August 14 historical events
1040 — Battle of Pitgaveny
The Battle of Pitgaveny, also called the Battle of Bothnagowan, was fought between the forces of Duncan I of Scotland and Macbeth, at the time the ruler of Moray, on 14 August 1040. The battle was part of a campaign by Duncan into Moray against Macbeth. It was fought at Bothganown, modern day Pitgaveny, near Elgin. The battle was a victory for Macbeth and resulted in Duncan's death.
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1084 — Battle of Morella
The Battle of Morella (14 August 1084×88), southwest of Tortosa, was fought between Sancho Ramírez, King of Aragon and Navarre, and Yusuf al-Mu'tamin, King of Zaragoza, while the former was engaged in a campaign of conquest against the latter. All surviving sources for the battle are either later by a generation or literary in character, and they are confused on the chronology and dating of the event. The encounter was a defeat for Sancho and sparked a brief reversal of fortunes in the Navarro-Aragonese Reconquista. The Castilian hero, Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, the Cid, was a general for al-Mu'tamin at the time.
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1109 — Almoravid campaign in central Iberia (1109–1110)
In the year 1109, the Almoravid leader Ali ibn Yusuf launched a campaign against the Kingdom of Castile. During the campaign, they captured Talavera and other towns and forts. but they failed to capture Toledo.
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1119 — Battle of Hab
In the Battle of Hab on August 14, 1119, a Crusader army commanded by King Baldwin II of Jerusalem won a disputed victory over a Muslim army led by Ilghazi of Mardin since the Muslim army claimed it as a victory. The battle stabilized the Principality of Antioch which had suffered a disastrous defeat only weeks before.
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1183 — The Taira leave Kyoto with Emperor Antoku
As Minamoto forces approached Kyoto during the Genpei War, Taira no Munemori and his clan left the capital with the young Emperor Antoku and the imperial regalia. They headed west, where the Taira continued to fight.
August 14 is the Julian equivalent of the 25th day of Juei 2’s seventh month, or August 21 in the proleptic Gregorian calendar.
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1264 — Battle of Saseno
The Battle of Saseno took place on 14 August 1264 near Saseno Island off the coast of Albania, between a fleet of the Republic of Genoa and a trade convoy of the Republic of Venice, during the War of Saint Sabas. Since the outbreak of the war in 1256, the Genoese had experienced only defeats in direct confrontations with the Venetian navy, and had therefore resorted to raiding the Venetian commerce convoys to the Levant that were critical to the Venetian economy.
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1321 — Despenser War
The Despenser War (1321–22) was a baronial revolt against Edward II of England led by the Marcher Lords Roger Mortimer and Humphrey de Bohun. The rebellion was fuelled by opposition to Hugh Despenser the Younger, the royal favourite. After the rebels' summer campaign of 1321, Edward was able to take advantage of a temporary peace to rally more support and a successful winter campaign in southern Wales, culminating in royal victory at the Battle of Boroughbridge in the north of England in March 1322.
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1352 — Battle of Mauron
The Battle of Mauron was fought in 1352 in Brittany during the Breton War of Succession between an Anglo-Breton force supporting the claim of Jean de Montfort and a Franco-Breton force supporting the claim of Charles de Blois. The Anglo-Bretons were victorious. The battle took place in the context of the Hundred Years War.
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1385 — Battle of Aljubarrota
The Battle of Aljubarrota was fought between the Kingdom of Portugal and the Crown of Castile on 14 August 1385. Forces commanded by King John I of Portugal and his Constable Nuno Álvares Pereira, with the support of English allies, opposed the army of King John I of Castile with its Aragonese and French allies, as well as Genoese mercenaries at São Jorge, between the towns of Leiria and Alcobaça, in central Portugal.
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1431 — Battle of Domažlice
The Battle of Domažlice (Czech: Bitva u Domažlic) or Battle of Taus (German: Schlacht bei Taus) or Battle of Tausch was fought on 14 August 1431 as the part of the 5th crusade against Hussites. The crusade was sent to Bohemia after negotiations, held in Pressburg and Cheb, between Hussites and the emperor Sigismund had failed. The Imperial army was besieging the city of Domažlice since 8 August, when the sight of the approaching and singing Hussite relief army led by Prokop the Bald and hearing their battle hymn "Ktož jsú boží bojovníci" ("Ye Who are Warriors of God"), led to mass panicking among the crusaders, who fled through the Bohemian Forest.
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1448 — Battle of Oranik (1448)
The First Battle of Oranik (Albanian: Beteja e Parë e Oranikut) took place during the Albanian-Venetian War of (1447–1448), when the Republic of Venice allied with the Ottoman Empire against the League of Lezhë. The Albanian forces under Skanderbeg defeated the Ottoman army led by Mustafa Pasha during a battle that took place near Oranik of Upper Dibra, and two months later, peace was established between Albania and Venice.
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1478 — Battle of Khoy (1478)
The Battle of Khoy is considered to be the decisive battle between the sons of Uzun Hasan, Sultan Khalil and Sultan Yaqub, which ended the battle for the throne on August 14, 1478. Although the battle began with the victory of Sultan Khalil, it ended with the victory of Sultan Yaqub and Sultan Khalil was killed. After entering Tabriz, Sultan Yaqub decided to pardon most of Khalil's supporters.
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1551 — Siege of Tripoli (1551)
The siege of Tripoli was a successful Ottoman siege of the North African city of Tripoli, then held by the Knights Hospitaller, in August 1551. The attack, which was led by Sinan Pasha and Dragut, appears to have been launched in retaliation for the capture of Mahdia by the Spanish and Hospitallers the previous year.
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1564 — Action of 14 August 1564
The second Battle outside northern Öland was a sea battle fought during the Northern Seven Years' War between Sweden against Denmark and the Free City of Lübeck, on 14 August 1564. Sweden who suffered one ship (Elefanten) won the battle over the allies whom suffered three captured ships (Böse Lejonet, Morian, David).
