Pick a great one!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_14
Not so great below:
1287 – St. Lucia's flood: The Zuiderzee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses, killing over 50,000 people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Lucia%27s_flood
"St. Lucia's flood (Sint-Luciavloed) was a storm tide that affected the Netherlands and Northern Germany on 14 December 1287, the day after St. Lucia Day, killing approximately 50,000 to 80,000 people in one of the largest floods in recorded history.
Meteorologically this disaster was similar to the North Sea flood of 1953, when an extreme low pressure system coinciding with a high tide caused a huge storm surge.
The storm is one of two in 1287 sometimes referred to as a "Great Storm". The other was the South England flood of February 1287."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_England_flood_of_February_1287
"In February 1287 a storm hit the southern coast of England with such ferocity that whole areas of coastline were redrawn. Silting up and cliff collapses led to towns that had stood by the sea finding themselves landlocked, while others that had been inland found themselves with access to the sea."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea_flood_of_1953
"A combination of a high spring tide and a severe European windstorm over the North Sea caused a storm tide; the combination of wind, high tide, and low pressure led to a water level of more than 5.6 metres (18.4 ft) above mean sea level in some locations."
"The North Sea flood of 1953 was one of the most devastating natural disasters ever recorded in the United Kingdom. Over 1,600 km of coastline was damaged, and sea walls were breached, inundating 1,000 km². Flooding forced 30,000 people to be evacuated from their homes, and 24,000 properties were seriously damaged."
I linked the 2 other floods as they were all mentioned in the contents of the first link.
If something like that happened today, many to most news stories would blame it on climate change.
1999 – 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.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vargas_tragedy
"The alluvial fans that spread out into the sea from valley mouths were built by previous flood and debris flow events.[2] The modern channel systems of these alluvial fan deltas are incised into previously deposited debris flow and flood material.[2][4] Scientists at the US Geological Survey measured these old deposits. They found that they are thicker than the December 1999 ones and contain larger boulders. This means that previous debris flows were even larger than those in December 1999 and reached higher velocities."
1918 – The 1918 United Kingdom general election occurred, the first where women were permitted to vote.
1939 – Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.
I found it interesting that nothing note worthy seems to have occurred on Dec 14th between those 21 years.
Grat point Carl,
The author(s) of this info must have been like the rip van winkle of authors.....sleeping (-: