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August 14, 2006 U.N. cease fire takes effect in Lebanon August 14, 2003 After an Ohio FirstEnergy power plants shut down unexpectedly, a power outtage occurs for over ten hours all over northeastern North America August 14, 2000 Two onboard torpedoes explode on the Russian submarine Kursk in the Barents Sea, which eventually killed all onboard, despite a rescue operation August 14, 1997 "1776," opens at Criterion Theater New York City August 14, 1997 Convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh formally sentenced to death August 14, 1997 Karrie Webb wins LPGA Weetabix Women's British Open August 14, 1997 Oklahoma Court of Appeals upholds death sentence of Timothy McVeigh August 14, 1997 Soyuz TM-25 lands August 14, 1995 Shannon Faulkner becomes 1st woman to attend the Citadel August 14, 1994 76th PGA Championship: Nick Price shoots a 269 at Southern Hills Tulsa August 14, 1994 Doc Gooden leaves Betty Ford Center August 14, 1994 Liselotte Neumann wins LPGA Weetabix Women's British Golf Open August 14, 1994 Maggie Will wins Children's Medical Center LPGA Golf Classic August 14, 1993 Dr. William Masters (78) weds college sweetheart Geraldine Oliver (76) August 14, 1993 Nigerian presidential election August 14, 1993 Reggie Jackson Day - New York Yanks retire 13th # (#44) August 14, 1993 Shari Beadley weds Christopher Martin (Kid 'n Play) August 14, 1993 St. Louis reliever Lee Smith is fastest to get 40 saves August 14, 1991 Comedian Jackie Mason marries his manager Jyll Rosenfeld (37) August 14, 1991 Twins Dave Winfield is 23rd to hit 400 HR August 14, 1990 Angel's Louis Palonia is 74th to hit an inside park grandslam August 14, 1990 Denver vote for a 1% sales tax to pay for a baseball franchise August 14, 1989 President Pieter W Botha of South Africa, resigns August 14, 1988 70th PGA Championship: Jeff Sluman shoots a 272 at Oak Tree GC Edmond August 14, 1988 Detroit beats Sox, 18-6, at Fenway, ends Boston winning streak at 24 August 14, 1987 "Les Miserables," opens at Rock Theatre, Szeged Hungary August 14, 1987 Oakland's Mark McGwire sets rookie HR record at 39, en route to 49 August 14, 1986 Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto arrested August 14, 1986 Phillies and Pirates play a 6 game series in 4 days August 14, 1984 IBM releases PC DOS version 3.0 August 14, 1984 West Indies complete 5-0 series annihilation of England August 14, 1983 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic August 14, 1983 Robert de Castella wins Helsinki marathon (2:10:03 August 14, 1982 Atlanta snaps an 11-game losing streak with a 6-5 win over Padres August 14, 1982 Iran "Ramadan-offensive" in Iraq August 14, 1982 Pete Rose (Phillies) 12,365 at bat sets record (passes Aaron) August 14, 1981 George Foster hits his 8th HR into red seats at Riverfront August 14, 1981 Phils Mike Schmidt hits his 300th career HR off New York Met Mike Scott August 14, 1980 Democratic Convention in New York City nominates Jimmy Carter August 14, 1980 In Lenin Shipyard Gdansk, Poland, 17,000 workers go on strike August 14, 1979 Rainbow seen in Northern Wales for a 3 hours duration August 14, 1978 French TV announced a rating of "0" for a program about an Armenian's woman's 40th birthday, (comp: Napoleanic drama-67%, Knockout-33%) August 14, 1977 59th PGA Championship: Lanny Wadkins shoots a 282 at Pebble Beach Cal August 14, 1977 77,691 see New York Cosmos beat Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 8-3 at Giant Stad August 14, 1977 Debbie Austin wins LPGA Long Island Charity Golf Classic August 14, 1976 10,000 Northern Ireland women demonstrate for peace in Belfast August 14, 1975 Pakistani military coup against president Mujib ur-Rahman August 14, 1975 Dmitri Shotakovitch, buried at the Novodevitshi-convent August 14, 1975 Norwegian King Olav V opens Longyearbyen Airport on Spitsbergen August 14, 1974 Congress authorizes U.S. citizens to own gold August 14, 1974 Turkish army attacks Nicosia Cyprus August 14, 1974 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site August 14, 1974 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test August 14, 1973 Johnny Unitas files $725,000 suit against Baltimore Colts August 14, 1973 U.S. ends secret bombing of Cambodia