Page 8: Historical Events In August - 14

2005  On August - 14 helios Airways Flight 522 crashes into a mountain in Greece, killing 121.   

2006  A UN cease fire takes effect in the 2006 Lebanon War on August - 14.   

2007  At least 22 people are killed, and at least 39 missing, as a bridge collapses in the southeastern province of Hunan, China on August - 14.   

2007  Multiple suicide bombings kill 572 people in Qahtaniya, northern Iraq on August - 14.   

2007  Pakistan marks the 60th anniversary of their independence from the British Empire on this day in history.   

2012  On August - 14 46 people are killed and 80 injured after a series of suicide bombings in Afghanistan   

2013  14 people are killed and 26 are injured by two roadside bombings in Baqubah, Iraq on this day in history.   

2017  On August - 14 uS President Donald Trump condemns racist violence at the White House after criticism of his earlier response to Charlottesville violence   

2017  On this day in history cholera has now infected more than 500,000 people in Yemen and killed over 2,000 according to the World Health Organisation   

2017  Parliamentary citizenship scandal deepens in Australia after Barnaby Joyce, Deputy PM revealed to be a New Zealand citizen on August - 14.   

2017  On this day in history mudslide and flooding in Freetown, Sierra Leone kills over 500 with 600 missing   

2018  2.3 million estimated Venezuelans have left crisis-hit Venezuela since 2015 according to the UN on this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history italy's Morandi Bridge collapses in Genoa, taking 30 vehicles with it and killing 43   

2018  Pennsylvania grand jury alleges 300 "predator priests" abused over 1000 children over 30 years and Catholic leaders covered it, up after 2-year investigation on this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history part of the Morandi Bridge collapses after a violent storm in Genoa, Italy, causing 43 fatalities. Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio and transport minister Danilo Toninelli blame private company Autostrade per l'Italia.   

2019  On August - 14 pakistan PM Imran Khan strongly criticizes India for revoking Kashmir's special status and putting it under lockdown in address in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir   

2019  The Dow Jones plunges more than 500 points, due to concerns over the yield curve inversion on this day in history.   

2021  A 7.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Haiti, killing more than 2,100 people on August - 14.   

2024  On August - 14 the World Health Organization (WHO) declares mpox a public health emergency of international concern for the second time in two years, following the spread of the virus in African countries.   

2024  The Constitutional Court of Thailand dismisses the Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin for illegally appointing a minister to his cabinet who had a prison sentence.Paetongtarn Shinawatra succeeds him as Prime Minister of Thailand on August - 14.   

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1297  Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348) was born on August - 14.   

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 this day in history.   

1552  Fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher was born on August - 14.   

1575  On August - 14 birth of robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629)   

1586  William Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642) was born on this day in history.   

1599  Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671) was born on this day in history.   

1625  François de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695) was born on this day in history.   

0582  On August - 14 death of tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor   

1167  On this day in history raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies   

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  Johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

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

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