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Notable Historical Events for August 14th

1846Henry David Thoreau jailed for tax resistance

1948Bradman's last Test Cricket innings

1973Johnny Unitas files $725,000 suit against Balt Colts

1986Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto arrested

1585Queen Elizabeth I refuses sovereignty of Netherlands

1993Reggie Jackson Day - NY Yanks retire 13th # (#44)

1982Pete Rose (Phillies) 12,365 at bat sets record (passes Aaron)

1980Democratic Convention in NYC nominates Jimmy Carter & Walter Mondale

1903james j jeffries KOs James J Corbett in 10 for heavyweight boxing title

1966Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open

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Notable Birthdays on August 14th

1950Gary Larson, Tacoma, Washington, cartoonist (Far Side)

1777Hans Christian Oersted, Rudkøbing, Denmark, physicist/chemist (View of Chemical Law), (d. 1951)

1947Danielle Steel, New York, American novelist (Wanderlust, The House)

1851Doc Holliday, Griffin Georgia, American gambler, dentist and gunfighter (Gunfight at the O.K. Corral)

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Notable Weddings on August 14th

1965Former fashion model and fitness guru Jane Fonda (27) weds director/producer Roger Vadim (37) in Las Vegas

1964World Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali (22) weds cocktail waitress Sonja Roi

1756Frontiersman Daniel Boone (21) weds Rebecca Bryan (17) in Yadkin River, North Carolina

2010Actress and singer Hilary Duff (24) weds retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre Mike Comrie (31) at La Quinta Estate in Montecito, California

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Notable Deaths on August 14th

1870David Farragut, American Admiral ("Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!"), dies at 69

1951William Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher, dies in Beverly Hills aged 88

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