Historical Events In August - 14

1962  On August - 14 french and Italian workers break through at Mount Blanc Vehicular Tunnel   

1962  NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 60,000 m on this day in history.   

1962  On August - 14 uS mail truck in Plymouth, Mass robbed of more than $1.5 million   

1963  Clifford Odets, US playwright (Golden Boy), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history beatles tape an appearance for the Ed Sullivan Show   

1965  Jan van Nijlen, Flemish poet/writer (Walk at Dawn), dies on August - 14.   

1966  First US lunar orbiter begins orbiting the Moon on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history s J "Tip" Snooke, S Afr cricket all-rounder (26 Tests 1905-23), dies   

1968  On this day in history in the Northern Celebesa a 7.4 earthquake caused tsunami waves, reaching up to 300 meters inland,took some 200 lives and destroyed 700 houses. Wave heights were estimated at 8 to 10 meters   

1969  British troops intervenes militarily in Northern Ireland on this day in history.   

1969  Leonard Sidney Woolf, English publisher/writer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history vano Il'ich Muradeli, composer, dies at 62   

1971  On August - 14 bahrain proclaims independence after 110 years of British rule   

1971  British begin internment without trial in Northern Ireland on August - 14.   

1971  Georg von Opel, German auto manufacturer, dies at 59 on August - 14.   

1972  East German Aeroflot Illyushin 62 crashes near Moscow, killing 156 on August - 14.   

1972  On this day in history jules Romains, French novelist (Death of Nobody), dies at 86   

1973  On this day in history uS bombs Cambodia   

1974  On August - 14 congress authorizes US citizens to own gold   

1974  Peace talks in Cyprus break down, and fresh fighting breaks out on this day in history.   

1975  On August - 14 joris Baers, Flemish bibliographer (founder Boekengids), dies at 87   

1980  On August - 14 dorothy Stratten, Playmate, murdered by boyfriend Paul Snider   

1981  On August - 14 dudley Nourse, cricketer (34 Tests for South Africa, 2960 runs), dies   

1982  Patrick Magee, Irish actor (Clockwork Orange, King Lear), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history french troops deployed in Chad   

1984  On August - 14 iBM releases MS-DOS version 3.0   

1984  On August - 14 john Boynton Priestley, English, stagewriter (Magicians), dies at 89   

1985  On August - 14 gale Sondergaard, actress (Letter), dies of cerebral thrombosis at 86   

1988  On August - 14 enzo Ferrari, Italy, sportscar manufacturer (Ferrari), dies at 90   

1991  On this day in history douglas Kiker, newscaster (NBC-TV), dies of a heart attack at 61   

1992  On this day in history alexander Rosemeier, Indonesian/Dutch painter, dies at 104   

1994  On August - 14 bill Cowley, creator (Lyke Wake Walk), dies at 78   

1995  On this day in history joseph Fattorini, businessman, dies at 82   

1996  On August - 14 ian Macfarlane is appointed new head of Australia's Reserve Bank   

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1297  Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348) was born on August - 14.   

1473  Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541) was born on this day in history.   

1479  On this day in history birth of princess Catherine of York (d. 1527)   

1552  On this day in history birth of fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher   

1575  On this day in history birth of robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629)   

1586  On August - 14 birth of william Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642)   

1599  On August - 14 birth of méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671)   

1625  François de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695) was born on August - 14.   

0582  Death of Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor on August - 14.   

1167  Raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies on this day in history.   

1204  On August - 14 death of minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182)   

1390  Death of John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364) on this day in history.   

1433  On this day in history johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76   

1573  On August - 14 death of saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548)   

1587  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49 on August - 14.   

1652  On this day in history abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60