What happend on 14th December

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1979

Punk rock band The Clash release the influential double album London Calling.

1964

Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States 379 US 241 1964 decided by U.S. Supreme Court

1962

The Mona Lisa was assessed at US$100 million, the highest insurance valuance for a painting in history.

1962

Mariner 2 became the first spacecraft to fly by Venus.

1959

Motown record label is founded in Detroit, Michigan.

1958

3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition becomes the first ever to reach The Pole of Relative Inaccessibility

1947

NASCAR founded

1946

UN General Assembly votes to establish its headquarters in New York City

1939

USSR expelled from the League of Nations

1932

Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom