Historical Events In August - 14

1962  French and Italian workers break through at Mount Blanc Vehicular Tunnel on August - 14.  

1962  NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 60,000 m on this day in history.  

1962  On August - 14 uS mail truck in Plymouth, Mass robbed of more than $1.5 million  

1963  Clifford Odets, US playwright (Golden Boy), dies at 57 on August - 14.  

1965  On this day in history beatles tape an appearance for the Ed Sullivan Show  

1965  On August - 14 jan van Nijlen, Flemish poet/writer (Walk at Dawn), dies  

1966  On August - 14 first US lunar orbiter begins orbiting the Moon  

1966  S J "Tip" Snooke, S Afr cricket all-rounder (26 Tests 1905-23), dies on this day in history.  

1968  On this day in history in the Northern Celebesa a 7.4 earthquake caused tsunami waves, reaching up to 300 meters inland,took some 200 lives and destroyed 700 houses. Wave heights were estimated at 8 to 10 meters  

1969  British troops intervenes militarily in Northern Ireland on this day in history.  

1969  Leonard Sidney Woolf, English publisher/writer, dies at 88 on this day in history.  

1970  On August - 14 vano Il'ich Muradeli, composer, dies at 62  

1971  Bahrain proclaims independence after 110 years of British rule on August - 14.  

1971  On August - 14 british begin internment without trial in Northern Ireland  

1971  Georg von Opel, German auto manufacturer, dies at 59 on August - 14.  

1972  On August - 14 east German Aeroflot Illyushin 62 crashes near Moscow, killing 156  

1972  Jules Romains, French novelist (Death of Nobody), dies at 86 on this day in history.  

1973  On this day in history uS bombs Cambodia  

1974  On this day in history congress authorizes US citizens to own gold  

1974  On August - 14 peace talks in Cyprus break down, and fresh fighting breaks out  

1975  On August - 14 joris Baers, Flemish bibliographer (founder Boekengids), dies at 87  

1980  On August - 14 dorothy Stratten, Playmate, murdered by boyfriend Paul Snider  

1981  On August - 14 dudley Nourse, cricketer (34 Tests for South Africa, 2960 runs), dies  

1982  Patrick Magee, Irish actor (Clockwork Orange, King Lear), dies at 58 on August - 14.  

1983  On this day in history french troops deployed in Chad  

1984  IBM releases MS-DOS version 3.0 on this day in history.  

1984  On August - 14 john Boynton Priestley, English, stagewriter (Magicians), dies at 89  

1985  On August - 14 gale Sondergaard, actress (Letter), dies of cerebral thrombosis at 86  

1988  Enzo Ferrari, Italy, sportscar manufacturer (Ferrari), dies at 90 on this day in history.  

1991  Douglas Kiker, newscaster (NBC-TV), dies of a heart attack at 61 on this day in history.  

1992  On this day in history alexander Rosemeier, Indonesian/Dutch painter, dies at 104  

1994  Bill Cowley, creator (Lyke Wake Walk), dies at 78 on August - 14.  

1995  On this day in history joseph Fattorini, businessman, dies at 82  

1996  Ian Macfarlane is appointed new head of Australia's Reserve Bank on August - 14.  

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

1473  On August - 14 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 this day in history.  

1552  On this day in history birth of fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher  

1575  Robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629) was born on August - 14.  

1586  On this day in history 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 August - 14 death of tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor  

1167  Raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies on this day in history.  

1204  Death of Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182) on this day in history.  

1390  Death of John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364) on this day in history.  

1433  On August - 14 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 August - 14.  

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