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1592 — Battle of Ichi
The Battle of Ichi was fought on August 14, 1592, in Jeolla Province during the Japanese invasions of Korea. Kwŏn Yul and Hwang Jin's one-thousand-man army battled against the fifteen thousand strong army of Kobayakawa Takakage. The Koreans won this battle and stopped the Japanese army from advancing to Jeolla Province.
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1598 — Battle of the Yellow Ford
The Battle of the Yellow Ford was fought in County Armagh on 14 August 1598, during the Nine Years' War in Ireland. An English army of about 4,000, led by Henry Bagenal, was sent from the Pale to relieve the besieged Blackwater Fort. Marching from Armagh to the Blackwater, the column was routed by a Gaelic Irish army under Hugh O'Neill of Tyrone.
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1605 — Battle of Hammamet
The Battle of Hammamet was an attack by the Spanish-Sicilian-Maltese fleet on the Tunisian town Hammamet, the campaign ended in a fiasco and massacre for the allied troops.
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1656 — Storm of Kokenhusen
The Storm of Kokenhusen by the Russian Army under Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich was one of the first events of the Russo-Swedish War (1656–1658), a theater of the Second Northern War. On 14 August 1656 Russian troops stormed and captured the well-fortified town of Kokenhusen (Koknese) in Swedish Livonia (present-day Latvia) According to the Tsar, this town “was very strong, had a deep moat, like a small brother of the Kremlin's moat, and its fortress is like a son of Smolensk's fortress”.
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1660 — Battle of Chakan
The Battle of Chakan in 1660 took place between Mughal forces led by Shaista Khan and Maratha forces commanded by Firangoji Narsala at Chakan in Maharashtra. Shaista Khan's Mughal forces emerged victorious by besieging the Chakan fort, leading to the surrender of the Maratha commander Firangoji.
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1678 — Battle of Saint-Denis (1678)
The Battle of Saint-Denis was fought on 14–15 August 1678 between a French army commanded by the Marshal Luxembourg and a Dutch army under William III near Saint-Denis, a village outside Mons, then part of the Spanish Netherlands (now Belgium). It was the last battle of the Franco-Dutch War (1672–1678), fought after the peace was signed between France and the Netherlands in the Treaty of Nijmegen on 10 August. The treaty between France and Spain was not yet signed, and it was the intention of the French to make further pretexts for delay, in the hope that Mons meanwhile would fall.
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1720 — Villasur expedition
The Villasur expedition of 1720 was a Spanish military expedition intended to check New France's growing influence on the North American Great Plains, led by Lieutenant-General Pedro de Villasur. Pawnee and Otoe Indians attacked the expedition in Nebraska, killing 36 of the 40 Spaniards, 10 of their Indian allies, and a French guide. The survivors retreated to their base in New Mexico.
The Spanish military Villasur expedition is defeated by Pawnee and Otoe warriors near present-day Columbus, Nebraska.
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1761 — Battle of Cape Finisterre (1761)
The Battle of Cape Finisterre was a naval engagement fought off the Northern Spanish Atlantic coast near Cape Finisterre between British and French squadrons during the Seven Years' War. A British force comprising the 74-gun ship of the line HMS Bellona and 36-gun frigate HMS Brilliant was sailing from Lisbon to Britain with a cargo of specie when on 13 August they encountered a French force comprising the 74-gun Courageux and the 32-gun frigates Malicieuse and Hermine.
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1784 — Awa'uq Massacre
The Awa'uq Massacre or Refuge Rock Massacre, or more recently known as the Wounded Knee of Alaska, was an attack and massacre of Koniag Alutiiq (Sugpiaq) people in August 1784 at Refuge Rock near Kodiak Island by Russian fur trader Grigory Shelekhov and 130 armed Russian men and cannoneers of his Shelikhov-Golikov Company.
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1790 — Treaty of Värälä
The Treaty of Värälä (sometimes known as the Treaty of Wereloe) was signed in Värälä, Elimäki Municipality, Finland, between Russia (represented by Otto Heinrich Igelström) and Sweden (represented by Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt). It was signed on 14 August 1790 and concluded the Russo-Swedish War. The treaty confirmed status quo ante bellum with respect to the borders; however, Russia's right to interfere with Swedish interior affairs from the Treaty of Nystad was expressly revoked.
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1790 — Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790)
The Russo-Swedish War of 1788–1790 was fought between Sweden and Russia from June 1788 to August 1790. The war was ended by the Treaty of Värälä on 14 August 1790 and took place concomitantly with both the Austro-Turkish War (1788–1791), Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) and Theatre War. The war was, overall, mostly insignificant for the parties involved.
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1793 — Battle of Luçon
The final Battle of Luçon was fought on 14 August 1793 during the French Revolutionary Wars, between forces of the French Republic under Augustin Tuncq and Royalist forces under Gigot d’Elbée. The engagement on 14 August, fought near the town of Luçon in Vendée, France, was actually the conclusion of three engagements between the Vendean insurgents and the Republican French. On 15 July, Claude Sandoz and a garrison of 800 had repulsed 5,000 insurgents led by d'Elbee; on 28 July, Augustin Tuncq drove off a second attempt; two weeks later, Tunq and his 5,000 men routed 30,000 insurgents under the personal command of Francois-Athanese Charette.
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1799 — Battle of Oberwald
Battle of Oberwald occurred on 13–14 August 1799 between French forces commanded by General of Division Jean Victor Tharreau and elements of Prince Rohan's corps in southern Switzerland. The Austrian regiment was commanded by Colonel Gottfried von Strauch. Both sides engaged approximately 6,000 men. The French lost 500 killed, wounded or missing, and the Austrians lost 3,000 men and two guns.
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1808 — Siege of Zaragoza (1808)
The siege of Zaragoza (also known as the siege of Saragossa) was a bloody struggle in the Peninsular War. A French army under General Lefebvre-Desnouettes and subsequently commanded by General Jean-Antoine Verdier besieged, repeatedly stormed, and was repulsed from the Spanish city of Zaragoza in the summer of 1808.
