Historical Events In August - 14

1933  Jimmie Foxx hits for cycle & sets AL record with 9 RBIs on August - 14.  

1934  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 on August - 14.  

1935  Social Security Act became law on August - 14.  

1935  Social Security Act becomes law on August - 14.  

1936  On this day in history a train and truck collide at Louiseville Quebec, killing 22.  

1936  On this day in history first Olympic basketball game (Berlin)  

1936  1st Olympic basketball game (Berlin) on this day in history.  

1936  On this day in history rainey Bethea, hanged, last US public execution  

1937  China declares war on Japan on this day in history.  

1937  Sapper, British soldier/novelist (Bull-Dog Drummond), dies at 48 on this day in history.  

1938  On this day in history bBC's 1st feature film on TV (Student of Prague)  

1938  Hugh Trumble, cricketer (32 Tests for Australia, 141 wickets), dies on August - 14.  

1939  1st night games at Comiskey Park (White Sox 5, Browns 2) on August - 14.  

1940  On August - 14 dutch Premier De Geer vacations in Switzerland  

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 this day in history.  

1941  On this day in history josef Jakobs, German spy, executed in Tower of London  

1942  On August - 14 dwight D Eisenhower named commander for invasion of North Africa  

1943  On this day in history -Aug 24th: Quadrant conference over strike in Pacific Ocean  

1944  On August - 14 british premier Winston Churchill arrives at Corsica  

1945  On August - 14 japan surrenders unconditionally to the allies  

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  On August - 14 susan St James, [Susan Jane Miller], LA Calif, actress (Kate & Allie)  

1947  On August - 14 india granted independence within British Commonwealth  

1947  On August - 14 pakistan created by the British  

1947  Pakistan gains independence from Britain on this day in history.  

1948  14th Olympic games in London closes on this day in history.  

1949  Husni al-Barazi, premier of Syria, shot to death on August - 14.  

1951  On this day in history william Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher, dies in Beverly Hills  

1955  On this day in history fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian, dies at 66  

1956  Bertold Brecht, German writer (Mother Courage), dies at 58 on this day in history.  

1958  On this day in history kLM Superconstellation crashes west of Ireland, killing 99  

1958  Big Bill Broonzy, rocker, dies of cancer at 65 on August - 14.  

1961  Clarke Ashton Smith, sci-fi author (Lost Worlds), dies at 68 on August - 14.  

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1297  On this day in history birth of emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348)  

1473  On this day in history birth of margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541)  

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

1552  Fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher was born on this day in history.  

1575  Robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629) was born on August - 14.  

1586  William Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642) was born on August - 14.  

1599  Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671) was born on August - 14.  

1625  On this day in history birth of françois de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695)  

0582  On this day in history death of tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor  

1167  On this day in history raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies  

1204  On this day in history 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  Johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1573  Death of Saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548) on August - 14.  

1587  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

1652  Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60 on this day in history.