August, 14th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Sunday 14, 2005:
Helios Airways Flight 522 crashes north of Athens, killing the 121 on board.

Saturday 14, 2004:
Sales tax holiday in Massachusetts. All sales taxes are suspended on purchases of $2500 or less.

Thursday 14, 2003:
Widescale power blackout in the northeast United States and Canada.

Sunday 14, 1994:
Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, the terrorist known as "Carlos the Jackal", is captured.

Thursday 14, 1980:
Lech Wa??sa leads strikes at Gda?sk, Poland shipyards.

Saturday 14, 1976:
The Senegalese political party PAI-Rénovation is legally recognized. PAI-Rénovation thus becomes the third legal party in the country.

Monday 14, 1972:
An East German Ilyushin Il-62 crashes during takeoff from East Berlin, killing 156

Saturday 14, 1971:
Bahrain declares its independence from United Kingdom

Thursday 14, 1969:
United Kingdom troops deploy in Northern Ireland

Monday 14, 1967:
UK Marine Broadcasting Offences Act declares participation in offshore pirate radio illegal.

Thursday 14, 1947:
Pakistan gain independence from the United Kingdom

Tuesday 14, 1945:
Japan accepts the Allied terms of surrender in World War II and the Emperor records the Imperial Rescript on Surrender (August 15 in Japan standard time).

Thursday 14, 1941:
Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter of war stating postwar aims

Wednesday 14, 1935:
United States Social Security Act passes, creating a government pension system for the retired

Friday 14, 1936:
Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last public execution in the United States

Monday 14, 1933:
Loggers cause a forest fire in the Coast Range of Oregon, later known as the first forest fire of the Tillamook Burn. It is extinguished on September 5, after destroying 240,000 acres (970 km²).

Wednesday 14, 1912:
United States Marines invade Nicaragua to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya resigned three years earlier

Friday 14, 1908:
First beauty contest held in Folkestone, England

Wednesday 14, 1901:
The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.

Tuesday 14, 1900:
A joint European-Japanese-United States force occupies Beijing, in campaign to end the Boxer Rebellion in China.

Monday 14, 1893:
1893 - France introduces motor vehicle registration

Friday 14, 1885:
Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.

Saturday 14, 1880:
Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, completed

Monday 14, 1848:
Oregon Territory organized by Act of U.S. Congress

Friday 14, 1846:
The Cape Girardeau meteorite, a 2.3 kg chondrite-type meteorite strikes near the town of Cape Girardeau in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.

Sunday 14, 1842:
Indian Wars: Second Seminole War ends, with the Seminoles forced from Florida to Oklahoma

Friday 14, 1598:
Irish under Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, destroy English force at the Battle of the Yellow Ford.

Sunday 14, 1385:
1383-1385 Crisis: Castilians are defeated by Portuguese at the Battle of Aljubarrota.

Sunday 14, 1183:
Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan. (Traditional Japanese date: Twenty-fifth Day of the Seventh Month of the Second Year of Juei).

Friday 14, 1040:
King Duncan I of Scotland is killed in battle against his cousin and successor Macbeth

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/14-august/on-this-day.html


People born on August 14

1986:
Terin Humphrey, American gymnast (b: August 14, 1986) (Biography of Terin Humphrey)

1983:
Mila Kunis, Ukrainian actress (b: August 14, 1983) (Biography of Mila Kunis)
Elena Baltacha, Ukrainian-born tennis player (b: August 14, 1983) (Biography of Elena Baltacha)

1977:
Juan Pierre, baseball player (b: August 14, 1977) (Biography of Juan Pierre)

1966:
Halle Berry, American actress (b: August 14, 1966) (Biography of Halle Berry)

1965:
Emmanuelle Béart, American actress (b: August 14, 1965) (Biography of Emmanuelle Béart)

1964:
Brannon Braga, American scriptwriter and director (b: August 14, 1964) (Biography of Brannon Braga)

1961:
Susan Olsen, American actress (b: August 14, 1961) (Biography of Susan Olsen)

1960:
Sarah Brightman, English soprano (b: August 14, 1960) (Biography of Sarah Brightman)

1959:
Marcia Gay Harden, American actress (b: August 14, 1959) (Biography of Marcia Gay Harden)
Earvin "Magic" Johnson, American basketball player (b: August 14, 1959) (Biography of Magic Johnson)