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1812 — First Battle of Krasnoi
The First Battle of Krasnoi was fought on 14 August [O.S. 2 August] 1812 at Krasny between Ney and Murat's French troops and Neverovsky's Russian division, which consisted largely of fresh conscript soldiers.
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1814 — Convention of Moss
The Convention of Moss (Mossekonvensjonen) was a ceasefire agreement signed on 14 August 1814 between the King of Sweden and the Norwegian government. It followed the Swedish-Norwegian War due to Norway's claim to sovereignty. It also became the de facto peace agreement and formed the basis for the personal union between Sweden and Norway that was established when the Norwegian Stortinget (Parliament) elected Charles XIII of Sweden as king of Norway on 4 November 1814.
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1814 — Battle of Kjølberg Bridge
The Battle of Kjølberg Bridge (Swedish: Slaget vid Kjølbergs bro) was fought 14 August 1814, during the Swedish–Norwegian war of 1814. The Swedish army had problems repairing the bridge due to constant fire from the Norwegian side of the river. It was then a small Swedish force of 75 men, consisting of jägers from the Bohuslän and Life Grenadier Regiments, passed over the river at a hidden point.
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1814 — Swedish–Norwegian War
The Swedish–Norwegian War was a war fought between Sweden and Norway in the summer of 1814. According to the Treaty of Kiel, Norway would enter a union with Sweden under Charles XIII of Sweden. The war resulted in Norway being forced into the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, but with its own constitution and parliament.
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1816 — A British garrison takes possession of Tristan da Cunha
On August 14, 1816, a British garrison aboard HMS Falmouth took possession of Tristan da Cunha on behalf of King George III.
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1842 — William J. Worth declares the Second Seminole War over
On August 14, 1842, U.S. Army commander William J. Worth declared the Second Seminole War over. Some Seminoles had been removed from Florida during the conflict, while others remained there.
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1844 — Battle of Isly
The Battle of Isly was fought on August 14, 1844 between France and Morocco, near the Isly River. French forces under Marshal Thomas Robert Bugeaud routed a much larger, but poorly organized, Moroccan force under Mohammed, son of Sultan Abderrahmane of Morocco. Bugeaud, attempting to complete the French conquest of Algeria, instigated the battle without a declaration of war in order to force negotiations concerning Moroccan support for the Algerian resistance leader Abd el Kader to conclude on terms favorable to the French. Bugeaud, who recovered the Moroccan commander's tent and umbrella (equivalent to capturing a military standard in European warfare), was made Duke of Isly for his victory.
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1848 — Oregon Territory is organized by act of Congress
The Territory of Oregon was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from August 14, 1848, until February 14, 1859, when the southwestern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Oregon. Originally claimed by several countries (see Oregon Country), Spanish "El Orejón" was part of the Nootka Territory (1789–1795).
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1864 — Second Battle of Dalton
The Second Battle of Dalton was fought August 14–15, 1864, between Union and Confederate forces in Whitfield County northern Georgia.
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1870 — Battle of Borny–Colombey
The Battle of Borny–Colombey (August 14, 1870) was a minor battle of the Franco–Prussian War. It saw the escape route of the French army under François Bazaine blocked when they encountered the First Army under von Steinmetz. The outcome of the battle itself was indecisive though saw the French make good their escape to Metz. As most of the early battles of the war, Borny was one that neither side had planned or wanted. For the French, the battle had dire consequences as they neglected to use their numerical superiority to force a passage and it delayed the Army's retreat out of Metz for twelve precious hours.
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1878 — Hungarian parliamentary election, 1878
Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary between 5 and 14 August 1878. The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 239 of the 413 seats.
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1885 — Japan’s Patent No. 1 is granted for an anticorrosive paint
On 14 August 1885, Hotta Zuisho received Japanese Patent No. 1 for an anticorrosive paint and its application method. He had filed the application on 1 July 1885.
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1894 — 1894 Singleton colonial by-election
A by-election for the seat of Singleton in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly was held on 14 August 1894 because Albert Gould (Free Trade) had been appointed Minister for Justice in the Reid ministry. Such ministerial by-elections were usually uncontested and four ministers were re-elected unopposed, James Brunker (East Maitland), Joseph Carruthers (St George), Jacob Garrard (Sherbrooke) and James Young (The Manning).
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1900 — Battle of Peking (1900)
The Battle of Peking, or historically the Relief of Peking, was the battle on 14–15 August 1900, in which a multi-national force, led by Britain, relieved the siege of foreign legations in Peking during the Boxer Rebellion. From 20 June 1900, Boxer forces and Imperial Chinese troops had besieged foreign diplomats, citizens and soldiers within the legations of Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Russia, Spain and the United States within the city of Peking.
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1900 — Siege of the International Legations
The Siege of the International Legations was a pivotal event during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, in which foreign diplomatic compounds in Peking were besieged by Chinese Boxers and Qing Dynasty troops. The Boxers, fueled by anti-foreign and anti-Christian sentiments, targeted foreigners and Chinese Christians, causing approximately 900 soldiers, sailors, marines, and civilians from various nations, along with about 2,800 Chinese Christians, to seek refuge in the Legation Quarter.
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1904 — Battle off Ulsan
The naval Battle off Ulsan (Japanese: 蔚山沖海戦 Urusan'oki kaisen; Russian: Бой в Корейском проливе, Boi v Koreiskom prolive), also known as the Battle of the Japanese Sea or Battle of the Korean Strait, took place on 14 August 1904 between cruiser squadrons of the Imperial Russian Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Russo-Japanese War, four days after the Battle of the Yellow Sea.
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1906 — East Denbighshire by-election, 1906
The East Denbighshire by-election of 1906 was held on 14 August 1906. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Liberal MP, Samuel Moss, in order to become a County Court judge. It was won by the Liberal candidate Edward George Hemmerde.
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1908 — 1908 Saskatchewan general election
The 1908 Saskatchewan general election was held on August 14, 1908 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. Premier Walter Scott and his Liberal Party were re-elected for a second term, defeating the Provincial Rights Party of Frederick W. A. G. Haultain. Note: William Turgeon ran in two ridings, in Duck Lake he won and in Prince Albert City where he lost.
