A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on August 14 throughout history.
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During Kublai Khan's second Mongol invasion of Japan, his invading Chinese fleet of 3,500 vessels disappears in a typhoon near the Japanese coast
US Army Colonel Worth declares the Second Seminole War over after nearly seven years; over 3,000 surviving members of the Seminole Nation are forcibly relocated from Florida to Oklahoma, with only about 300 permitted to remain [1]
V-J Day, the Empire of Japan surrenders unconditionally to the Allies, ending World War II (August 15 in Japan and other countries depending on the time zone)
Pakistan gains independence from the United Kingdom
British Army deploys on the streets of Northern Ireland, beginning Operation Banner
17,000 workers strike at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland, beginning the Solidarity movement
BBC's first feature film on TV (The Student of Prague)
"Battle of Brit Pop" rival bands Oasis (Roll with It) and Blur (Country House) release singles on the same day
Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, home of the Indy 500, hosts its first motorized event, a series of motorcycle races
Oakland's Mark McGwire sets the rookie home run record at 39 en route to 49
Frontiersman Daniel Boone (21) weds Rebecca Bryan (17) in Yadkin River, North Carolina
"A Star Is Born" actress Janet Gaynor (32) weds MGM costume designer Adrian (36)
UK Prime Minister Anthony Eden (55) weds UK prime minister's niece Clarissa Spencer-Churchill (32) in a civil ceremony at Caxton Hall, London
British actor Peter O'Toole and Welsh actress Siân Phillips (46) divorce after nearly twenty years of marriage
"Basketball Wives" TV personality Evelyn Lozada divorces NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson (34) due to irretrievably broken marriage only 41 days after getting married
Ravennaa] ; Romagnol: Ravèna, Ravêna) is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy.
Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape the Minamoto clan (Traditional Japanese date: 25th Day of the 7th Month of the 2nd Year of Juei)
Portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota and retain independence
Bishop Frederik of Blankenheim of Utrecht occupies Coevorden
Battle of Domažlice: German imperial army takes flight and flees after hearing the Hussites sing their battle chorale, part of the Hussite Crusades [1]
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.
Spanish explorer de Luna lands in Pensacola Bay, Florida
Publication of Christopher Marlowe's play "Tamburlaine the Great" is recorded by the Stationers' Company of London (likely first performed in 1587)
Dutch Nassau fleet abandons its blockade of the Spanish-held port of Callao near Lima in Peru after three months [1]
Spanish troops occupy Corbie near Amiens
Battle of Mons: French repel William of Orange
The Second Silesian War (German: Zweiter Schlesischer Krieg) was a war between Prussia and Austria that lasted from 1744 to 1745 and confirmed Prussia's control of the region of Silesia (now in...
Oswego is a city in and the county seat of Oswego County, New York, United States. The population was 16,921 at the 2020 census.
Battle of Zorndorf: Prussia defeats Russia, with thousands killed
The siege of Havana was the capture of the Spanish-held city of Havana, Cuba in 1762 as part of the war between the two nations which formed part of the larger Seven Years' War.
Massachusetts colonists challenge British rule by an elm tree (Liberty Tree)
Suriname forbids selling enslaved mothers without their babies
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...
The British warship Pelican attacks and captures US war brigantine Argus
Tristan da Cunha (), colloquially Tristan, is a remote group of volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean.
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai (NYEE) is located at East 14th Street and Second Avenue in lower Manhattan, New York City.
From July 1824 to September 1825, the French Marquis de Lafayette (Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette), the last surviving major general of the American Revolutionary War,...
Dutch King William I expels foreign students
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...
79th NY troops mutiny
Confederate General Joe Wheeler besieges Dalton, Georgia, but withdraws on August 15, 1864
Field & Stream begins publishing
The Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners (Afrikaans for "Society of True Afrikaners") was formed on 14 August 1875 in the town of Paarl by a group of Afrikaans speakers from the current Western Cape...
Prairie View State University is formed
The Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 69), or "An Act to make further provision for the Protection of Women and Girls, the suppression of brothels, and other purposes," was an Act of...
France introduces motor vehicle registration, including a driving test
Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge demonstrates wireless telegraphy (radio) using Morse code at a meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science at Oxford University
Anosimena is a municipality in Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Miandrivazo, which is a part of Menabe Region.
First electric tram in Netherlands (Leidseplein-Brouwersgracht)
The Wright Brothers were the first to achieve sustained, controlled, powered heavier-than-air manned flight in 1903, the longest of four covering 852 feet (260 m).
Ngindo-rebellion killed 5 RC German clergymen in East-Africa
Race riot in Springfield, Illinois; a white mob attacks a Black neighborhood when lynching plans are thwarted by local police, resulting in at least 17 people dying over two days; the event is a catalyst for the formation of the civil rights organization, the National Association for the Advancement
6th International Congress of Esperantists held in Washington, D.C.
General Leconte appointed temporary President of Haiti
2,500 US Marines invade Nicaragua; the US remains until 1925
British transport Royal Edward is sunk by a German U-boat, killing 1,000
World War I, or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
Chicago White Sox outfielder Happy Felsch ties the MLB record with four outfield assists in a game during a 15-6 loss to the Boston Red Sox
The Little Entente was an alliance formed in 1920 and 1921 by Czechoslovakia, Romania and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia from 1929 on) with the purpose of common defense...
People's republic is an official title that is mostly used by current and former communist states, as well as other left-wing governments.
First "old-time" musicians' radio broadcast (Jenkins-WSB Atlanta)
Hetch Hetchy is a valley, reservoir, and water system in California in the United States.
The Front Page is a Broadway comedy about newspaper reporters on the police beat. Written by former Chicago reporters Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, it was first produced in 1928 and has been...
The Jewish Agency for Israel, formerly known as the Jewish Agency for Palestine, is the largest Jewish non-profit organization in the world.
Brooklyn Dodgers reliever Johnny Quinn, 49, becomes the oldest pitcher to win an MLB game in a 2-1, 10th-inning victory over the NY Giants at the Polo Grounds
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.
American swimmers Adolph Kiefer and Al Vande Weghe quinella the 100 m backstroke at the Berlin Olympics
The Second Sino-Japanese War, known in China as the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, was fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan between 1937 and 1945, following a...
Comiskey Park was a ballpark in Chicago, Illinois, located in the Armour Square neighborhood on the near-south side of the city.
During the Pacific War, Allied forces conducted air raids on Japan from 1942 to 1945, causing extensive destruction to the country's cities and killing between 241,000 and 900,000 people.
The March 1949 Syrian coup d'état was a bloodless coup d'état that took place on 30 March.
20th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Detroit 24, All-Stars 10 (93,818 attendees)
1st professional football game in The Netherlands is played between Alkmaar '54 and SC Venlo
The Canadian Football League (CFL; French: Ligue canadienne de football [liɡ kanadjɛn də futbol], LCF) is a professional Canadian football league in Canada.
26th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Baltimore 29, All-Stars 0 (70,000 attendees)
Australian driver Jack Brabham clinches his second consecutive F1 World Drivers' Championship by winning the Portuguese Grand Prix at Boavista
Philadelphia Phillies lose 9-2 to Chicago Cubs for their 17th straight defeat; 11th consecutive time an opposing pitcher throws a complete game against the Phillies
The 2010 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts was a special election held on January 19, 2010, in order to fill the Massachusetts Class I United States Senate seat for the remainder...
Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, and Syria form a common market
The Continental Football League (COFL) was a professional American football minor league that operated in North America from 1965 through 1969.
Cleveland Stadium's first rock concert: The Beatles headline, and fans break through barriers and rush the stage, causing a 30-minute delay while order is restored
The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (French: Forces armées de la république démocratique du Congo, FARDC) are the national military forces responsible for defending the...
The Montreal Expos (French: Les Expos de Montréal) were a Canadian professional baseball team based in Montreal.
City University of New York inaugurates open admissions
Bahrain proclaims independence after 110 years of British rule
The Official Irish Republican Army or Official IRA (OIRA; Irish: Óglaigh na hÉireann) was an Irish republican paramilitary group whose goal was to remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom and...
The United States Gold Reserve Act of January 30, 1934 required that all gold and gold certificates held by the Federal Reserve be surrendered and vested in the sole title of the United States...
King Olav V of Norway opens Svalbard Airport near Longyearbyen, the northernmost airport in the world with scheduled public flights
10,000 Northern Ireland women demonstrate for peace in Belfast
77,691 people see NY Cosmos beat Fort Lauderdale Strikers 8-3 at Giants Stadium
A rainbow is seen in the north of Wales for a three-hour duration
George Foster hits his 8th home run into the red seats at Riverfront
Phillies' Mike Schmidt hits his 300th career home run off New York Met Mike Scott
Atlanta snaps an 11-game losing streak with a 6-5 win over the Padres
Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone suffers a fractured skull from a kick to the head in a fight over a woman in Queens, NYC, and undergoes brain surgery
IBM releases PC DOS version 3.0
Detroit beats Sox 18-6 at Fenway, ending Boston's winning streak at 24
Angel's Luis Polonia is 74th to hit an inside-the-park grand slam
Presidential elections were held in Nigeria on 12 June 1993, the first since the 1983 military coup ended the country's Second Republic.
MLB pitcher Doc Gooden completes substance abuse rehabilitation at the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California
New Zealand wins their third Tri Nations Rugby Series as South Africa edges Australia 10-9 in Cape Town; the All Blacks' only defeat comes in the final round dead rubber, 28-7 against the Wallabies in Sydney
The Northeast blackout of 2003 was a widespread power outage throughout parts of the Northeastern and Midwestern United States, and most parts of the Canadian province of Ontario on Thursday, August...
The Australian women's 4 x 100 m freestyle relay team of Alice Mills, Lisbeth Lenton, Petria Thomas, and Jodie Henry smashes the world record to take gold in 3:35.94 at the Athens Olympics
Coordinated bombings in Yazidi communities in Iraq kill at least 500 people, the second-deadliest terror attack of all time
A popular Chinese 1-2 in the 200 m butterfly at the Beijing Olympics with Liu Zige swimming a world record of 2:04.18 to beat teammate Jiao Liuyang
The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, officially known as the I Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Singapore 2010, were the inaugural edition of the Youth Olympic Games (YOG), an Olympic...
