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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_14" title="December 14">December 14</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyred_Intellectuals_Day" title="Martyred Intellectuals Day">Martyred Intellectuals Day</a></b> in Bangladesh (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971" title="1971">1971</a>); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_Day" title="Monkey Day">Monkey Day</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/835" title="835">835</a> – In the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Dew_incident" title="Sweet Dew incident">Sweet Dew incident</a></b>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Wenzong_of_Tang" title="Emperor Wenzong of Tang">Emperor Wenzong</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_dynasty" title="Tang dynasty">Tang dynasty</a> conspired to kill the powerful <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunuch" title="Eunuch">eunuchs</a> of the Tang court, but the plot was foiled.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1863" title="1863">1863</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>: The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bean%27s_Station" title="Battle of Bean's Station">Battle of Bean's Station</a></b>, the final battle of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knoxville_campaign" title="Knoxville campaign">Knoxville campaign</a>, was fought in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grainger_County,_Tennessee" title="Grainger County, Tennessee">Grainger County, Tennessee</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981">1981</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knesset" title="Knesset">Knesset</a> passed the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golan_Heights_Law" title="Golan Heights Law">Golan Heights Law</a>, extending Israeli "laws, jurisdiction and administration" to the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golan_Heights" title="Golan Heights">Golan Heights</a></b>, effectively <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexation" title="Annexation">annexing</a> the territory internationally recognized as part of Syria.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998" title="1998">1998</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovo_War" title="Kosovo War">Kosovo War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbia_and_Montenegro" title="Serbia and Montenegro">Yugoslav</a> forces <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_14,_1998,_Albanian%E2%80%93Yugoslav_border_ambush" title="December 14, 1998, Albanian–Yugoslav border ambush">ambushed a group</a></b> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosovo_Liberation_Army" title="Kosovo Liberation Army">Kosovo Liberation Army</a> militants attempting to smuggle weapons into Yugoslavia from Albania.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012" title="2012">2012</a> – A 20-year-old gunman shot twenty children and six adult staff members in <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting" title="Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting">a mass shooting</a></b> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newtown_Public_Schools" title="Newtown Public Schools">Sandy Hook Elementary School</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newtown,_Connecticut" title="Newtown, Connecticut">Newtown, Connecticut</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Perotti" title="Niccolò Perotti">Niccolò Perotti</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1480); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeFord_Bailey" title="DeFord Bailey">DeFord Bailey</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1899); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Beazley" title="Kim Beazley">Kim Beazley</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1948)</p>