August 14 facts for kids

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August 14 is the 226th day of the year (227th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 139 days remain until the end of the year.

August 14th is a day filled with many important events throughout history, from ancient battles and discoveries to modern-day independence celebrations and scientific breakthroughs. It's also a day when many famous people were born or passed away.

Historical Events
Famous Births
- Born Before 1900
- Born After 1900
Notable Deaths
- Died Before 1900
- Died After 1900
Holidays and Celebrations
See also

Historical Events

Early History (Before 1600)

74 BC – In ancient China, a group of officials tried to remove the new emperor, Liu He, from power.
29 BC – Octavian held a big parade in Rome to celebrate his victory over the Dalmatian tribes.
1040 – King Duncan I was killed in a battle against his cousin, Macbeth, who then became the new King of Scotland.
1183 – The Taira clan took the young Emperor Antoku and important treasures and fled to western Japan to escape the Minamoto clan.
1264 – The Genoese tricked the Venetian navy and captured their trading ships in the Battle of Saseno.
1352 – During a war over who would rule Brittany, Anglo-Breton forces defeated the French in the Battle of Mauron.
1370 – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, gave special rights to the city of Karlovy Vary.
1385 – In the Battle of Aljubarrota, Portuguese forces led by John I of Portugal defeated the Castilian army.
1592 – The Falkland Islands were first seen by explorer John Davis.
1598 – In the Nine Years' War, Irish forces defeated an English army in the Battle of the Yellow Ford.

Later History (1601–1900)

1720 – The Spanish military expedition was defeated by Pawnee and Otoe warriors near what is now Columbus, Nebraska.
1784 – Russian fur traders attacked an Alutiit refuge on Sitkalidak Island, leading to many deaths.
1790 – The Treaty of Wereloe officially ended the war between Russia and Sweden.
1791 – A special ceremony at Bois Caïman marked the beginning of the Haitian Revolution, where enslaved people fought for their freedom.
1814 – A peace agreement, called the Convention of Moss, ended the war between Sweden and Norway.
1816 – The United Kingdom officially took control of the Tristan da Cunha islands.
1842 – The Second Seminole War ended, and the Seminole people were forced to leave Florida.
1848 – The Oregon Territory was officially created by the U.S. Congress.
1880 – The construction of Cologne Cathedral, a famous landmark in Germany, was finished.
1885 – Japan's first patent was given for a special rust-proof paint.
1893 – France became the first country to require registration plates for cars.
1900 – During the Battle of Peking, an alliance of eight nations took control of Beijing, China, to end the Boxer Rebellion.

Modern History (1901–Present)

1901 – Gustave Whitehead claimed to have made the first successful powered flight in his plane, the Number 21.
1914 – World War I: The Battle of Lorraine began, which was an unsuccessful attack by French forces.
1917 – World War I: The Republic of China officially declared war on the Central Powers, though they continued to send workers, not soldiers, to Europe.
1920 – The 1920 Summer Olympics officially opened in Antwerp, Belgium. This was the first time the Olympic flag was raised and the Olympic oath was taken.
1921 – Tannu Uriankhai, later known as the Tuvan People's Republic, was established as an independent country.
1933 – Loggers accidentally started a large forest fire in Oregon, known as the first Tillamook Burn, destroying a huge area of land.
1935 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, creating a government system to provide money for retired people.
1936 – Rainey Bethea was the last person known to be publicly executed in the United States.
1941 – World War II: Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Atlantic Charter, outlining their goals for after the war.
1947 – Pakistan gained independence from the British Empire.
1948 – The Idaho Department of Fish and Game started a program to move beavers by parachuting them into a new area.
1959 – The American Football League was founded and held its first official meeting.
1967 – A new law in the UK made it illegal to be involved in offshore pirate radio stations.
1969 – The Troubles: British troops were sent to Northern Ireland as violence broke out, starting a long period of military operations.
1971 – Bahrain declared its independence from Britain.
1972 – An Ilyushin Il-62 airplane crashed near Königs Wusterhausen, East Germany, killing 156 people.
1980 – Lech Wałęsa led strikes at the shipyards in Gdańsk, Poland.
1994 – Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, also known as "Carlos the Jackal", was captured.
2003 – A large power outage affected parts of the northeast United States and Canada.
2005 – Helios Airways Flight 522 crashed in Greece, killing all 121 people on board.
2006 – The 2006 Lebanon War ended with a ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel.
2007 – The Kahtaniya bombings killed at least 500 people.
2013 – Egypt declared a state of emergency as security forces killed many people supporting former president Mohamed Morsi.
2015 – The U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba reopened after being closed for 54 years.
2021 – A strong earthquake hit southwestern Haiti, causing many deaths and a humanitarian crisis.
2023 – Former U.S. President Donald Trump was charged in Georgia with trying to change the results of the 2020 election.

