Historical Events In August - 14

1933  On this day in history 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  Social Security Act became law on August - 14.  

1935  On this day in history social Security Act becomes law  

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

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

1936  On August - 14 1st Olympic basketball game (Berlin)  

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

1937  On this day in history china declares war on Japan  

1937  Sapper, British soldier/novelist (Bull-Dog Drummond), dies at 48 on August - 14.  

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

1938  On August - 14 hugh Trumble, cricketer (32 Tests for Australia, 141 wickets), dies  

1939  1st night games at Comiskey Park (White Sox 5, Browns 2) on this day in history.  

1940  Dutch Premier De Geer vacations in Switzerland on this day in history.  

1941  On this day in history 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 August - 14 josef Jakobs, German spy, executed in Tower of London  

1942  On August - 14 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  On this day in history japan surrenders unconditionally to the allies  

1945  On August - 14 v-J Day; Japan surrenders unconditionally to end WW II  

1946  The birth of Susan St. James, American film actress on this day in history.  

1946  Susan St James, [Susan Jane Miller], LA Calif, actress (Kate & Allie) on August - 14.  

1947  India granted independence within British Commonwealth on August - 14.  

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 this day in history.  

1949  Husni al-Barazi, premier of Syria, shot to death on this day in history.  

1951  William Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher, dies in Beverly Hills on this day in history.  

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  KLM Superconstellation crashes west of Ireland, killing 99 on August - 14.  

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

1961  Clarke Ashton Smith, sci-fi author (Lost Worlds), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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1297  On August - 14 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  Princess Catherine of York (d. 1527) was born on August - 14.  

1552  On August - 14 birth of fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher  

1575  Robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1625  On August - 14 birth of françois de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695)  

0582  Death of Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor on this day in history.  

1167  On August - 14 raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies  

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 August - 14.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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