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1914 — World War I: Start of the Battle of Lorraine, an unsuccessful French offensive
The Battle of Lorraine (14 August – 7 September 1914) was a battle on the Western Front during the First World War. The armies of France and Germany had completed their mobilisation, the French with Plan XVII, to conduct an offensive through Lorraine and Alsace into Germany and the Germans with Aufmarsch II West, for an offensive in the north through Luxembourg and Belgium into France, supplemented with attacks in the south to prevent the French from transferring troops to the greater threat in the north.
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1915 — 1915 Clarence state by-election
The 1915 Clarence state by-election was held on 14 August 1915 to elect the member for Clarence in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, following the death of Liberal Reform Party MP John McFarlane. The seat was expected to be retained for Liberal Reform by its candidate, Thomas Henry, but he withdrew during the campaign because he held an office of profit under the Crown.
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1915 — Foundation of Chou’an Hui
Yang Du, Yan Fu and other supporters of Yuan Shikai formed the political association Chou’an Hui. The group advocated restoring the monarchy.
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1917 — China declares war on Germany and Austria-Hungary
On August 14, 1917, the Republic of China declared that it was at war with Germany and Austria-Hungary. The Foreign Ministry in Beijing notified foreign diplomats that day.
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1920 — Battle of Ossów
The Battle of Ossów took place in the fields near Wołomin on 14 August 1920. It was a part of a much larger battle on the outskirts of Warsaw during the Polish-Bolshevist War (February 1919 - March 1921). During the day Russian units managed to capture the strategically important village of Ossów, but were repelled in the evening by a Polish counter-attack. The battle was one of the first skirmishes won by the Poles since the beginning of the Soviet offensive in late spring.
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1920 — Battle of Chołojów
Battle of Chołojów was a battle during the Polish–Soviet War fought on 14 August 1920, on the Southwestern Front, between Second Polish Republic and Russian SFSR. Polish forces consisted of the 1st Cavalry Division commanded by Juliusz Rómmel, while Russian consisted of the 45th Rifle Division commanded by Iona Yakir and the 14th Cavalry Division commanded by Alexander Parkhomenko.
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1920 — 1920 Summer Olympics
The 1920 Summer Olympics (French: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; Dutch: Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (French: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; Dutch: Spelen van de VIIe Olympiade; German: Spiele der VII. Olympiade) and commonly known as Antwerp 1920 (French: Anvers 1920; Dutch and German: Antwerpen 1920), were an international multi-sport event held in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium.
The 1920 Summer Olympics, having started four months earlier, officially open in Antwerp, Belgium, with the newly adopted Olympic flag and the Olympic oath being raised and taken at the Opening Ceremony for the first time in Olympic history.
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1921 — The Tannu Tuvan People’s Republic declares independence
On August 14, 1921, the Tannu Tuvan People’s Republic declared independence. Its first constitution placed its foreign affairs under the auspices of Soviet Russia.
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1930 — Battle of Eastern Henan
The Battle of Eastern Henan was between the Central Army of Chiang Kai-shek and those of Sun Dianying, a Henan native and ally of Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan. Sun's forces attacked the Longhai railway line, a stronghold on the eastern provincial border of Henan. The railway linked the cities of Kaifeng, Zhengzhou and Luoyang.
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1930 — Battle of Jinan (1930)
The Battle of Jinan was between the forces of Chiang Kai-shek and those of his opponents. Fu Zuoyi abandoned Jinan and the National Revolutionary Army entered the city on August 15.
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1932 — The Los Angeles Olympics close at the Memorial Coliseum
The closing ceremony of the 1932 Summer Olympics took place at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles after the final equestrian events.
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1933 — The first fire of the Tillamook Burn starts in Oregon
A fire started in a logging area in Oregon’s Coast Range and spread through the forest. It was the first of a series of major fires in the area that became known collectively as the Tillamook Burn.
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1935 — Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired
The Social Security Act of 1935 is a law enacted by the 74th United States Congress and signed into law by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 14, 1935. The law created the Social Security program as well as insurance against unemployment. The law was part of Roosevelt's New Deal domestic program. By 1930, the United States was one of the few industrialized countries without any national social security system.
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1936 — Battle of Badajoz (1936)
The Battle of Badajoz was one of the first major Nationalist victories in the Spanish Civil War. A series of costly assaults won the Nationalists the fortified border city of Badajoz on August 14, 1936, cutting off the Spanish Republic from neighbouring Portugal and linking the northern and southern zones of Nationalist control (although actual contact with General Emilio Mola's northern troops was not established until September 8).
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1936 — Rainey Bethea is publicly executed in Owensboro
On August 14, 1936, Kentucky publicly executed Rainey Bethea in Owensboro after a criminal conviction. The execution was the last public hanging in Kentucky.
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1936 — Extremadura campaign
The Extremadura campaign was a campaign in Extremadura, Spain during the Spanish Civil War. It culminated in the Battle of Badajoz in August 1936, from which the troops of the Army of Africa under the command of Francisco Franco moved quickly to begin the march to Madrid.
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1937 — Battle of Jianqiao
The Battle of Jianqiao (simplified Chinese: 笕桥空战; traditional Chinese: 筧橋空戰), or the 814 Aerial War, was a Japanese military campaign during the Second Sino-Japanese War, in which the Republic of China Air Force defended Hangzhou against the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service on 14 August 1937. The battle concluded with a Chinese victory, in which no Chinese aircraft were shot down by the Imperial Japanese Air Force.
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1937 — Bombs fall near Shanghai’s Great World amusement centre
Bombs fell near the Great World amusement centre in Shanghai’s French Concession during the Battle of Shanghai, striking a dense crowd and causing heavy civilian casualties.
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1943 — Battle of Roosevelt Ridge
The Battle of Roosevelt Ridge was fought between 21 July and 14 August 1943 between U.S. and Japanese forces in the Salamaua area of the Territory of New Guinea during World War II. The battle was fought in conjunction with several other actions of the Salamaua–Lae campaign. Throughout the first half of 1943, Australian forces had clashed with the Japanese around Wau and then Mubo as they had pushed the Japanese back towards Salamaua.