Famous Births

Born Before 1900

1479 – Catherine of York, an English princess.
1499 – John de Vere, 14th Earl of Oxford, an English politician.
1502 – Pieter Coecke van Aelst, a Flemish painter.
1530 – Giambattista Benedetti, an Italian mathematician and physicist.
1552 – Paolo Sarpi, an Italian writer.
1599 – Méric Casaubon, a Swiss-English scholar.
1642 – Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.
1653 – Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, an English colonel and politician.
1688 – Frederick William I of Prussia, a King of Prussia.
1714 – Claude Joseph Vernet, a French painter.
1738 – Leopold Hofmann, an Austrian composer.
1742 – Pope Pius VII, a leader of the Catholic Church.
1758 – Carle Vernet, a French painter.
1777 – Hans Christian Ørsted, a Danish physicist and chemist who discovered electromagnetism.
1802 – Letitia Elizabeth Landon, an English poet and novelist.
1814 – Charlotte Fowler Wells, an American publisher.
1817 – Alexander H. Bailey, an American lawyer and politician.
1840 – Richard von Krafft-Ebing, a German-Austrian psychologist.
1847 – Robert Comtesse, a Swiss lawyer and politician.
1848 – Margaret Lindsay Huggins, an Anglo-Irish astronomer.
1851 – Doc Holliday, an American dentist and gambler.
1860 – Ernest Thompson Seton, an American author and naturalist.
1863 – Ernest Thayer, an American poet.
1865 – Guido Castelnuovo, an Italian mathematician.
1866 – Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, a Belgian mathematician.
1867 – John Galsworthy, an English novelist and playwright who won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
1871 – Guangxu Emperor of China.
1875 – Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, a Russian-Lithuanian painter.
1876 – Alexander I of Serbia, a King of Serbia.
1881 – Francis Ford, an American actor and director.
1883 – Ernest Everett Just, an American biologist.
1886 – Arthur Jeffrey Dempster, a Canadian-American physicist.
1889 – Otto Tief, an Estonian lawyer and politician.
1890 – Bruno Tesch, a German chemist.
1892 – Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, an English composer.
1894 – Frank Burge, an Australian rugby league player.
1895 – Jack Gregory, an Australian cricketer.
1896 – Albert Ball, an English fighter pilot.
1896 – Theodor Luts, an Estonian director.
1900 – Margret Boveri, a German journalist.

