Today in History: December 14
In 2012, a gunman with a semi-automatic rifle killed 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
In 1799, the first president of the United States, George Washington, died at his Mount Vernon home.
In 1911, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team became the first men to reach the South Pole.
In 1964, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States, ruled that Congress was within its authority to enforce the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against racial discrimination by private businesses.
In 1995, the Dayton Accords were formally signed in Paris, ending the Bosnian War.
In 2020, the largest vaccination campaign in U.S. history began with health workers getting shots.