Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 14
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- 1896 - Glasgow Subway, the third oldest metro system in the world, began operations in Glasgow, Scotland.
- 1911 - Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen (pictured) and his team became the first people to reach the South Pole.
- 1918 - King Frederick Charles of Finland renounced the throne after the defeat of the German Empire in World War I.
- 1962 - Mariner 2 became the world's first spacecraft to successfully fly by Venus.
- 1995 - The Dayton Agreement was signed in Paris, France to end the Yugoslav wars.
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