WHAT HAPPENED ON 14. DECEMBER
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Portuguese President Sidónio Pais is assassinated. (14. December 1918)

Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland. (14. December 1939)

World War II: Japan signs a treaty of alliance with Thailand. (14. December 1941)

The United Nations General Assembly votes to establish its headquarters in New York, New York. (14. December 1946)

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, home of Real Madrid C.F., staged its first football match. (14. December 1947)

Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Ceylon, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania and Spain join the United Nations. (14. December 1955)

The 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition becomes the first to reach the southern pole of inaccessibility. (14. December 1958)

Tanganyika joins the United Nations. (14. December 1961)

NASA's Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Venus. (14. December 1962)

The dam containing the Baldwin Hills Reservoir bursts, killing five people and damaging hundreds of homes in Los Angeles, California. (14. December 1963)

American Civil Rights Movement: Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States – The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Congress can use the Constitution's Commerce Clause to fight discrimination. (14. December 1964)

Bangladesh Liberation War: Over 200 of East Pakistan' s intellectuals are executed by the Pakistan Army and their local allies. (The date is commemorated in Bangladesh as Martyred Intellectuals Day.) (14. December 1971)

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. (14. December 1972)

Arab–Israeli conflict: Israel's Knesset ratifies the Golan Heights Law, extending Israeli law to the occupied Golan Heights. (14. December 1981)

The third Congress of the Communist Youth of Greece starts. (14. December 1983)

The ET3 television network is launched in Thessaloniki, Greece. (14. December 1988)

War in Abkhazia: Siege of Tkvarcheli – A helicopter carrying evacuees from Tkvarcheli is shot down, resulting in at least 52 deaths, including 25 children. The incident catalyses more concerted Russian military intervention on behalf of Abkhazia. (14. December 1992)

Construction begins on the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River. (14. December 1994)

Yugoslav Wars: The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris by the leaders of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. (14. December 1995)

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. (14. December 1999)