Notable Historical Events on August 14th
August 14th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
554 |
Ravenna becomes seat of Byzantine military governor in Italy |
1183 |
Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan. (Traditional Japanese date: Twenty-fifth Day of the Seventh Month of the Second Year of Juei). |
1281 |
During Kublai Khan's 2nd Invasion of Japan his invading Chinese fleet of 3,500 vessels disappears in a typhoon near Japan |
1385 |
Portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota, retain independence |
1395 |
Utrecht bishop Frederik of Blankenheim occupies Coevorden |
1457 |
Oldest known exactly dated printed book (c 3 years after Gutenberg) |
1498 |
Columbus landed at the mouth of the Orinoco River in Venezuela |
1551 |
Turkish fleet under Dragut occupies Tripoli |
1559 |
Spanish explorer de Luna lands in Pensacola Bay, Fla |
1585 |
Queen Elizabeth I refuses sovereignty of Netherlands |
1597 |
Cornelis de Houtmans fleet is 1st Dutch visit to Java |
1624 |
Dutch fleet ceases Callao the Lima in Peru |
1636 |
Spanish troops occupy Corbie at Amiens |
1642 |
Able Tasmans ships Heemskerck/Zeehaen depart out of Batavia |
1678 |
Battle of Mons - French repulse William of Orange |
1743 |
Prussian army occupies Saksen, beginning 2nd Silezian War |
1756 |
French capture Fort Oswego, NY |
1758 |
Battle at Zorndorf: Prussia beats Russia, 1000s killed |
1762 |
English fleet occupies Havana |
1765 |
Massachusetts colonists challenge British rule by an Elm (Liberty Tree) |
1782 |
Suriname forbids selling slave mothers without their babies |
1790 |
Sweden & Russia sign Peace of Verela |
1813 |
British warship Pelican attacks & captures US war brigantine Argus |
1816 |
Great Britain annexes Tristan da Cunha |
1820 |
1st US eye hospital, the NY Eye Infirmary, opens in NYC |
1824 |
General Lafayette returns to US |
1825 |
Dutch King Willem I throws foreign students out |
1842 |
Second Seminole War declared over by Colonel Worth; Indians go on to be removed from Florida to Oklahoma |
1846 |
Henry David Thoreau jailed for tax resistance |
1846 |
The Cape Girardeau meteorite, a 2.3 kg chondrite-type meteorite strikes near the town of Cape Girardeau in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. |
1848 |
Oregon Territory created |
1861 |
79th NY troops mutinies |
1861 |
Martial Law is declared at St Louis, Missouri due to pro-secession sentiment which surged throughout Missouri after the Battle of Wilson's Creek |
1862 |
Abraham Lincoln receives the 1st group of African Americans to confer with a US president |
1864 |
-16] Confederate General Joe Wheeler besieges Dalton, Georgia |
1864 |
2nd day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia: Federal assault |
1873 |
"Field & Stream" begins publishing |
1875 |
Society of Regte Afrikaanders establishes in Paarl |
1876 |
Prairie View State University forms |
1880 |
Construction of Cologne Cathedral, largest Gothic cathedral in Nthn Europe finally completed (began in 1248) |
1882 |
Queen Victoria recieves Zulu chief Cetewayo |
1885 |
Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint. |
1890 |
Cecil Rhodes' colonies reach Mashonaland (Fort Victoria) |
1893 |
France introduces motor vehicle registration, includes a driving test |
1894 |
Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge demonstrates wireless telegraphy (radio) using Morse code at a meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science at Oxford University |
1897 |
The town of Anosimena is captured by French troops from Menabe defenders in Madagascar. |
1900 |
1st electric tram in Netherland (Leidseplein-Brouwersgracht) |
1901 |
SS Islander hits iceberg near Alaska & sinks killing 70 |
1901 |
The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21. |
1903 |
