Page 6: Historical Events In August - 14

1933  On this day in history jimmie Foxx hits for cycle & sets AL record with 9 RBIs   

1934  Millionaire brewer John Labatt abducted at gunpoint by three men, who asked for a ransom of $150,000, which the kidnappers never received; released unharmed three days later; first recorded kidnapping for ransom in Canada on this day in history.   

1935  On August - 14 social Security Act became law   

1935  On this day in history social Security Act becomes law   

1936  On this day in history a train and truck collide at Louiseville Quebec, killing 22.   

1936  First Olympic basketball game (Berlin) on this day in history.   

1936  1st Olympic basketball game (Berlin) on August - 14.   

1936  On August - 14 rainey Bethea, hanged, last US public execution   

1937  On August - 14 china declares war on Japan   

1937  Sapper, British soldier/novelist (Bull-Dog Drummond), dies at 48 on August - 14.   

1938  BBC's 1st feature film on TV (Student of Prague) on this day in history.   

1938  On August - 14 hugh Trumble, cricketer (32 Tests for Australia, 141 wickets), dies   

1939  1st night games at Comiskey Park (White Sox 5, Browns 2) on August - 14.   

1940  On this day in history dutch Premier De Geer vacations in Switzerland   

1941  US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issue the joint declaration that later becomes known as the Atlantic Charter on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history josef Jakobs, German spy, executed in Tower of London   

1942  On August - 14 dwight D Eisenhower named commander for invasion of North Africa   

1943  -Aug 24th: Quadrant conference over strike in Pacific Ocean on August - 14.   

1944  On August - 14 british premier Winston Churchill arrives at Corsica   

1945  Japan surrenders unconditionally to the allies on this day in history.   

1945  On August - 14 v-J Day; Japan surrenders unconditionally to end WW II   

1946  On this day in history the birth of Susan St. James, American film actress   

1946  Susan St James, [Susan Jane Miller], LA Calif, actress (Kate & Allie) on August - 14.   

1947  On this day in history india granted independence within British Commonwealth   

1947  On this day in history pakistan created by the British   

1947  Pakistan gains independence from Britain on this day in history.   

1948  14th Olympic games in London closes on this day in history.   

1949  Husni al-Barazi, premier of Syria, shot to death on August - 14.   

1951  William Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher, dies in Beverly Hills on this day in history.   

1955  Fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian, dies at 66 on August - 14.   

1956  On this day in history bertold Brecht, German writer (Mother Courage), dies at 58   

1958  KLM Superconstellation crashes west of Ireland, killing 99 on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history big Bill Broonzy, rocker, dies of cancer at 65   

1961  On this day in history clarke Ashton Smith, sci-fi author (Lost Worlds), dies at 68   

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1297  On August - 14 birth of emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348)   

1473  Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541) was born on this day in history.   

1479  On August - 14 birth of princess Catherine of York (d. 1527)   

1552  On this day in history birth of fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher   

1575  On August - 14 birth of robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629)   

1586  On August - 14 birth of william Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642)   

1599  Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671) was born on August - 14.   

1625  On August - 14 birth of françois de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695)   

0582  Death of Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor on this day in history.   

1167  Raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies on August - 14.   

1204  Death of Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182) on August - 14.   

1390  Death of John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364) on August - 14.   

1433  On August - 14 johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76   

1573  Death of Saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548) on this day in history.   

1587  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49 on August - 14.   

1652  Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60 on August - 14.