"Today is Sunday, Dec. 14, the 348th day of 2025. There are 17 days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 14, 2020, the largest vaccination campaign in U.S. history began with health workers getting shots on the same day the nation's COVID-19 death toll hit 300,000. Also on this date: In 1799, the first president of the United States, George Washington, died at his Mount Vernon, Virginia, home at age 67."
"In 1819, Alabama was admitted to the Union as the 22nd U.S. state. In 1903, 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. 17, his brother Orville would make history with the first successful controlled, powered flight."
Today is Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, the 348th day of the year with 17 days remaining. On Dec. 14, 2020, the largest vaccination campaign in U.S. history began as health workers received shots the same day the nation's COVID-19 death toll reached 300,000. In 1799, George Washington died at his Mount Vernon home at age 67. In 1819, Alabama joined the Union as the 22nd state. In 1903, Wilbur Wright's first Wright Flyer attempt stalled and crashed at the Outer Banks; Orville achieved the first controlled powered flight three days later. In 1911, Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole.
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