james j jeffries KOs James J Corbett in 10 for heavyweight boxing title |
1905 |
Ngindo-rebellion killed 5 RC German clergymen in East-Africa |
1907 |
"Ha-Tikva" adopted as official Zionist hymn |
1908 |
Race riot in Springfield Illinois |
1908 |
The first beauty contest is held in Folkestone, England. |
1910 |
6th International Congress of Esperantists held in Washington, DC |
1911 |
General Leconte appointed temporary pres of Haiti |
1911 |
United States Senate leaders begin to rotate the office of President pro tempore (for the time being) of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death. |
1912 |
2,500 US marines invade Nicaragua; US remains until 1925 |
1914 |
British field marshal John French & Gen Wilson land in France |
1915 |
British transport Royal Edward sank by German U boat kills 1000 |
1917 |
China declares war on Germany & Austria at start of WW I |
1917 |
Leeuwen soccer team forms |
1919 |
White Sox Happy Felsch ties record of 4 outfield assists in a game |
1919 |
Yankee Muddy Ruel hits into a triple-play |
1920 |
Little Entente formed by Czechoslovakia & Yugoslavia |
1920 |
Olympic Games open in Antwerp |
1921 |
Tannu Tuva, later Tuvinian People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Russia). |
1922 |
1st "old time" musicians broadcasted on radio (Jenkins-WSB Atlanta) |
1925 |
Mount Rushmore 1st proposed |
1925 |
The original Hetch Hetchy Moccasin Powerhouse is completed and goes on line. |
1928 |
Ben Hecht & Charles MacArthur's "Front Page," premieres in NYC |
1929 |
Jewish Agency for Palestine forms |
1932 |
10th Olympic Games at Los Angeles closes |
1932 |
Dodger John Quinn, 49, is oldest pitcher to win a major league game |
1932 |
Philips makes 1 millionth radio |
1933 |
Jimmie Foxx hits for cycle & sets AL record with 9 RBIs |
1935 |
Social Security Act becomes law |
1936 |
1st Olympic basketball game (Berlin) |
1936 |
Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last public execution in the United States. |
1937 |
China declares war on Japan |
1937 |
Detroit Tigers score 36 runs in double header vs St Louis Browns |
1938 |
BBC's 1st feature film on TV (Student of Prague) |
1939 |
1st night games at Comiskey Park (White Sox 5, Browns 2) |
1940 |
Dutch Premier De Geer vacations in Switzerland |
1941 |
US President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issue the joint declaration that later becomes known as the Atlantic Charter |
1942 |
Dwight D Eisenhower named commander for invasion of North Africa |
1943 |
-Aug 24th: Quadrant conference over strike in Pacific Ocean |
1943 |
1st allied air raid on Borneo |
1943 |
US 45th Division occupies Falcone 40 km outside of Messina |
1944 |
British premier Winston Churchill arrives at Corsica |
1944 |
Operation Tractable: new Canadian offensive |
1944 |
Russian offensive at Weichsel |
1945 |
V-J Day; Japan surrenders unconditionally to end WW II (also August 15 depending on time zone) |
1947 |
Mildred Babe Didrikson Zaharias gives up amateur status for $300,000 |
1947 |
Pakistan gains independence from Great Britain |
1948 |
14th Olympic games close at London, Great Britain |
1948 |
Bradman's last Test Cricket innings |
1948 |
England all out for 52 v Australia at Cricket Oval |
1949 |
Military coup under colonel Sami Hinnawi in Syria |
1952 |
Mátyás Rákosi appointed premier of Hungary |
1953 |
20th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Detroit 24, All-Stars 10 (93,818) |
1953 |
KXLF TV channel 4 in Butte, MT (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting |
1954 |
WGR TV (now WGRZ) TV channel 2 in Buffalo, NY (NBC) begins |
1958 |
Canadian Football League plays 1st game (Winnipeg 29, Edmonton 21) |
1958 |
Cleve Indian, Vic Power steals home twice in 1 game |
1958 |
KLM Superconstellation crashes west of Ireland, killing 99 |
