

50

Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond

Illegitimate son of Charles II of England (1672-1723)

*July 29th, 1672, London †May 27th, 1723, Goodwood House

42

Anna Mons

Mistress of Peter the Great

*January 26th, 1672, Moscow †August 15th, 1714, Moscow

66

Charlotte of Hesse-Homburg

German noble (1672–1738)

*June 17th, 1672, Kassel †August 29th, 1738, Weimar

60

Lucy Filippini

18th-century Roman Catholic saint

*January 13th, 1672, Tarquinia †March 25th, 1732, Montefiascone

59

Antoine Houdar de La Motte

French author

*January 17th, 1672, Paris †December 26th, 1731, Paris

74

Giuseppe Accoramboni

Catholic cardinal

*September 24th, 1672, Preci †March 21st, 1747, Rome

67

John Wanton

Rhode Island colonial governor

*December 24th, 1672, Scituate †July 5th, 1740, Newport

64

Benjamin Schmolck

German hymnwriter (1672-1737)

*December 21st, 1672, Legnica †February 12th, 1737, Świdnica

75

Ferdinandus Oesterhoff

*October 30th, 1672, Münster †October 22nd, 1748

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Leap year

Yes: 1672 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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