Page 7: Historical Events In August - 14

1962  On August - 14 french and Italian workers break through at Mount Blanc Vehicular Tunnel   

1962  NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 60,000 m on August - 14.   

1962  On this day in history uS mail truck in Plymouth, Mass robbed of more than $1.5 million   

1963  Clifford Odets, US playwright (Golden Boy), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1965  On August - 14 beatles tape an appearance for the Ed Sullivan Show   

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

1966  First US lunar orbiter begins orbiting the Moon on this day in history.   

1966  On August - 14 s J "Tip" Snooke, S Afr cricket all-rounder (26 Tests 1905-23), dies   

1968  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 on August - 14.   

1969  British troops intervenes militarily in Northern Ireland on August - 14.   

1969  On this day in history leonard Sidney Woolf, English publisher/writer, dies at 88   

1970  On this day in history vano Il'ich Muradeli, composer, dies at 62   

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

1971  British begin internment without trial in Northern Ireland on this day in history.   

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

1972  East German Aeroflot Illyushin 62 crashes near Moscow, killing 156 on this day in history.   

1972  On August - 14 jules Romains, French novelist (Death of Nobody), dies at 86   

1973  US bombs Cambodia on August - 14.   

1974  Congress authorizes US citizens to own gold on August - 14.   

1974  Peace talks in Cyprus break down, and fresh fighting breaks out on this day in history.   

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

1980  Dorothy Stratten, Playmate, murdered by boyfriend Paul Snider on August - 14.   

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

1982  On this day in history patrick Magee, Irish actor (Clockwork Orange, King Lear), dies at 58   

1983  On August - 14 french troops deployed in Chad   

1984  IBM releases MS-DOS version 3.0 on August - 14.   

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

1985  Gale Sondergaard, actress (Letter), dies of cerebral thrombosis at 86 on August - 14.   

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 August - 14.   

1992  Alexander Rosemeier, Indonesian/Dutch painter, dies at 104 on this day in history.   

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

1995  Joseph Fattorini, businessman, dies at 82 on August - 14.   

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

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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  On this day in history birth of princess Catherine of York (d. 1527)   

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

1575  On this day in history birth of robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629)   

1586  On this day in history birth of william Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642)   

1599  On August - 14 birth of méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671)   

1625  On this day in history birth of françois de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695)   

0582  Death of Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor on August - 14.   

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 August - 14.   

1433  On this day in history johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76   

1573  On this day in history death of saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548)   

1587  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49 on August - 14.   

1652  Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60 on this day in history.