August 14, 1972 Bloody Sunday: British soldiers fire into crowd, kill 13 August 14, 1972 East German Aeroflot Illyushin 62 crashes near Moscow, killing 156 August 14, 1971 Bahrain proclaims independence after 110 years of British rule August 14, 1971 Cards Bob Gibson, 35, no-hits Pirates, 11-0 August 14, 1971 France performs nuclear test August 14, 1970 City University of New York inaugurates open admissions August 14, 1970 Steven Stills arrested for drug possession August 14, 1969 British troops intervene militarily in Northern Ireland August 14, 1969 New York Mets fall 9 games back, later to win pennant August 14, 1968 Jimmy Ellis beats Floyd Patterson in 15 for heavyweight boxing title August 14, 1968 Montreal Expos officially become a member of NL August 14, 1967 Belgian embassy in Kinshasa, Congo, plundered August 14, 1967 Radio Scotland and Radio Swinging Holland go off the air August 14, 1966 1st U.S. lunar orbiter begins orbiting Moon August 14, 1966 Cleveland Stadium's 1st rock concert is held, featuring Beatles August 14, 1966 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open August 14, 1965 Beatles tape an appearance for Ed Sullivan Show August 14, 1965 Continental Football League plays 1st games August 14, 1965 Sonny and Cher's "I Got You Babe" hits #1 August 14, 1964 Bo Belinsky is suspended after attacking sportswriter Braven Dyer August 14, 1964 Egypt/Iraq/Jordan/Kuwait/Syria form common market August 14, 1962 French and Italian workers break through at Mount Blanc Vehicular Tunnel August 14, 1962 NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 60,000 m August 14, 1962 U.S. mail truck in Plymouth, Mass robbed of more than $1.5 million August 14, 1961 Philadelphia Phillies lose 17th straight game August 14, 1959 26th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Baltimore 29, All-Stars 0 (70,000) August 14, 1959 AFL organized with NY, Dallas, LA, Minneapolis, Denver and Houston August 14, 1958 Canadian Football League plays 1st game (Winnipeg 29, Edmonton 21) August 14, 1958 KLM Superconstellation crashes west of Ireland, killing 99 August 14, 1954 WGR TV (now WGRZ) TV channel 2 in Buffalo, New York (NBC) begins August 14, 1953 20th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Detroit 24, All-Stars 10 (93,818) August 14, 1953 KXLF TV channel 4 in Butte, MT (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting August 14, 1952 Matyas Rakosi appointed premier of Hungary August 14, 1949 Military coup under colonel Sami Hinnawi in Syria August 14, 1948 14th Olympic games close at London, Great Britain August 14, 1948 Bradman's last Test Cricket innings August 14, 1948 England all out for 52 vs. Australia at Cricket Oval August 14, 1947 India granted independence within British Commonwealth August 14, 1947 Mildred Babe Didrikson Zaharias gives up amateur status for $300,000 August 14, 1947 Pakistan gains independence from Britain August 14, 1945 V-J Day; Japan surrenders unconditionally to end WW II August 14, 1944 British premier Winston Churchill arrives at Corsica August 14, 1944 Operation Tractable: new Canadian offensive August 14, 1944 Russian offensive at Weichsel August 14, 1943 1st allied air raid on Borneo August 14, 1943 U.S. 45th Division occupies Falcone 40 km outside of Messina August 14, 1942 Dwight D. Eisenhower named commander for invasion of North Africa August 14, 1941 Atlantic Charter signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt and Churchill August 14, 1940 Dutch Premier De Geer vacations in Switzerland August 14, 1939 1st night games at Comiskey Park (White Sox 5, Browns 2) August 14, 1938 BBC's 1st feature film on TV (Student of Prague) August 14, 1937 China declares war on Japan August 14, 1937 Detroit Tigers score 36 runs in double header vs St. Louis Browns August 14, 1936 1st Olympic basketball game (Berlin) August 14, 1935 Social Security Act becomes law August 14, 1933 Jimmie Foxx hits for cycle and sets AL record with 9 RBIs August 14, 1932 10th Olympic Games at Los Angeles closes August 14, 1932 Dodger John Quinn, 49, is oldest pitcher to win a major league game August 14, 1932 Philips makes 1 millionth radio August 14, 1929 Jewish Agency for Palestine forms August 14, 1928 Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's "Front Page," premieres