Historical Events In August - 14
Sunday, 03 July 2022
1933 On August - 14 jimmie Foxx hits for cycle & sets AL record with 9 RBIs
1934 On August - 14 millionaire brewer John Labatt abducted at gunpoint by three men, who asked for a ransom of $150,000, which the kidnappers never received; released unharmed three days later; first recorded kidnapping for ransom in Canada.
1935 On this day in history social Security Act became law
1935 On this day in history social Security Act becomes law
1936 A train and truck collide at Louiseville Quebec, killing 22 on this day in history.
1936 On this day in history first Olympic basketball game (Berlin)
1936 1st Olympic basketball game (Berlin) on this day in history.
1936 Rainey Bethea, hanged, last US public execution on August - 14.
1937 China declares war on Japan on August - 14.
1937 Sapper, British soldier/novelist (Bull-Dog Drummond), dies at 48 on August - 14.
1938 BBC's 1st feature film on TV (Student of Prague) on this day in history.
1938 On this day in history hugh Trumble, cricketer (32 Tests for Australia, 141 wickets), dies
1939 On this day in history 1st night games at Comiskey Park (White Sox 5, Browns 2)
1940 Dutch Premier De Geer vacations in Switzerland on this day in history.
1941 US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issue the joint declaration that later becomes known as the Atlantic Charter on August - 14.
1941 Josef Jakobs, German spy, executed in Tower of London on this day in history.
1942 On this day in history dwight D Eisenhower named commander for invasion of North Africa
1943 -Aug 24th: Quadrant conference over strike in Pacific Ocean on this day in history.
1944 On August - 14 british premier Winston Churchill arrives at Corsica
1945 Japan surrenders unconditionally to the allies on this day in history.
1945 V-J Day; Japan surrenders unconditionally to end WW II on August - 14.
1946 The birth of Susan St. James, American film actress on August - 14.
1946 Susan St James, [Susan Jane Miller], LA Calif, actress (Kate & Allie) on August - 14.
1947 On this day in history india granted independence within British Commonwealth
1947 On August - 14 pakistan created by the British
1947 Pakistan gains independence from Britain on August - 14.
1948 14th Olympic games in London closes on August - 14.
1949 On August - 14 husni al-Barazi, premier of Syria, shot to death
1951 William Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher, dies in Beverly Hills on this day in history.
1955 Fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian, dies at 66 on this day in history.
1956 Bertold Brecht, German writer (Mother Courage), dies at 58 on this day in history.
1958 On August - 14 kLM Superconstellation crashes west of Ireland, killing 99
1958 On August - 14 big Bill Broonzy, rocker, dies of cancer at 65
1961 On this day in history clarke Ashton Smith, sci-fi author (Lost Worlds), dies at 68
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