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Historical Events In August - 14

Saturday, 10 June 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 August - 14.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1935  Social Security Act became law on August - 14.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1935  Social Security Act becomes law on August - 14.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1936  On this day in history a train and truck collide at Louiseville Quebec, killing 22.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1936  On this day in history first Olympic basketball game (Berlin)  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  On this day in history rainey Bethea, hanged, last US public execution  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

1937  Sapper, British soldier/novelist (Bull-Dog Drummond), dies at 48 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1938  On this day in history bBC's 1st feature film on TV (Student of Prague)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1938  Hugh Trumble, cricketer (32 Tests for Australia, 141 wickets), dies on August - 14.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

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

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.  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  On August - 14 dwight D Eisenhower named commander for invasion of North Africa  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1943  On this day in history -Aug 24th: Quadrant conference over strike in Pacific Ocean  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  On August - 14 susan St James, [Susan Jane Miller], LA Calif, actress (Kate & Allie)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1947  On August - 14 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  Pakistan gains independence from Britain on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1948  14th Olympic games in London closes on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

1951  On this day in history william Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher, dies in Beverly Hills  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

1956  Bertold Brecht, German writer (Mother Courage), dies at 58 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1958  On this day in history kLM Superconstellation crashes west of Ireland, killing 99  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1958  Big Bill Broonzy, rocker, dies of cancer at 65 on August - 14.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

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List Of Important Days In August

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Famous Birthdays In August - 14

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1297  On this day in history birth of emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348)  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  Robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629) was born on August - 14.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1586  William Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642) was born on August - 14.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1599  Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671) was born on August - 14.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1625  On this day in history birth of françois de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695)  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  On this day in history death of minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

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

1573  Death of Saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548) on August - 14.  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 this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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