What are the important events that happened on August 14? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
August 14: Facts & Myths About This Day
August 14 is the 226th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 139 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 1, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 487,536 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaicosahexagon’ day.
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Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 187 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,619 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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August 14 Historical Events
- 1385 –Portuguese Crisis of 1383–1385: Battle of Aljubarrota – Portuguese forces commanded by King João I and his general Nuno Álvares Pereira defeat the Castilian army of King Juan I.
- 1848 –Oregon Territory is organized by act of Congress.
- 1901 –The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
- 1911 –United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye’s death.
- 1912 –United States Marines invade Nicaragua to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier.
- 1921 –Tannu Tuva, later Tuvinian People’s Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia).
- 1933 –Loggers cause a forest fire in the Coast Range of Oregon, later known as the first forest fire of the Tillamook Burn. It is extinguished on September 5, after destroying 240,000 acre.
- 1947 –Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
- 1959 –Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League.
- 2003 –Widescale power blackout in the northeast United States and Canada.
Who were born on August 14?
- 1642 –Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1723)
- 1758 –Antoine Charles Horace Vernet, French painter (d. 1835)
- 1817 –Alexander H. Bailey, American politician (d. 1874)
- 1924 –Sverre Fehn, Norwegian architect (d. 2009)
- 1929 –Dick Tiger, Nigerian boxer (d. 1971)
- 1941 –David Crosby, American musician
- 1942 –Jackie Oliver, British Formula One driver
- 1951 –Peter Blegvad, American musician (Slapp Happy)
- 1952 –Carl Lumbly, American actor
- 1953 –James Horner, American composer
Who died on August 14?
- 1464 –Pope Pius II (b. 1405)
- 1909 –William Stanley, American inventor and engineer (b. 1829)
- 1943 –Joe Kelley, American baseball player (b. 1871)
- 1966 –Tip Snooke, South African cricketer (b. 1881)
- 1967 –Bob Anderson, British racing driver (b. 1931)
- 1981 –Dudley Nourse, South African cricketer (b. 1910)
- 1984 –J. B. Priestley, British playwright (b. 1894)
- 1992 –John Sirica, American judge (b. 1904)
- 1994 –Elias Canetti, British-born Austrian novelist (b. 1905)
- 1999 –Pee Wee Reese, American baseball player (b. 1918)
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