1959 |
26th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Baltimore 29, All-Stars 0 (70,000) |
1959 |
AFL organized with NY, Dallas, LA, Minneapolis, Denver & Houston |
1960 |
UN peace-keeping troops deployed to the Republic of Congo |
1961 |
Philadelphia Phillies lose 17th straight game |
1962 |
French & Italian workers break through at Mount Blanc Vehicular Tunnel |
1962 |
NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 60,000 m |
1962 |
US mail truck in Plymouth, Mass robbed of more than $1.5 million |
1964 |
Bo Belinsky is suspended after attacking sportswriter Braven Dyer |
1964 |
Egypt/Iraq/Jordan/Kuwait/Syria form common market |
1965 |
Beatles tape an appearance for Ed Sullivan Show |
1965 |
Continental Football League plays 1st games |
1965 |
Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe" hits #1 |
1966 |
1st US lunar orbiter begins orbiting Moon |
1966 |
Cleveland Stadium's 1st rock concert is held, featuring Beatles |
1966 |
Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open |
1967 |
Belgian embassy in Kinshasa, Congo, plundered |
1967 |
Pirate radio stations Radio 270, Radio London, Radio Ireland |
1967 |
Radio Scotland & Radio Swinging Holland go off the air |
1968 |
Montreal Expos officially become a member of NL |
1969 |
British troops intervene militarily in Northern Ireland |
1969 |
NY Mets fall 9½ games back, later to win pennant |
1969 |
In response to events in Derry, Irish nationalists hold protests throughout Northern Ireland, some of these became violent |
1969 |
The British Army deployed on the streets of Northern Ireland, marking the beginning of Operation Banner |
1970 |
City University of NY inaugurates open admissions |
1970 |
Steven Stills arrested for drug possession |
1971 |
Bahrain proclaims independence after 110 years of British rule |
1971 |
British begin internment without trial in Northern Ireland |
1971 |
Cards Bob Gibson, 35, no-hits Pirates, 11-0 |
1971 |
France performs nuclear test |
1972 |
East German Aeroflot Illyushin 62 crashes near Moscow, killing 156 |
1972 |
2 British soldiers are killed by an IRA booby trap bomb in Belfast |
1972 |
A Catholic civilian is shot dead during an IRA attack on a British Army patrol in Belfast |
1973 |
Johnny Unitas files $725,000 suit against Balt Colts |
1973 |
US ends secret bombing of Cambodia |
1974 |
Congress authorizes US citizens to own gold |
1974 |
Turkish army attacks Nicosia Cyprus |
1974 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1974 |
USSR performs underground nuclear test |
1975 |
-15] Pakistani military coup against president Mujib ur-Rahman |
1975 |
Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich is buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow |
1975 |
Norwegian King Olav V opens Longyearbyen Airport on Spitsbergen |
1976 |
10,000 Northern Ireland women demonstrate for peace in Belfast |
1977 |
59th PGA Championship: Lanny Wadkins shoots a 282 at Pebble Beach Cal |
1977 |
77,691 see NY Cosmos beat Fort Lauderdale Strikers 8-3 at Giant Stad |
1977 |
Debbie Austin wins LPGA Long Island Charity Golf Classic |
1978 |
French TV announced a rating of "0" for a program about an Armenian's woman's 40th birthday, (comp: Napoleanic drama-67%, Knockout-33%) |
1979 |
Rainbow seen in Northern Wales for a 3 hours duration |
1980 |
Democratic Convention in NYC nominates Jimmy Carter & Walter Mondale |
1980 |
In Lenin Shipyard Gdansk Poland, 17,000 workers go on strike, beginning of the Solidarity movement |
1981 |
George Foster hits his 8th HR into red seats at Riverfront |
1981 |
Phils Mike Schmidt hits his 300th career HR off NY Met Mike Scott |
1982 |
Atlanta snaps an 11-game losing streak with a 6-5 win over Padres |
1982 |
Iran "Ramadan-offensive" in Iraq |
1982 |