in New York City August 14, 1925 Mount Rushmore 1st proposed August 14, 1922 1st "old time" musicians broadcasted on radio (Jenkins-WSB Atlanta) August 14, 1920 Little Entente formed by Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia August 14, 1920 Olympic Games open in Antwerp August 14, 1919 White Sox Happy Felsch ties record of 4 outfield assists in a game August 14, 1919 Yankee Muddy Ruel hits into a triple-play August 14, 1917 China declares war on Germany and Austria at start of WW I August 14, 1917 Leeuwen soccer team forms August 14, 1915 British transport Royal Edward sank by German U boat kills 1000 August 14, 1914 British field marshal John French and Gen Wilson land in France August 14, 1912 2,500 U.S. Marines invade Nicaragua; U.S. remains until 1925 August 14, 1911 General Leconte appointed temporary President of Haiti August 14, 1910 6th International Congress of Esperantists held in Washington, D.C. August 14, 1908 Race riot in Springfield Illinois August 14, 1907 "Ha-Tikva" adopted as official Zionist hymn August 14, 1905 Ngindo-rebellion killed 5 RC German clergymen in East-Africa August 14, 1903 James J Jeffries KOs James J Corbett in 10 for heavywgt boxing title August 14, 1901 SS Islander hits iceberg near Alaska and sinks killing 70 August 14, 1900 1st electric tram in Netherland (Leidseplein-Brouwersgracht) August 14, 1900 2,000 marines land to capture Beijing, ending Boxer rebellion August 14, 1893 France issues 1st driving licenses, included required test August 14, 1890 Cecil Rhodes' colonies reach Mashonaland (Fort Victoria) August 14, 1882 Queen Victoria recieves Zulu chief Cetewayo August 14, 1880 Construction of Cologne Cathedral completed (began in 1248) August 14, 1876 Prairie View State University forms August 14, 1875 Society of Regte Afrikaanders establishes in Paarl August 14, 1873 "Field and Stream" begins publishing August 14, 1864 Confederate General Joe Wheeler besieges Dalton, Georgia August 14, 1864 2nd day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Virginia: Federal assault August 14, 1862 Lincoln receives 1st group of blacks to confer with U.S. president August 14, 1861 79th New York troops mutinies August 14, 1848 Oregon Territory created August 14, 1846 Henry David Thoreau jailed for tax resistance August 14, 1842 Seminole War ends; Indians removed from Florida to Oklahoma August 14, 1825 Dutch King Willem I throws foreign students out August 14, 1824 General Lafayette returns to U.S. August 14, 1820 1st U.S. eye hospital, the New York Eye Infirmary, opens in New York City August 14, 1816 Great Britain annexes Tristan da Cunha August 14, 1813 British warship Pelican attacks and captures U.S. war brigantine Argus August 14, 1790 Sweden and Russia sign Peace of Verela August 14, 1782 Suriname forbids selling slave mothers without their babies August 14, 1765 Mass colonists challenge British rule by an Elm (Liberty Tree) August 14, 1762 English fleet occupies Havana August 14, 1758 Battle at Zorndorf: Prussia beat Russia, 1000s killed August 14, 1756 French capture Fort Oswego, New York August 14, 1743 Prussian army occupies Saksen, beginning 2nd Silezian War August 14, 1678 Battle of Mons-French repulse William of Orange August 14, 1642 Able Tasmans ships Heemskerck/Zeehaen depart out of Batavia August 14, 1636 Spanish troops occupy Corbie at Amiens August 14, 1624 Dutch fleet ceases Callao the Lima in Peru August 14, 1597 Cornelis de Houtmans fleet is 1st Dutch visit to Java August 14, 1585 Queen Elizabeth I refuses sovereignty of Netherlands August 14, 1559 Spanish explorer de Luna lands in Pensacola Bay,Fla August 14, 1551 Turkish fleet under Dragut occupies Tripoli August 14, 1498 Columbus landed at the mouth of the Orinoco River in Venezuela August 14, 1457 Oldest known exactly dated printed book (c 3 years after Gutenberg) August 14, 1395 Utrecht bishop Frederik of Blankenheim occupies Coevorden August 14, 1385 Battle at Aljubarotta-Portugal defeats Castilie August 14, 1385 Portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota, retain independence August 14, 1281 Kublai Khans invading fleet disappears in typhoon near Japan August 14, 1248 Construction of Cologne Cathedral begun August 14, 554 Ravenna becomes seat of Byzantines milt governor in Italy |