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Historical Events In August - 14

Sunday, 24 September 2023

1933  Jimmie Foxx hits for cycle & sets AL record with 9 RBIs on August - 14.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1935  On this day in history social Security Act became law  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1935  On this day in history social Security Act becomes law  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1936  A train and truck collide at Louiseville Quebec, killing 22 on August - 14.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1936  First Olympic basketball game (Berlin) on August - 14.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1936  1st Olympic basketball game (Berlin) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1936  Rainey Bethea, hanged, last US public execution on August - 14.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1937  On this day in history china declares war on Japan  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1937  On August - 14 sapper, British soldier/novelist (Bull-Dog Drummond), dies at 48  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1938  BBC's 1st feature film on TV (Student of Prague) on August - 14.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1938  Hugh Trumble, cricketer (32 Tests for Australia, 141 wickets), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1939  On August - 14 1st night games at Comiskey Park (White Sox 5, Browns 2)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1940  Dutch Premier De Geer vacations in Switzerland on August - 14.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1941  On this day in history josef Jakobs, German spy, executed in Tower of London  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1942  Dwight D Eisenhower named commander for invasion of North Africa on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  -Aug 24th: Quadrant conference over strike in Pacific Ocean on August - 14.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1944  On August - 14 british premier Winston Churchill arrives at Corsica  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  On August - 14 japan surrenders unconditionally to the allies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1945  V-J Day; Japan surrenders unconditionally to end WW II on August - 14.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1946  The birth of Susan St. James, American film actress on August - 14.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1946  Susan St James, [Susan Jane Miller], LA Calif, actress (Kate & Allie) on August - 14.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1947  On this day in history india granted independence within British Commonwealth  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1947  On August - 14 pakistan created by the British  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1947  On August - 14 pakistan gains independence from Britain  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1948  On August - 14 14th Olympic games in London closes  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1949  On August - 14 husni al-Barazi, premier of Syria, shot to death  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1951  On August - 14 william Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher, dies in Beverly Hills  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1955  Fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian, dies at 66 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1956  Bertold Brecht, German writer (Mother Courage), dies at 58 on August - 14.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1958  On August - 14 kLM Superconstellation crashes west of Ireland, killing 99  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1958  On this day in history big Bill Broonzy, rocker, dies of cancer at 65  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1961  On August - 14 clarke Ashton Smith, sci-fi author (Lost Worlds), dies at 68  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In August - 14

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1297  Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

1479  On this day in history birth of princess Catherine of York (d. 1527)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1552  Fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1575  On this day in history birth of robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1586  On this day in history birth of william Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1599  On August - 14 birth of méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1625  François de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In August - 14

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0582  On this day in history death of tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1167  On this day in history raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1204  Death of Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1390  On this day in history death of john FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1433  On this day in history johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1573  Death of Saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1587  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1652  Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60 on August - 14.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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