Born After 1900

1910 – Nüzhet Gökdoğan, a Turkish astronomer.
1910 – Willy Ronis, a French photographer.
1910 – Pierre Schaeffer, a French composer.
1912 – Frank Oppenheimer, an American physicist.
1913 – Hector Crawford, an Australian director.
1913 – Paul Dean, an American baseball player.
1914 – Herman Branson, an American physicist and chemist.
1915 – B. A. Santamaria, an Australian political activist.
1916 – Frank and John Craighead, American naturalists (twins).
1916 – Wellington Mara, an American businessman.
1923 – Alice Ghostley, an American actress.
1924 – Sverre Fehn, a Norwegian architect.
1924 – Georges Prêtre, a French conductor.
1925 – Russell Baker, an American writer.
1926 – René Goscinny, a French author and illustrator, known for Asterix.
1926 – Buddy Greco, an American singer and pianist.
1928 – Lina Wertmüller, an Italian director.
1929 – Dick Tiger, a Nigerian boxer.
1930 – Earl Weaver, an American baseball manager.
1931 – Frederic Raphael, an American writer.
1932 – Lee Hoffman, an American author.
1933 – Richard R. Ernst, a Swiss chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
1935 – John Brodie, an American football player.
1938 – Bennie Muller, a Dutch footballer.
1941 – David Crosby, an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
1941 – Connie Smith, an American country music singer.
1942 – Willie Dunn, a Canadian singer-songwriter.
1943 – Ronnie Campbell, an English politician.
1943 – Ben Sidran, an American jazz musician.
1945 – Steve Martin, an American actor, comedian, and musician.
1945 – Wim Wenders, a German director.
1946 – Halle Berry, an American model, actress, and producer.
1946 – Larry Graham, an American bass player and singer.
1946 – Susan Saint James, an American actress.
1947 – Maddy Prior, an English folk singer.
1947 – Danielle Steel, an American author.
1949 – Bob Backlund, an American wrestler.
1949 – Morten Olsen, a Danish footballer.
1950 – Gary Larson, an American cartoonist, creator of "The Far Side."
1951 – Carl Lumbly, an American actor.
1952 – Debbie Meyer, an American swimmer.
1953 – James Horner, an American composer, known for film scores.
1954 – Mark Fidrych, an American baseball player.
1954 – Stanley A. McChrystal, an American general.
1956 – Jackée Harry, an American actress.
1956 – Rusty Wallace, an American race car driver.
1957 – Peter Costello, an Australian politician.
1959 – Marcia Gay Harden, an American actress.
1959 – Magic Johnson, an American basketball legend.
1960 – Sarah Brightman, an English singer and actress.
1961 – Susan Olsen, an American actress, known for "The Brady Bunch."
1962 – Mark Gubicza, an American baseball player.
1963 – José Cóceres, an Argentinian golfer.
1964 – Neal Anderson, an American football player.
1964 – Jason Dunstall, an Australian footballer.
1965 – Paul Broadhurst, an English golfer.
1966 – Halle Berry, an American actress and producer.
1968 – Catherine Bell, an English-American actress.
1968 – Darren Clarke, a Northern Irish golfer.
1969 – Tracy Caldwell Dyson, an American chemist and astronaut.
1970 – Kevin Cadogan, an American rock guitarist.
1971 – Raoul Bova, an Italian actor.
1971 – Mark Loretta, an American baseball player.
1972 – Laurent Lamothe, a Haitian businessman and politician.
1973 – Jared Borgetti, a Mexican footballer.
1973 – Kieren Perkins, an Australian swimmer.
1974 – Chucky Atkins, an American basketball player.
1974 – Christopher Gorham, an American actor.
1975 – Mike Vrabel, an American football player.
1976 – Fabrizio Donato, an Italian triple jumper.
1977 – Juan Pierre, an American baseball player.
1978 – Anastasios Kyriakos, a Greek footballer.
1979 – Paul Burgess, an Australian pole vaulter.
1980 – Peter Malinauskas, an Australian politician.
1981 – Earl Barron, an American basketball player.
1981 – Paul Gallen, an Australian rugby league player.
1981 – Julius Jones, an American football player.
1981 – Kofi Kingston, a Ghanaian-American wrestler.
1983 – Mila Kunis, a Ukrainian-American actress.
1983 – Lamorne Morris, an American actor and comedian.
1984 – Clay Buchholz, an American baseball player.
1984 – Giorgio Chiellini, an Italian footballer.
1984 – Josh Gorges, a Canadian ice hockey player.
1984 – Nick Grimshaw, an English radio host.
1984 – Robin Söderling, a Swedish tennis player.
1985 – Christian Gentner, a German footballer.
1985 – Shea Weber, a Canadian ice hockey player.
1986 – Braian Rodríguez, a Uruguayan footballer.
1987 – Johnny Gargano, an American wrestler.
1987 – David Peralta, a Venezuelan baseball player.
1987 – Tim Tebow, an American football and baseball player.
1989 – Ander Herrera, a Spanish footballer.
1989 – Kyle Turris, a Canadian ice hockey player.
1991 – Richard Freitag, a German ski jumper.
1991 – Giovanny Gallegos, a Mexican baseball player.
1995 – Léolia Jeanjean, a French tennis player.
1997 – Greet Minnen, a Belgian tennis player.
2004 – Marsai Martin, an American actress and producer.

