August 14 in History

Historical Events on August 14

29 BC Octavian holds the second of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes.

1912 U.S. Marines invade Nicaragua to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier.

1914 World War I: Start of the Battle of Lorraine, an unsuccessful French offensive designed to recover the lost province of Moselle from Germany.

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 not fully extinguished until September 5, after destroying 240,000 acres (970 km2).

1935 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.

1941 World War II: Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter of war stating postwar aims.

1947 Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.

1971 Bahrain declares independence as the State of Bahrain.

2013 Egypt declares a state of emergency as security forces kill hundreds of demonstrators supporting former president Mohamed Morsi.

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Famous Birthdays on August 14

1956 Rusty Wallace

1959 Magic Johnson

1981 Kofi Kingston

1987 Tim Tebow

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Famous Deaths on August 14

1938 Hugh Trumble

1951 William Randolph Hearst

1956 Bertolt Brecht

2004 Czesław Miłosz

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