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Birthday August 14, 1777 Hans Christian Oersted, physicist, chemist |
Birthday August 14, 1831 Montana Vigilante X is born |
Birthday August 14, 1867 John Galsworthy, English author (Forsyte Saga) (Nobel 1932) |
Birthday August 14, 1901 Sir James Pitman, English educator, publisher, phonetic speller |
Birthday August 14, 1903 John Ringling North, circus director |
Birthday August 14, 1920 Nehemiah Persoff, Actor |
Birthday August 14, 1924 Maurice Richard, NHL player |
Birthday August 14, 1925 Russell Baker, columnist |
Birthday August 14, 1926 Alice Ghostly, in Montana |
Birthday August 14, 1926 Buddy Greco, Singer |
Birthday August 14, 1941 Connie Smith, in Elkhart, Indiana, singer |
Birthday August 14, 1941 David Crosby, rocker |
Birthday August 14, 1944 Robyn Smith, jockey |
Birthday August 14, 1945 Steve Martin born |
Birthday August 14, 1946 Susan St. James, (MacMillan & Wife, Kate & Allie) LA |
Birthday August 14, 1950 Princess Anne, of England |
Birthday August 14, 1952 Deborah Meyer, swimmer in Annapolis Maryland |
Birthday August 14, 1958 Earvin (Magic) Johnson, NBA star (LA Lakers) |
History August 14, 0410 Alaric sacks Rome |
History August 14, 1248 Construction of Cologne Cathedral is begun |
History August 14, 1385 Portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota retain independence |
History August 14, 1457 Oldest exactly dated printed book (c. 3 years after Gutenberg) |
History August 14, 1751 A daughter poisons her father |
History August 14, 1756 French capture Ft. Oswego N.Y |
History August 14, 1776 Stamp Act remembered |
History August 14, 1784 Russians settle Alaska |
History August 14, 1834 Richard Henry Dana sets sail from Boston Harbor |
History August 14, 1846 Henry David Thoreau jailed for tax resistance |
History August 14, 1848 Oregon Territory created |
History August 14, 1862 Confederate invasion of Kentucky begins |
History August 14, 1880 Construction of Cologne Cathedral is completed |
History August 14, 1900 Intl forces including US Marines enter Beijing to put down the Boxer Rebellion which was aimed at ridding China of foreigners. |
History August 14, 1900 Peking relieved by multinational force |
History August 14, 1912 2 500 US marines invade Nicaragua; US remains until 1925 |
History August 14, 1917 China declares war on Germany & Austria at start of WW I |
History August 14, 1917 China declares war on Germany |
History August 14, 1919 Yankee Muddy Ruel hits into a triple play |
History August 14, 1933 Logging accident sparks forest fire in Oregon Coast Range |
History August 14, 1935 Social Security Act became law |
History August 14, 1935 FDR signs Social Security Act |
History August 14, 1941 Atlantic Charter signed by FDR & Churchill |
History August 14, 1945 VJ Day - Japan unconditionally surrendered to end WW II |
History August 14, 1945 Japan's surrender made public |
History August 14, 1947 Pakistan gains independence from Britain |
History August 14, 1951 Newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst died in Beverly Hills |
History August 14, 1958 Canadian Football League plays 1st game (Winnipeg 29 Edmonton 21) |
History August 14, 1962 US mail truck in Plymouth Mass robbed of more than $1.5 million |
History August 14, 1964 Hanoi prepares for more air attacks |
History August 14, 1965 Seventh Marines land at Chu Lai |
History August 14, 1966 1st US lunar orbiter |
History August 14, 1969 British troops intervened militarily in Northern Ireland |
History August 14, 1971 Pitching ace throws first no-hitter |
History August 14, 1972 Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark reports on his tour of North Vietnam |
History August 14, 1973 U.S. bombing of Cambodia ceases |
History August 14, 1973 US bombs Cambodia |
History August 14, 1977 77 691 see NY Cosmos beat Ft Lauderdale Strikers 8-3 at Giant Stad |
History August 14, 1980 Massive labor strikes hit Poland |
History August 14, 1985 Michael Jackson takes control of the Beatles' publishing rights |
History August 14, 1994 The terrorist known as Carlos the Jackal is captured |
History August 14, 1998 Hundred-year-old Michelin Man makes appearance in Monterey |