Today in History: December 14, the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting

In contemporary times is Sunday Dec the th day of There are days left in the year In contemporary times in history On Dec a gunman with a semiautomatic rifle killed first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Connecticut then took his own life as police arrived the -year-old fatally shot his mother at their home before the school attack Also on this date In the first president of the United States George Washington died at his Mount Vernon Virginia home at age In Alabama was admitted to the Union as the nd U S state In Wilbur Wright made the first attempt to fly the Wright Flyer but climbed steeply stalled the aircraft and dove into the sand on North Carolina s Outer Banks Three days later on Dec his brother Orville would make history with the first profitable controlled powered flight In Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen ROH -ahl AH -mun-suhn and his organization became the first men to reach the South Pole beating out a British expedition led by Robert F Scott by days In the U S Supreme Court in Heart of Atlanta Motel v United States ruled Congress was within its authority to enforce the Civil Rights Act of against racial discrimination by private businesses in this scenario a motel that refused to cater to Blacks In the Dayton Accords were formally signed in Paris ending the Bosnian war that had claimed over lives and forced million people from their homes over three years In the largest vaccination campaign in U S history began with medical workers getting shots on the same day the nation s COVID- death toll hit In Stephen Curry set a new NBA career -point record the Golden State Warriors guard made his th -point shot against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden In South Korea s parliament impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his stunning and short-lived martial law decree ending days of political paralysis as jubilant crowds celebrated the pro-democratic move At present s Birthdays Tennis Hall of Famer Stan Smith is Actor Dee Wallace is Rock musician Cliff Williams AC DC is Baseball Hall of Famer Craig Biggio is Actor and comedian Miranda Hart is Actor Natascha McElhone is Actor Jackson Rathbone is Actor Vanessa Hudgens is Rapper Offset is Singer Tori Kelly is NFL wide receiver DK Metcalf is Source