December 14th, 1799:

George Washington, the Revolutionary War general who became America's first president, dies at his Mount Vernon estate in Virginia at age 67.

1911:

Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his group become the first men to reach the South Pole.

They beat out a rival expedition led by Robert F. Scott by more than a month.

1995:

In Paris, leaders of Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia sign an internationally brokered peace treaty.

That move formally ends more than three-and-a-half years of bloodshed in the Balkans.

And, 1985:

Baseball's Roger Maris, whose single-season home run record lasted more than 35 years, dies in Houston at age 51.

Today in History, December 14th,______,The Associated Press.