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1944 — Osovets offensive
The Osovets offensive (Russian: Осовецкая наступательная операция) was part of the third and final phase of Operation Bagration, the Belorussian strategic offensive of the Red Army in summer 1944. The offensive began on 6 August and was officially declared over as of 14 August, although some of its objectives were not achieved until as late as January 1945.
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1945 — Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Alliance
The Treaty of Friendship and Alliance (Chinese: 中蘇友好同盟條約, Russian: Договор о дружбе и союзе между СССР и Китайской Республикой) was a treaty signed by the National Government of the Republic of China and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on 14 August 1945, at the time of Japan's surrender. Soviet and Mongolian troops then occupied Inner Mongolia and Manchuria, after they had seized it from the Japanese during World War II.
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1946 — 1946 Slovak parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 14 August 1946, when the Slovak Commissariat of Interior assigned seats in the National Council to the political parties according to their result in the 1946 state parliament election. They were the last elections before the Communist takeover in 1948. Vast majority of 100 seats went to the conservative Democratic Party. The elections also determined the composition of the Slovak Board of Commissioners.
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1946 — Datong–Puzhou campaign
Datong–Puzhou campaign (同蒲战役) was a campaign that communists fought against the nationalist during the Chinese Civil War in the post-World War II era in Shanxi, and resulted in communist victory.
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1947 — Pakistan Movement
The Pakistan Movement was a Muslim nationalist political and social movement, emerging in the early 20th century, that advocated the formation of Pakistan as a separate Muslim homeland in the Muslim-majority parts of what was then the British Indian Empire. It was rooted in the two-nation theory, which asserted that Muslims were fundamentally and irreconcilably distinct from Hindus (who formed the demographic majority) and would therefore require separate self-determination upon decolonisation.
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1947 — Pakistan holds its transfer-of-power ceremony
Lord Mountbatten addressed Pakistan’s Constituent Assembly in Karachi at the ceremony marking the transfer of power. Pakistan later adopted August 14 as its Independence Day.
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1949 — 1949 West German federal election
A federal election was held in West Germany on 14 August 1949 to elect the members of the first Bundestag, with a further eight seats elected in West Berlin between 1949 and January 1952 and another eleven between February 1952 and 1953. They were the first free federal elections in West Germany since 1933 and the first after the division of the country.
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1949 — August 1949 Syrian coup d'état
The August 1949 Syrian coup d'état was the second in a series of successive coup attempts in Syria that occurred in 1949. It was led by Colonel Sami al-Hinnawi, who assisted in the earlier coup attempt in March that toppled the weak Republican government of Shukri al-Quwatli and brought Colonel Husni al-Zaim to power. The August coup marked the end of Zaim's short-lived regime, which lasted approximately 137 days.
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1959 — American Football League
The American Football League (AFL) was a major professional American football league that operated for ten seasons from 1960 until 1970, when it merged with the older National Football League (NFL) and became that league's American Football Conference (AFC). The upstart AFL operated in direct competition with the more established NFL throughout its existence.
Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League.
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1963 — 1963 DFB-Pokal final
The 1963 DFB-Pokal final decided the winner of the 1962–63 DFB-Pokal, the 20th season of Germany's knockout football cup competition. It was played on 14 August 1963 at the Niedersachsenstadion in Hanover. Hamburger SV won the match 3–0 against Borussia Dortmund, to claim their 1st cup title.
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1965 — 1965 FA Charity Shield
The 1965 FA Charity Shield was the 43rd FA Charity Shield, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's First Division and FA Cup competitions. The match was played on 14 August 1965 at Old Trafford, Manchester and contested by Manchester United, who had won the 1964–65 First Division, and Liverpool, who had won the 1964–65 FA Cup.
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1967 — UK Marine Broadcasting Offences Act 1967 declares participation in offshore pirate radio illegal
The Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967 (c. 41), shortened to Marine Broadcasting Offences Act or Marine Offences Act, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that came into force on 15 August 1967. It was subsequently amended by the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 and the Broadcasting Act 1990.
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1969 — Operation Lamar Plain
Operation Lamar Plain was a security operation during the Vietnam War in Quảng Tín Province, that took place from 15 May to 14 August 1969.
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1969 — Operation Kentucky Jumper
Operation Kentucky Jumper was a joint U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) military operation during the Vietnam War designed to seek out and destroy People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Vietcong (VC) units, interdict their base areas and infiltration routes and to support the Accelerated Pacification Program southwest of Huế, Thừa Thiên Province.
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1971 — Bahrain’s ruler proclaims independence
On August 14, 1971, Bahrain’s ruler, Sheikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, proclaimed independence. Bahrain and the United Kingdom exchanged notes ending their special treaty relationship the following day.
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1972 — Interflug Flight 450
Interflug Flight 450 was a holiday charter flight to Burgas, Bulgaria operated by an Ilyushin Il-62 that crashed shortly after take-off from Berlin-Schönefeld Airport in Schönefeld, East Germany, on 14 August 1972. The accident was caused by a fire in the aft cargo bay which spread quickly, destroying the aircraft's structural integrity. All 156 passengers and crew died.
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1976 — 1976 FA Charity Shield
The 1976 FA Charity Shield was a football match played between Liverpool, as English First Division Champions in the 1975/76 season, and Second Division Southampton, as English FA Cup winners in 1976. The match was played at Wembley Stadium, London, on Saturday 14 August 1976, in front of a crowd of 76,500.
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1983 — 36th Locarno Film Festival
The 36th Locarno Film Festival was held from 5 to 14 August 1983 in Locarno, Switzerland. A new section and competition for TV movies was introduced this year. Ninety-four TV films were submitted with eighteen being selected for the competition, in-all around 70 TV movies were screened at the festival.
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1987 — Battle of Cuito Cuanavale
The Battle of Cuito Cuanavale was fought intermittently between 14 August 1987 and 23 March 1988, south and east of Cuito Cuanavale, Angola, by the People's Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola (FAPLA) and Cuba against South Africa and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) during the Angolan Civil War and South African Border War.
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1988 — 1988 NSL Cup final
The 1988 NSL Cup final was the final match of the 1988 NSL Cup, the twelfth season of the National Soccer League Cup. It was played at Marconi Stadium in Sydney on 14 August 1988 between APIA Leichhardt and Brunswick Juventus. APIA Leichhardt won the match 5–3 on penalties after extra time for their second NSL Cup title.
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1988 — 41st Locarno Film Festival
The 41st Locarno Film Festival was held from 4 to 14 August 1988 in Locarno, Switzerland. Over 150 films were shown at the festival, with 18 in competition, 18 out-of-competition, and the rest were split between various sections, including a retrospective of Alberto Cavalcanti and a national section dedicated to British cinema. The opening film was also a British film A World Apart directed by Chris Menges.
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1991 — 1991 Dutch Supercup
The 1991 Dutch Supercup (Dutch: Nederlandse Supercup), known as the PTT Telecom Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the second Supercup match in Dutch football. The game was played on 14 August 1991 at De Kuip in Rotterdam, between 1990–91 Eredivisie champions PSV Eindhoven and 1990–91 KNVB Cup winners Feyenoord. Feyenoord won the match 1–0.
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1991 — NTT incorporates the company that becomes NTT Docomo
On August 14, 1991, NTT incorporated NTT Mobile Communications Planning in Japan. The company took over NTT’s mobile telecommunications operations in 1992 and later became NTT Docomo.
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1991 — Hong Kong releases Ng Sik-ho from custody on medical grounds
Ng Sik-ho, who had been sentenced to 30 years in prison for drug trafficking, was released on medical grounds after serving 16 years. He was moved from a guarded hospital room to a regular ward.
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1992 — War in Abkhazia (1992–1993)
The War in Abkhazia was fought between Georgian government and paramilitary forces, and a coalition of Abkhaz separatist forces and North Caucasian militants between 1992 and 1993. Ethnic Georgians who lived in Abkhazia fought largely on the side of Georgian government forces. Ethnic Armenians, who formed the Bagramyan Battalion and Russians within Abkhazia's population largely supported the Abkhazians and many fought on their side.
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1994 — 1994 FA Charity Shield
The 1994 FA Charity Shield was the 72nd FA Charity Shield, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's Premier League and FA Cup competitions. The match was played on 14 August 1994 at Wembley Stadium and contested by Manchester United, who had won the league and cup Double in 1993–94, and Blackburn Rovers, who had finished as runners-up in the Premier League.
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1994 — 47th Locarno Film Festival
The 47th Locarno Film Festival was held from 4 to 14 August 1994 in Locarno, Switzerland. This year saw the first release of films with funding from the Locarno festival through its Montecinemaverita foundation. Two films funded by the festival, Bab El-Oued City directed by Merzak Allouache and El Dirigible (The Airship) directed by Pablo Dotta, were screened this year at Locarno and Cannes Film Festivals.
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1998 — CMLL International Gran Prix (1998)
The CMLL International Gran Prix (1998) was a lucha libre, or professional wrestling, tournament produced and scripted by the Mexican professional wrestling promoter Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; "World Wrestling Council" in Spanish) which took place on August 14, 1998 in Arena México, Mexico City, CMLL's main venue. The 1998 International Gran Prix was the fifth time CMLL has held an International Gran Prix tournament since 1994.
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1999 — Road Wild (1999)
The 1999 Road Wild was the fourth and final Road Wild professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). It took place on August 14, 1999, from the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota. In the main event, Hulk Hogan defeated Kevin Nash in a retirement match to retain the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, forcing Nash to retire from professional wrestling.
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1999 — 52nd Locarno Film Festival
The 52nd Locarno Film Festival was held from 4 to 14 August 1999 in Locarno, Switzerland. The opening film of the festival was East/West directed by Régis Wargnier. The closing film was the world premiere of the Giuseppe Tornatore's re-cut and trimmed down The Legend of 1900. A special section was dedicated to "Joe Dante and the 2nd Corman Generation".
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2001 — Torneo Gran Alternativa (2001)
The Torneo Gran Alternativa (2001) (Spanish for "Great Alternative Tournament") was a professional wrestling tournament held by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL; Spanish for "World Wrestling Council"). The tournament was held on August 14, 2001, in Mexico City, Mexico at CMLL's main venue, Arena México. The Gran Alternativa tournament features tag teams composed of a rookie, or novato, and a veteran wrestler for an elimination tournament.
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2003 — Siege of Monrovia
The Siege of Monrovia, which occurred in Monrovia, Liberia between July 18 and August 14, 2003, was a major military confrontation between the Armed Forces of Liberia and LURD rebels during the Second Liberian Civil War. The shelling of the city resulted in the deaths of some 1,000 civilians. Thousands of people were displaced from their homes as a result of the conflict. By mid-August, after a two-month siege, Liberian president Charles Taylor went into exile and peacekeepers arrived as a result of the siege.
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2003 — A major blackout affects the United States and Canada
A cascading power failure affected parts of the U.S. Midwest and Northeast and eastern Canada.
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2004 — 57th Locarno Film Festival
The 57th Locarno Film Festival was held from 4 to 14 August 2004 in Locarno, Switzerland. This year at the festival was noteworthy for its political films and documentaries, including The Hunting of the President and Control Room which juxtaposed media coverage of the Iraq war between American new agencies and Al Jazeera. Journalist Carl Bernstein attended the Control Room screening and participated in the panel discussion that followed.
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2005 — Helios Airways Flight 522
Helios Airways Flight 522 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Larnaca, Cyprus, to Prague, Czech Republic, with a stopover in Athens, Greece, operated by a Boeing 737-300. Shortly after takeoff on 14 August 2005, Nicosia air traffic control (ATC) lost contact with the pilots operating the flight; it eventually crashed near Grammatiko, Greece. All 121 passengers and crew on board were killed.
