December 14: Martyred Intellectuals Day in Bangladesh (1971), Monkey DayJapanese battlecruiser Haruna1650 English domestic servant Anne Greene survived being hanged for infanticide.1836 The Toledo War, a mostly bloodless territorial dispute between Ohio and the Michigan Territory, was unofficially ended with a resolution passed by the controversial "Frostbitten Convention".1913 Haruna (pictured), the fourth and last Japanese battlecruiser of the Kong class, was launched and went on to serve in both world wars.2008 During a press conference in Baghdad, Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi threw his shoes at U.S. president George W. Bush and Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki, yelling "This is for the widows and orphans and all those killed in Iraq".JohnIII of the Sedre (d.648)Al-Ashraf Khalil (d.1293)Helle Thorning-Schmidt (b.1966)More anniversaries: December 13December 14December 15ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout