On this day... December 14:

On this day...

December 14: Day of the Martyred Intellectuals in Bangladesh (1971); Monkey Day 557 – A large earthquake severely damaged the city of Constantinople. 1836 – The Toledo War, the mostly bloodlessboundary dispute between Ohio and the adjoiningTerritory of Michigan, unofficially ended with a resolution passed by the controversial "Frostbitten Convention". 1913 – Haruna, the fourth and last ship of the Kongō-class, was launched, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II. 1994 – Construction on the Three Gorges Dam (pictured) began on the Yangtze River in China. 2004 – Cuba and Venezuela founded the Alliance for the Americas, an intergovernmental organization dedicated to the integration of Latin American and Caribbean nations.