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2005 — 2005 Christy Ring Cup final
The 2005 Christy Ring Cup final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 14 August 2005 to determine the winners of the 2005 Christy Ring Cup, the inaugural season of the Christy Ring Cup, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the second tier hurling teams. The final was contested by Westmeath of Leinster and Down of Ulster, with Westmeath winning by 1–23 to 2–18.
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2006 — Chencholai bombing
The Chencholai bombing (also spelled Sencholai) took place on 14 August 2006 when the Sri Lankan Air Force bombed a Tamil orphanage in Mullaitivu, northern Sri Lanka, killing 61 girls aged 16 to 18. The Sri Lankan government claimed it was an LTTE rebel training camp. The LTTE, UNICEF, Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission and University Teachers for Human Rights all stated those in the compound were not LTTE cadres.
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2006 — Battle of Ayta ash-Sha'b
The Battle of Ayta ash-Sha'b took place during the 2006 Lebanon War, when the Israel Defense Forces and the Islamic Resistance, the armed wing of Hezbollah, fought over the town of Ayta ash-Sha'b in southern Lebanon. The fighting started with the 2006 Hezbollah cross-border raid. After a failed Israeli incursion immediately after the cross-border raid, the town was subjected to two and a half weeks of intense bombardment by air and artillery.
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2006 — A UN-brokered cessation of hostilities takes effect in the Lebanon War
On August 14, 2006, a United Nations-brokered cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah took effect. The Security Council had adopted Resolution 1701 three days earlier.
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2006 — 2006 President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic election
Election of the President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic was held in June, July and August 2006. Chamber of Deputies was unable to elect new President for 2 months. Miloslav Vlček was eventually elected the new President. Vlček was considered a provisory President but remained in the position whole term.
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2007 — Qahtaniyah bombings
The Qahtaniyah bombings occurred on 14 August 2007, when four coordinated suicide car bomb attacks detonated in the Yazidi towns of Til Ezer (al-Qahtaniyah) and Siba Sheikh Khidir (al-Jazirah), in northern Iraq. 796 people were killed and at least 1,500 others were wounded, making it the Iraq War's deadliest car bomb attack.
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2008 — Liu Zige sets a world record to win Olympic butterfly gold
Liu Zige won the Olympic women’s 200-metre butterfly final at Beijing’s National Aquatics Center in a world-record 2:04.18. Fellow Chinese swimmer Jiao Liuyang took silver.
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2010 — Verano de Escándalo (2010)
Verano de Escándalo (2010) was a major professional wrestling event produced by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), which took place on August 14, 2010. It was originally scheduled to take place at Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico but due to Nuevo León suffering damage from Hurricane Alex the show was moved to Plaza de Toros la Concordia in Orizaba, Veracruz. The show was the 14th show promoted under the Verano de Escándalo name. The title is Spanish for "Summer of Scandal" and has been AAA's annual summer show since 1997.
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2010 — 63rd Locarno Film Festival
The 63rd Locarno Film Festival was held from 4 to 14 August 2010 in Locarno, Switzerland. The festival featured 40 world premieres, of which half were from first time directors. The opening film of the festival was the world premiere of Benoît Jacquot’s film Au Fond Des Bois (Deep in the Woods). The closing film of the festival was the world premiere of Sommervogel (Little Paradise) directed by Paul Riniker.
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2011 — Bloodymania 5
Bloodymania 5 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by Juggalo Championship Wrestling (JCW), which was only available online. It took place on August 14, 2011 at Hog Rock in Cave-In-Rock, Illinois. Professional wrestling is a type of sports entertainment in which theatrical events are combined with a competitive sport. The buildup to the matches and the scenarios that took place before, during, and after the event, were planned by JCW's script writers. The event starred wrestlers from Juggalo Championship Wrestling's bi-weekly internet wrestling show. Nine matches were held on the event's card.
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2011 — SummerSlam (2011)
SummerSlam (2011) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by WWE that took place on August 14, 2011. It was the twenty-fourth annual SummerSlam event and the third consecutive SummerSlam at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. This was also the last WWE pay-per-view where Raw and Smackdown would be brands. Six matches were scheduled for the event, with a seventh was added during the show when Alberto Del Rio cashed in his "Money in the Bank" briefcase and defeated CM Punk. SummerSlam attracted a sellout crowd of 17,404 fans at Staples Center in Los Angeles, grossing more than $1 million, marking the highest grossing SummerSlam held at Staples Center.
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2011 — UFC Live: Hardy vs. Lytle
UFC Live: Hardy vs. Lytle (also known as UFC on Versus 5) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 14, 2011, at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The event was the first that the UFC has hosted in Wisconsin. The event was broadcast on Rogers Sportsnet and Versus.
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2011 — Operation Eagle
Operation Eagle (Arabic: عملية نسر) was an Egyptian military campaign in the Sinai Peninsula, that was launched in August 2011 to confront the Sinai insurgency. The campaign was aimed against Islamist insurgents, who had been attacking the Egyptian security forces in the Sinai and using the area as a base from which to attack Israel since early 2011.
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2012 — 2012 Miami-Dade County mayoral election
The 2012 Miami-Dade County mayoral election took place on August 14, 2012. Incumbent Mayor Carlos A. Giménez defeated County Commissioner Joe Martinez with over 50% of the vote, avoiding a November 6 runoff. The election was officially nonpartisan.
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2012 — 2012 Volusia County Chair election
The 2012 Volusia County Chair election was held on November 6, 2012, following a primary election on August 14, 2012, to elect the Volusia County chair. Incumbent County Chair Frank Bruno was term-limited and could not seek a third consecutive term. Three candidates ran to succeed him: County Councilman Carl Persis, U.S. Army veteran Jason Davis, and school board attorney Ted Doran.
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2013 — Rabaa massacre
On 14 August 2013, the Egyptian police and to a lesser extent the armed forces, under the command of then-Defense Minister Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, used lethal force to clear two camps of protesters in Cairo. Estimates of those killed vary from 600 to 2,600. For six weeks, the two sites, at Rabaa al-Adawiya Square and al-Nahda Square, had been occupied by supporters of President Mohamed Morsi, who had been overthrown by a military coup the prior month following mass protests against his rule.
