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Revision as of 01:11, 7 May 2003 by Koyaanis Qatsi (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining.
Events:
- 410 - Alaric sacks Rome
- 1385 - Castilians are defeated by Portuguese at Aljubarrota
- 1598 - Irish under Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, destroy English force at the Battle of Yellow Ford
- 1842 - Seminole War ends, Seminole Indians forced from Florida to Oklahoma
- 1880 - Cologne Cathedral completed
- 1896 - Gold discovered in the Yukon
- 1900 - Peking relieved by international forces to end Boxer Rebellion
- 1912 - United States Marines invade Nicaragua
- 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.
- 1935 - Social Security Act passed
- 1945 - Japan surrenders after two cities have been devastated by atomic bombs, ending World War II
- 1947 - Pakistan gains independence from Great Britain
- 1947 - India gains independence from Great Britain
- 1969 - British troops deployed in Northern Ireland
- 1971 - Bahrain declares its independence from Great Britain
- 1980 - Lech Walesa leads strikes at Gdansk, Poland shipyards
Births:
- 1771 - Sir Walter Scott, Scottish historical novelist and poet
- 1840 - Richard von Krafft-Ebing, psychologist (+ 1902)
- 1861 - Herbert Putnam, Librarian of Congress
- 1863 - Ernest Thayer, poet: Casey at the Bat (+ 1940)
- 1867 - John Galsworthy, author (+ 1933)
- 1910 - Pierre Schaeffer, composer and pioneer of musique concrete
- 1920 - Nehemiah Persoff, actor
- 1925 - Russell Baker, columnist
- 1926 - Lina Wertmüller, director
- 1935 - John Brodie, professional football player
- 1940 - Dash Crofts, musician
- 1941 - David Crosby, guitarist, songwriter
- 1945 - Steve Martin, comedian, actor
- 1945 - Wim Wenders, director
- 1946 - Susan Saint James, actress
- 1946 - Antonio Fargas, actor
- 1947 - Danielle Steel, novelist
- 1950 - Gary Larson, cartoonist
- 1952 - Debbie Meyer, Olympic gold medal swimmer
- 1959 - Earvin Magic Johnson, basketball player
- 1959 - Marcia Gay Harden, Academy Award winning actress
- 1960 - Sarah Brightman, singer
- 1961 - Susan Olsen, actress
- 1964 - Brannon Braga, writer, director
- 1965 - Emmanuelle Beart, Cesar Award winning actress
- 1966 - Halle Berry, Academy Award winning actress
- 1989 - Lil' Romeo (Percy Romeo Miller Jr.), rap music singer
Deaths:
- 1951 - William Randolph Hearst, newspaper magnate
- 1955 - Herbert Putnam, Librarian of Congress
- 1956 - Bertolt Brecht, composer, playwright
- 1958 - Frédéric Joliot, scientist
- 1972 - Oscar Levant, actor, composer, musician
- 1977 - Michael Widman, labor union organizer
- 1985 - Gale Sondergaard, actress
- 2002 - Dave Williams, singer for Drowning Pool
August 13 - August 15 - July 14 - September 14 - more historical anniversaries
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December