Pete Rose (Phillies) 12,365 at bat sets record (passes Aaron) |
1983 |
Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic |
1983 |
Robert de Castella wins Helsinki marathon (2:10:03 |
1984 |
IBM releases PC DOS version 3.0 |
1984 |
West Indies complete 5-0 series annihilation of England |
1985 |
Political violence by the youth begins after the funeral of assassinated Victoria Mxenge, a civil rights lawyer, who was respected and liked by the Congress of South African Students |
1986 |
Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto arrested |
1986 |
Phillies & Pirates play a 6 game series in 4 days |
1987 |
"Les Miserables," opens at Rock Theatre, Szeged Hungary |
1987 |
Oakland's Mark McGwire sets rookie HR record at 39, en route to 49 |
1988 |
70th PGA Championship: Jeff Sluman shoots a 272 at Oak Tree GC Edmond |
1988 |
Detroit beats Sox, 18-6, at Fenway, ends Boston winning streak at 24 |
1989 |
President Pieter W Botha of South Africa, resigns |
1990 |
Angel's Louis Palonia is 74th to hit an inside park grandslam |
1990 |
Denver vote for a 1% sales tax to pay for a baseball franchise |
1991 |
Twins Dave Winfield is 23rd to hit 400 HR |
1993 |
Nigerian presidential election |
1993 |
Reggie Jackson Day - NY Yanks retire 13th # (#44) |
1993 |
St Louis reliever Lee Smith is fastest to get 40 saves |
1994 |
76th PGA Championship: Nick Price shoots a 269 at Southern Hills Tulsa |
1994 |
Doc Gooden leaves Betty Ford Center |
1994 |
Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA Weetabix Women's British Golf Open |
1994 |
Maggie Will wins Children's Medical Center LPGA Golf Classic |
1994 |
Space telescope Hubble photographs Uranus with rings |
1994 |
Terrorist "Carlos" arrested in Khartoum Sudan |
1995 |
Shannon Faulkner becomes 1st woman to attend the Citadel |
1995 |
Iran's official news agency, IRNA, reports that Iran has been unable to sell 200 million barrels per day of crude oil since the imposition of a unilateral oil embargo by the US |
1997 |
"1776" opens at Criterion Theater NYC |
1997 |
Convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh formally sentenced to death |
1997 |
Karrie Webb wins LPGA Weetabix Women's British Open |
1997 |
Oklahoma Court of Appeals upholds death sentence of Timothy McVeigh |
1997 |
Soyuz TM-25 lands |
1998 |
Winnie Mandela sued by the South Africa government |
2003 |
Widescale power blackout in the northeast United States and Canada. |
2007 |
The 2007 Kahtaniya bombings kills at least 400 people. |
2010 |
2010 Summer Youth Olympic Games, first ever Youth Olympics, officially starts in Singapore. |
2011 |
93rd PGA Championship: Keegan Bradley shoots a 272 at Atlanta Athletic Club |
2012 |
46 people are killed and 80 injured after a series of suicide bombings in Afghanistan |
2012 |
Hungary falls back into recession as GDP falls by 0.2% in the second quarter of 2012 following a fall of 1.0% in the first quarter |
2013 |
14 people are killed and 26 are injured by two roadside bombings in Baqubah, Iraq |
2013 |
638 people are killed in violent clashes between police and protesters across Egypt |
2016 |
US|Fires Burn in Milwaukee After a Fatal Police Shooting |
2016 |
Blue-And-Gold Day in LA as Rams Come Home After 22 Years |
2016 |
Olympics|Jamaica's Elaine Thompson Is the Fastest Woman in the World |
2016 |
Puerto Rico Gets First Olympic Gold as Monica Puig Surprises in Tennis |
2016 |
Imam and His Assistant Killed in a Shooting Near a Mosque in Queens |
2016 |
United States wins 1000th Olympic gold medal |
2016 |
Fidel Castro appears at 90th birthday event |
2016 |
Muslim cleric and associate shot to death on New York street |
2017 |
Rescuers pull out 46 bodies after landslide hits north India |
2126 |
Comet Swift-Tuttle approaches close to Earth |
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