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2013 — UPS Airlines Flight 1354
UPS Airlines Flight 1354 was a scheduled cargo flight from Louisville, Kentucky, to Birmingham, Alabama. On August 14, 2013, the Airbus A300 flying the route crashed and burst into flames short of the runway on approach to Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport. Both pilots were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. They were the only people aboard the aircraft. It was the second fatal air crash for UPS Airlines.
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2014 — Battle of Al-Malihah
The Battle of Al-Malihah took place in the Rif Dimashq Governorate during the Syrian Civil War.
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2015 — The United States raises its flag at its embassy in Havana
On August 14, 2015, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry attended a flag-raising ceremony at the U.S. Embassy in Havana. The embassy had resumed operations on July 20, when diplomatic relations were restored.
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2016 — 2016 DFL-Supercup
The 2016 DFL-Supercup was the seventh edition of the German Super Cup under the name DFL-Supercup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal competitions. The match was played on 14 August 2016 at the Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund.
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2017 — 2017 Timbuktu attack
On August 14, 2017, jihadists from Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin attacked a MINUSMA base in Timbuktu, Mali.
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2017 — 2017 Jobar offensive
The 2017 Jobar offensive was a military operation launched by the Syrian Arab Armed Forces and allies against rebel positions in the eastern outskirts of Damascus city, mainly the neighbourhood of Jobar and Ayn Tarma.
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2018 — The collapse of the Ponte Morandi bridge in Genoa, Italy, left 16 people injured and 43 people killed
On 14 August 2018, around 11:36 CEST (09:36 UTC) a section of the Ponte Morandi (English: Morandi Bridge) in Genoa, Liguria, Italy, collapsed during a rainstorm, killing forty-three people. The remains were demolished in June 2019. The replacement bridge, the Genoa-Saint George Bridge was inaugurated a year later.
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2019 — 2019 UEFA Super Cup
The 2019 UEFA Super Cup was the 44th edition of the UEFA Super Cup, an annual football match organised by UEFA and contested by the reigning champions of the two main European club competitions, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The match featured two English sides, Liverpool, the winners of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League, and Chelsea, the winners of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League. The match was played at Vodafone Park in Istanbul, Turkey on 14 August 2019.
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2019 — 2019 Campeones Cup
The 2019 Campeones Cup was the second edition of the Campeones Cup, an annual North American football match contested between the champions of the previous Major League Soccer season and the winner of the Campeón de Campeones from Liga MX. The match featured Atlanta United FC, winners of the 2018 MLS Cup, and América, winners of the 2019 Campeón de Campeones. Atlanta United hosted the match at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, on August 14, 2019.
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2020 — FC Barcelona 2–8 FC Bayern Munich
FC Barcelona 2 – 8 FC Bayern Munich was the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League quarter-final match between Barcelona and Bayern Munich played on 14 August 2020 at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal. Bayern, who later went on to win the competition, defeated Barcelona 8–2. It marked the first time the club had conceded eight goals in a game since 1946, when they lost 8–0 to Sevilla in the 1946 Copa del Generalísimo.
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2020 — Impact Wrestling tapes its first Emergence special
On August 14, 2020, Impact Wrestling taped the first Emergence special at Skyway Studios in Nashville. The event aired in two parts on August 18 and 25.
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2021 — 2021 Finns Party leadership election
The 2021 Finns Party leadership election (Finnish: Perussuomalaisten puheenjohtajavaalit 2021) was held in Jyväskylä, Finland, on 14 August 2021. All members of the party who had paid their subscription were allowed to vote in the election. In June 2021, the incumbent party chair, Jussi Halla-aho, who had led the party since 2017, informed that he would not run for re-election as chairman of the party, but would continue his role in parliament and his municipality.
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2021 — 2021 Haiti earthquake
At 08:29:09 EDT on 14 August 2021, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck the Tiburon Peninsula of southern Haiti. It had a 10-kilometre-deep (6.2 mi) hypocenter near Petit-Trou-de-Nippes, approximately 150 kilometres (93 mi) west of the capital, Port-au-Prince. Tsunami warnings were briefly issued for the Haitian coast. At least 2,248 people were confirmed killed as of 1 September 2021 and more than 12,200 injured, mostly in the Sud Department.
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2021 — 74th Locarno Film Festival
The 74th annual Locarno Festival was held from 4 August to 14 August 2021 in Locarno, Switzerland. The opening film of the festival was Beckett by Ferdinando Cito Filomarino, which had its world premiere on 4 August. The 74th edition of Locarno Film Festival hosted 14 films including 7 world premieres in Piazza Grande among which half were European productions.
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2022 — 2022 Yerevan explosion
On 14 August 2022, at 13:23 local time, a large explosion took place in the Surmalu shopping centre in the Armenian capital of Yerevan. It caused widespread destruction and fire, leaving dozens of dead and injured. The explosion killed 16 people and injured 63, with nine missing as of 20 August.
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2022 — The first Alpha Show takes place in Tirana
Albanian rapper Noizy hosted the first Alpha Show concert at Mother Teresa Square in Tirana. Artists from Albania and abroad performed.
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2023 — 2023 Trinidadian local elections
The 2023 Trinidadian local elections were held on Monday, August 14, 2023, across all 41 electoral districts in Trinidad's 14 municipal corporation electoral areas. Both parties won control of seven of the 14 corporations. The elections follow a 3-2 ruling on May 18, 2023, from the United Kingdom's Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago's highest court of appeal, which stated that the government's one-year extension of the mandate of councillors and alderman was unlawful.
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2024 — 2024 UEFA Super Cup
The 2024 UEFA Super Cup was the 49th edition of the UEFA Super Cup, an annual football match organised by UEFA and contested by the reigning champions of the top two European club competitions, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. It was played at the National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland, on 14 August 2024.
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2024 — 2024 Kiribati parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Kiribati in 2024 to elect members of the Maneaba ni Maungatabu, with the first round held on 14 August and the second on 19 August.
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