Notable Deaths

Died Before 1900

582 – Tiberius II Constantine, a Byzantine emperor.
1040 – Duncan I of Scotland, a Scottish king.
1167 – Rainald of Dassel, an Italian archbishop.
1204 – Minamoto no Yoriie, a Japanese shogun.
1433 – John I of Portugal, a King of Portugal.
1464 – Pope Pius II, a leader of the Catholic Church.
1573 – Saitō Tatsuoki, a Japanese leader.
1691 – Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, an Irish soldier.
1716 – Madre María Rosa, a Capuchin nun.
1727 – William Croft, an English composer.
1774 – Johann Jakob Reiske, a German scholar.
1784 – Nathaniel Hone the Elder, an Irish-born English painter.
1852 – Margaret Taylor, a First Lady of the United States.
1854 – Carl Carl, a Polish-born actor.
1860 – André Marie Constant Duméril, a French zoologist.
1870 – David Farragut, an American admiral.
1890 – Michael J. McGivney, an American priest who founded the Knights of Columbus.
1891 – Sarah Childress Polk, a First Lady of the United States.

Died After 1900

1905 – Simeon Solomon, an English painter.
1909 – William Stanley, a British engineer.
1922 – Rebecca Cole, an American physician.
1928 – Klabund, a German author.
1938 – Hugh Trumble, an Australian cricketer.
1941 – Maximilian Kolbe, a Polish saint.
1941 – Paul Sabatier, a French chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
1943 – Joe Kelley, an American baseball player.
1948 – Eliška Misáková, a Czech gymnast.
1951 – William Randolph Hearst, an American publisher who founded the Hearst Corporation.
1954 – Hugo Eckener, a German pilot and airship designer.
1955 – Herbert Putnam, an American librarian.
1956 – Bertolt Brecht, a German poet and playwright.
1958 – Frédéric Joliot-Curie, a French physicist and chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
1963 – Clifford Odets, an American playwright.
1964 – Johnny Burnette, an American singer-songwriter.
1965 – Vello Kaaristo, an Estonian skier.
1967 – Bob Anderson, an English race car driver.
1972 – Oscar Levant, an American actor and pianist.
1972 – Jules Romains, a French author.
1973 – Fred Gipson, an American author.
1978 – Nicolas Bentley, an English author and illustrator.
1980 – Dorothy Stratten, a Canadian-American model and actress.
1981 – Karl Böhm, an Austrian conductor.
1981 – Dudley Nourse, a South African cricketer.
1982 – Mahasi Sayadaw, a Burmese monk.
1984 – Spud Davis, an American baseball player.
1984 – J. B. Priestley, an English novelist and playwright.
1985 – Gale Sondergaard, an American actress.
1988 – Roy Buchanan, an American singer-songwriter.
1988 – Robert Calvert, a South African-English singer-songwriter.
1988 – Enzo Ferrari, an Italian businessman who founded Ferrari.
1991 – Alberto Crespo, an Argentinian race car driver.
1992 – John Sirica, an American judge.
1994 – Elias Canetti, a Bulgarian-Swiss author who won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
1994 – Alice Childress, an American actress and playwright.
1996 – Sergiu Celibidache, a Romanian conductor.
1999 – Pee Wee Reese, an American baseball player.
2002 – Larry Rivers, an American painter.
2003 – Helmut Rahn, a German footballer.
2004 – Czesław Miłosz, a Polish-born American author who won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
2006 – Bruno Kirby, an American actor.
2007 – Tikhon Khrennikov, a Russian composer.
2010 – Herman Leonard, an American photographer.
2012 – Vilasrao Deshmukh, an Indian politician.
2012 – Svetozar Gligorić, a Serbian chess player.
2012 – Phyllis Thaxter, an American actress.
2013 – Jack Germond, an American journalist.
2014 – Leonard Fein, an American journalist.
2014 – George V. Hansen, an American politician.
2015 – Bob Johnston, an American songwriter and producer.
2016 – Fyvush Finkel, an American actor.
2018 – Jill Janus, an American singer.
2019 – Polly Farmer, an Australian footballer.
2020 – Julian Bream, an English classical guitarist.
2020 – Angela Buxton, a British tennis player.
2020 – James R. Thompson, an American politician.
2021 – Michael Aung-Thwin, an American historian.

Holidays and Celebrations

Christian feast day:
- Arnold of Soissons
- Domingo Ibáñez de Erquicia
- Eusebius of Rome
- Jonathan Myrick Daniels (Episcopal Church)
- Maximilian Kolbe
National Navajo Code Talkers Day is a holiday in the United States that honors the Navajo people who used their language as a secret code during wars.
Falklands Day celebrates the first time the Falkland Islands were seen by explorer John Davis in 1592.
Independence Day celebrates when Pakistan became independent from the United Kingdom in 1947.
Partition Horrors Remembrance Day remembers the people who suffered during the division of India in 1947.