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 this day in history.  

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 August - 14.  

1936  First Olympic basketball game (Berlin) on August - 14.  

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

1936  Rainey Bethea, hanged, last US public execution on August - 14.  

1937  On this day in history china declares war on Japan  

1937  On August - 14 sapper, British soldier/novelist (Bull-Dog Drummond), dies at 48  

1938  BBC's 1st feature film on TV (Student of Prague) on August - 14.  

1938  Hugh Trumble, cricketer (32 Tests for Australia, 141 wickets), dies on this day in history.  

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

1940  Dutch Premier De Geer vacations in Switzerland on August - 14.  

1941  On August - 14 uS President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issue the joint declaration that later becomes known as the Atlantic Charter  

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

1942  Dwight D Eisenhower named commander for invasion of North Africa on this day in history.  

1943  -Aug 24th: Quadrant conference over strike in Pacific Ocean on August - 14.  

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  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  On August - 14 pakistan gains independence from Britain  

1948  On August - 14 14th Olympic games in London closes  

1949  On August - 14 husni al-Barazi, premier of Syria, shot to death  

1951  On August - 14 william Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher, dies in Beverly Hills  

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 August - 14.  

1958  On August - 14 kLM Superconstellation crashes west of Ireland, killing 99  

1958  On this day in history big Bill Broonzy, rocker, dies of cancer at 65  

1961  On August - 14 clarke Ashton Smith, sci-fi author (Lost Worlds), dies at 68  

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1297  Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348) was born on this day in history.  

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

1586  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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  Death of Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182) on this day in history.  

1390  On this day in history death of john FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364)  

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

1573  Death of Saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548) on this day in history.  

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

1652  Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60 on August - 14.