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 227th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 139 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 1, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,726,560 minutes 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 ‘dihectaicosaheptagon’ 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 168 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 4,254 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.
- 1592 –Imjin War: Battle of Hansando Admiral Yi Sun-sin decisively defeats the Japanese Navy at Hasan Island.
- 1848 –Oregon Territory is organized by act of Congress.
- 1880 –Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
- 1897 –Franco-Hova War: The town of Anosimena is captured by French troops from Menabe defenders in Madagascar.
- 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.
- 1973 –The Pakistani Constitution of 1973 comes into effect.
- 1980 –Lech Wałęsa leads strikes at the Gdańsk, Poland shipyards.
- 2003 –Widescale power blackout in the northeast United States and Canada.
- 2006 –Chencholai bombing in which 61 Tamil girls are killed in Sri Lankan Airforce bombing.
Who were born on August 14?
- 1575 –Robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629)
- 1882 –Gisela Richter, British-born art historian (d. 1972)
- 1941 –David Crosby, American musician
- 1951 –Norbert Hofmann, German footballer
- 1960 –Sharon Bryant, American R&B singer
- 1969 –Tracy Caldwell, American astronaut
- 1977 –Ed Harcourt, UK singer, songwriter
- 1984 –Giorgio Chiellini, Italian footballer
- 1985 –Digão, Brazilian footballer
- 1987 –Tim Tebow, American football player and winner of 2007 Heisman trophy
Who died on August 14?
- 1870 –David Farragut, American officer of the United States Navy (b. 1801)
- 1926 –John H. Moffitt, American politician (b. 1843)
- 1941 –Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr (b. 1894)
- 1972 –Jules Romains, French author (b. 1885)
- 1982 –Patrick Magee, Irish actor (b. 1922)
- 1988 –Enzo Ferrari, Italian car maker (b. 1898)
- 1988 –Roy Buchanan, American guitarist (b. 1939)
- 1992 –John Sirica, American judge (b. 1904)
- 2000 –Alain Fournier, French-born computer graphics researcher (b. 1943)
- 2004 –Trevor Skeet, New Zealand-born British politician (b. 1918)
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