1956:
Rusty Wallace, American race car driver (b: August 14, 1956) (Biography of Rusty Wallace)

1954:
Mark Fidrych, baseball player (b: August 14, 1954) (Biography of Mark Fidrych)

1953:
James Horner, American composer (b: August 14, 1953) (Biography of James Horner)

1952:
Carl Lumbly, American actor (b: August 14, 1952) (Biography of Carl Lumbly)
Debbie Meyer, American swimmer (b: August 14, 1952) (Biography of Debbie Meyer)

1950:
Gary Larson, American cartoonist (b: August 14, 1950) (Biography of Gary Larson)
Bob Backlund, American professional wrestler (b: August 14, 1950) (Biography of Bob Backlund)

1947:
Danielle Steel, American novelist (b: August 14, 1947) (Biography of Danielle Steel)

1946:
Antonio Fargas, American actor (b: August 14, 1946) (Biography of Antonio Fargas)
Susan Saint James, American actress (b: August 14, 1946) (Biography of Susan Saint James)

1945:
Steve Martin, American comedian and actor (b: August 14, 1945) (Biography of Steve Martin)
Wim Wenders, German-born film director (b: August 14, 1945) (Biography of Wim Wenders)

1943:
Jimmy Johnson, American football player and broadcaster (b: August 14, 1943) (Biography of Jimmy Johnson (football coach))

1941:
David Crosby, American guitarist and songwriter (b: August 14, 1941) (Biography of David Crosby)

1940:
Dash Crofts, American musician (Seals and Crofts) (b: August 14, 1940) (Biography of Dash Crofts)

1935:
John Brodie, American football player (b: August 14, 1935) (Biography of John Brodie)

1930:
Earl Weaver, baseball manager (b: August 14, 1930) (Biography of Earl Weaver)

1926:
René Goscinny, French comic-strip author (b: August 14, 1926 ; d: November 5, 1977) (Biography of René Goscinny)
Lina Wertmüller, Italian film director (b: August 14, 1926) (Biography of Lina Wertmüller)

1925:
Russell Baker, American columnist (b: August 14, 1925) (Biography of Russell Baker)

1911:
Shri Vethathiri Maharishi, Indian yogi (b: August 14, 1911) (Biography of Vethathiri)

1910:
Pierre Schaeffer, French composer (b: August 14, 1910 ; d: August 19, 1995) (Biography of Pierre Schaeffer)

1882:
Gisela Richter, English art historian (b: August 14, 1882 ; d: December 24, 1972) (Biography of Gisela Richter)

1867:
John Galsworthy, English author (b: August 14, 1867 ; d: January 31, 1933) (Biography of John Galsworthy)

1865:
Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician (b: August 14, 1865 ; d: April 27, 1952) (Biography of Guido Castelnuovo)

1863:
Ernest Thayer, American poet (b: August 14, 1863) (Biography of Ernest Thayer)

1851:
Doc Holliday, American gambler and gunfighter (b: August 14, 1851 ; d: November 8, 1887) (Biography of Doc Holliday)

1840:
Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German psychologist (b: August 14, 1840 ; d: December 22, 1902) (Biography of Richard von Krafft-Ebing)

1771:
Sir Walter Scott, Scottish historical novelist and poet (b: August 14, 1771 ; d: September 21, 1832) (Biography of Sir Walter Scott)

1740:
Pope Pius VII (b: August 14, 1740 ; d: August 20, 1823) (Biography of Pope Pius VII)

1688:
Frederick William I of Prussia (b: August 14, 1688) (Biography of Frederick William I of Prussia)

1653:
Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English statesman (b: August 14, 1653 ; d: October 6, 1688) (Biography of Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle)

1642:
Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b: August 14, 1642 ; d: October 31, 1723) (Biography of Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany)

1625:
François de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (b: August 14, 1625 ; d: August 6, 1695) (Biography of François de Harlay de Champvallon)

1599:
Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (b: August 14, 1599 ; d: July 14, 1671) (Biography of Méric Casaubon)

1586:
William Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (b: August 14, 1586) (Biography of William Hutchinson)

1575:
Robert Hayman, English-born poet (b: August 14, 1575) (Biography of Robert Hayman)

1473:
Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (b: August 14, 1473 ; d: May 27, 1541) (Biography of Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury)

1297:
Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (b: August 14, 1297) (Biography of Hanazono)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/14-august/births.html