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What happened in history on this day: August 14?
On August 14 in ...
- 1813 - British warship Pelican attacks and captures US war brigantine Argus.
- 1842 - Seminole War ends in the USA; Indians removed from Florida to Oklahoma.
- 1846 - The Cape Girardeau meteorite, a 2.3kg chondrite-type meteorite, strikes near the town of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA.
- 1848 - Oregon Territory is created.
- 1876 - Prairie View State University forms.
- 1900 - International forces including US Marines enter Beijing, China to put down Boxer Rebellion, which was aimed at ridding China of foreigners.
- 1908 - Race riot in Springfield, Illinois.
- 1912 - 2,500 US marines invade Nicaragua; US remains until 1925.
- 1925 - The original Hetch Hetchy Moccasin Powerhouse (California) is completed and goes on line.
- 1935 - Social Security Act becomes law.
- 1936 - Rainey Bethea is hung, last US public execution.
- 1941 - US President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill create the Atlantic Charter, the basis for their wartime alliance. They pledge that they seek to gain no territory, they desire no territory changes outside of the choices of people, they respect the right of people to choose their own form of government, and that sovereign rights are to be restored and self-government given to those forcibly deprived of it.
- 1945 - (evening) US President Harry Truman announces the end of the Second World War.
- 1959 - American Football League (AFL) is organized with New York, Dallas, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Denver, and Houston.
- 1962 - US mail truck in Plymouth, Massachusetts robbed of more than US$1.5 million.
- 1965 - The Beatles play before a capacity crowd of 55,000 at Shea Stadium in New York, setting a record for the largest concert audience to date.
- 1966 - First US lunar orbiter begins orbiting the Moon.
- 1969 - The new Philadelphia Mint officially opens.
- 1969 - The Woodstock Music and Art Fair opens in New York State (Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm). An estimated 400,000 people turn out over three days to hear more than thirty acts, including the Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, and Jimi Hendrix.
- 1970 - City University of New York inaugurates open admissions.
- 1973 - US bombs Cambodia.
- 1974 - US President Gerald Ford signs legislation giving him the authority to legalize private ownership of gold.
- 1980 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter defeats Senator Edward Kennedy to win renomination, at the Democratic National Convention in New York City.
- 1984 - IBM releases the IBM PC/AT, with 6 MHz 80286 processor, MS-DOS 3.0, 256 kB RAM, and 1.2 MB floppy drive, for prices starting at US$4000.
- 1984 - IBM releases MS-DOS version 3.0.
- 1989 - The Sega Genesis video game system is released in North America.
- 1991 - In New York City's Central Park, 750,000 attend Paul Simon's free music concert.
- 1995 - Michael Ovitz is appointed president of the Walt Disney Company. His contract is for five years, with base salary US$1 million per year, and options to purchase 5 million shares of the Disney company.
- 2000 - (to August 17) The Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles nominates U.S. Vice President Al Gore for President and Senator Joe Lieberman for Vice President.
- 2003 - A widescale power blackout affects the northeast United States and Canada.
- 2003 - US intelligence officer Captain William Ponce contacts fellow officers in Iraq, informing them that a colonel has indicated prisoners need to be "broken", to gather information to prevent further attacks on American soldiers.
- 2007 - American toy-maker Mattel announces a recall of 436,000 toy cars painted lead-based paint and 18 million toys containing small magnets that could be swallowed by children. All were made in China.
Births on August 14
- 1926 - Birth of Alice Ghostly in Montana, USA; actress (Bewitched, With Six You Get Egg Roll).
- 1926 - Birth of Buddy Greco in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; singer ("Away We Go", Broadway Open House).
- 1930 - Birth of Earl Weaver in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; manager (Baltimore Orioles 1968-82, 1985-86).
- 1940 - Birth of Dash Crofts in Cisco, Texas, USA; singer (Seals and Crofts - "Summer Breeze").
- 1941 - Birth of Connie Smith in Elkhart, Indiana, USA; singer ("Dream Painter", "New Horizons").
- 1942 - Birth of Sandy Gilmour in Montclair, New Jersey, USA; newscaster (Prime Time Sunday).
- 1943 - Birth of Jon A McBride in Charleston, West Virginia, USA; Captain US Navy/astronaut (STS 41G).
- 1945 - Birth of Steve Martin in Waco, Texas, USA; comedian-actor (The Jerk, The Man With Two Brains).
- 1946 - Birth of Antonio Fargas in the Bronx, New York, USA; actor (Huggy Bear - Starsky and Hutch, Everybody Hates Chris).
- 1946 - Birth of Susan Saint James in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (MacMillan and Wife, Kate and Allie, Name of the Game).
- 1952 - Birth of Mark C Lee in Viroqua, Wisconsin, USA; Major US Air Force/astronaut (STS-30, sk:47).
- 1957 - Birth of Jackee (Harry) Winston-Salem in North Carolina, USA; actress (Sandra - 227).
- 1965 - Birth of Lynette Falls in Ridgewood, New Jersey, USA; Miss New Jersey-America-1991.
Deaths on August 14
- 1891 - Death of Sarah Childress Polk in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; spouse of US President James Polk.
- 1936 - Rainey Bethea is hung, last US public execution.
- 1951 - Death of William Randolph Hearst in Beverly Hills, California, USA; newspaper publisher.
- 1991 - Death of Richard A. Snelling, Governor of Vermont (born 1927).
- 1998 - Gary C. Evans, infamous in New York's Capital Region for killing five people, escapes police custody and kills himself by jumping off a bridge.
- 2002 - Death of Dave Williams, American singer ("Drowning Pool") (born 1972).
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