Page 6: 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  On August - 14 social Security Act became law   

1935  On this day in history social Security Act becomes law   

1936  On August - 14 a train and truck collide at Louiseville Quebec, killing 22.   

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

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  On this day in history china declares war on Japan   

1937  On this day in history sapper, British soldier/novelist (Bull-Dog Drummond), dies at 48   

1938  On August - 14 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 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  Josef Jakobs, German spy, executed in Tower of London on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history dwight D Eisenhower named commander for invasion of North Africa   

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

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

1945  Japan surrenders unconditionally to the allies on this day in history.   

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  On August - 14 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  William Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher, dies in Beverly Hills on August - 14.   

1955  Fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1956  On August - 14 bertold Brecht, German writer (Mother Courage), dies at 58   

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

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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  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 August - 14.   

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

1167  Raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies on August - 14.   

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 this day in history.   

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 August - 14.   

1587  On August - 14 gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49   

1652  On August - 14 abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60