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	Tuesday, December 14th The 348th day of 2010. There are 17 days left in the year. Go to a previous date.

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Today's Highlights in History
See a larger version of this front page.		On Dec. 14, 1981, Israel annexed the Golan Heights, seized from Syria in 1967. (Go to article.)On Dec. 14, 1919, Shirley Jackson,the American writer best known for her story "The Lottery", was born.Following her death on Aug. 8, 1965,her obituary appeared in The Times.(Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
		On December 14, 1901, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about the children of President Theodore Roosevelt. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)

On this date in:
1799	George Washington, the first president of the United States, died at his Mount Vernon, Va., home at age 67.
1819	Alabama joined the Union as the 22nd state.
1861	Prince Albert, husband of Britain's Queen Victoria, died in London.
1911	Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole.
1946	The United Nations General Assembly voted to establish the U.N. headquarters in New York City.
1979	The album "London Calling" by the Clash was released.
1985	Wilma Mankiller became the first woman to lead a major American Indian tribe as she took office as principal chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.
1993	A Colorado judge struck down as unconstitutional the state's voter-approved ban on gay rights laws.
2000	The Federal Trade Commission unanimously approved the $111 billion merger of America Online and Time Warner.
2006	South Korea's Ban Ki-moon was sworn in as the eighth secretary-general of the United Nations.
2008	An Iraqi journalist threw his shoes at President George W. Bush during a news conference in Baghdad; Bush was not hit.

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Current Birthdays

Vanessa Hudgens turns 22years old today.

AP Photo/Denis Poroy Actress Vanessa Hudgens ("High School Musical" movies) turns 22 years old today.

64 Patty Duke Actress 64 Michael Ovitz Former Walt Disney Co. president 64 Stan Smith Tennis Hall of Famer 45 Craig Biggio Baseball player 41 Natascha McElhone Actress ("Californication") 32 Patty Schnyder Tennis player

Historic Birthdays
Shirley Jackson
12/14/1916 - 8/8/1965 American author  (Go to obit.)
62	Nostradamus 12/14/1503 - 7/2/1566 French astrologer and physician
54	Tycho Brahe 12/14/1546 - 10/24/1601 Danish astronomer
63	James Bruce 12/14/1730 - 4/27/1794 Scottish explorer of Ethiopia
77	Pierre du Pont 12/14/1739 - 8/6/1817 French economist
72	Louis Marshall 12/14/1856 - 9/11/1929 American lawyer and activist
67	Roger Fry 12/14/1866 - 9/9/1934 English artist and art critic
96	James Doolittle 12/14/1896 - 9/27/1993 American aviator and World War II army general
55	Lee Remick 12/14/1935 - 7/2/1991 American actress

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