46 people are killed and 80 injured after a series of suicide bombings in Afghanistan
people are killed in violent clashes between police and protesters across Egypt
Most extensive face transplant surgery ever performed on Patrick Hardison by Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez at New York University Langone Medical Center
An all-British final in the men's cycling sprint with Jason Kenny defeating teammate Callum Skinner at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics
An outbreak of cholera began in Yemen in October 2016. The outbreak peaked in 2017 with over 2,000 reported deaths in that year alone.
An ongoing socioeconomic and political crisis began in Venezuela during the presidency of Hugo Chávez and has worsened during the presidency of successor Nicolás Maduro.
"It is raining plastic" survey is published; plastic found in 90% of rain samples taken in Colorado by US Department of the Interior and US Geological Survey
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes southwest Haiti near the city of Les Cayes, killing at least 2,200 people, injuring many more, and destroying 52,000 homes
Fire at Abu Sefein Church in Giza, Egypt, kills 41 people [1]
Former US President Donald Trump and 18 others, including Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows, are indicted by a grand jury in Atlanta on felony charges for attempting to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia [1]
A Swiss Catholic church, Peter’s Chapel in Lucerne, installs an AI Jesus in its confessional for a two-month experiment called "Deus in Machina" [1]
Australia and Vanuatu agree to a US$328 million 10-year deal aimed at strengthening their security and economic ties [1]
Pius VII is born
Doc Holliday, American gambler, gunfighter, and dentist in the american west, known for gambler, gunfighter, and dentist in the american west, was born on 1851-08-14.
Danielle Steel, American author, known for american author, was born on 1948-08-14. Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel is an American writer best known for her romance novels.
Gary Larson, American cartoonist, known for american cartoonist, was born on 1951-08-14.
Francis Ford, American film actor and director, known for american film actor and director, was born on 1881-08-14. Francis Ford was an American film actor, writer and director.
René Goscinny, French comic book writer, known for french comic book writer, was born on 1926-08-14.
Steve Martin, American comedian, actor, musician and writer, known for american comedian, actor, musician and writer, was born on 1946-08-14.
Sarah Brightman, English soprano, known for english soprano, was born on 1961-08-14. Sarah Brightman is an English classical crossover soprano singer and actress.
Halle Berry, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1967-08-14. Halle Maria Berry is an American actress.
Magic Johnson athlete, known for american basketball player and entrepreneur, was born on 1960-08-14. Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. is an American businessman and former professional basketball player.
Ravennaa] ; Romagnol: Ravèna, Ravêna) is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy.
Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape the Minamoto clan (Traditional Japanese date: 25th Day of the 7th Month of the 2nd Year of Juei)
During Kublai Khan's second Mongol invasion of Japan, his invading Chinese fleet of 3,500 vessels disappears in a typhoon near the Japanese coast
Portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota and retain independence
Bishop Frederik of Blankenheim of Utrecht occupies Coevorden
Battle of Domažlice: German imperial army takes flight and flees after hearing the Hussites sing their battle chorale, part of the Hussite Crusades [1]
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.
Spanish explorer de Luna lands in Pensacola Bay, Florida
Publication of Christopher Marlowe's play "Tamburlaine the Great" is recorded by the Stationers' Company of London (likely first performed in 1587)
Dutch Nassau fleet abandons its blockade of the Spanish-held port of Callao near Lima in Peru after three months [1]
Spanish troops occupy Corbie near Amiens
Battle of Mons: French repel William of Orange
Pius VII is born
The Second Silesian War (German: Zweiter Schlesischer Krieg) was a war between Prussia and Austria that lasted from 1744 to 1745 and confirmed Prussia's control of the region of Silesia (now in...
Frontiersman Daniel Boone (21) weds Rebecca Bryan (17) in Yadkin River, North Carolina
Oswego is a city in and the county seat of Oswego County, New York, United States. The population was 16,921 at the 2020 census.
Battle of Zorndorf: Prussia defeats Russia, with thousands killed
The siege of Havana was the capture of the Spanish-held city of Havana, Cuba in 1762 as part of the war between the two nations which formed part of the larger Seven Years' War.
Massachusetts colonists challenge British rule by an elm tree (Liberty Tree)
Suriname forbids selling enslaved mothers without their babies
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...
The British warship Pelican attacks and captures US war brigantine Argus
Tristan da Cunha (), colloquially Tristan, is a remote group of volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean.
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai (NYEE) is located at East 14th Street and Second Avenue in lower Manhattan, New York City.
From July 1824 to September 1825, the French Marquis de Lafayette (Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette), the last surviving major general of the American Revolutionary War,...
Dutch King William I expels foreign students
US Army Colonel Worth declares the Second Seminole War over after nearly seven years; over 3,000 surviving members of the Seminole Nation are forcibly relocated from Florida to Oklahoma, with only about 300 permitted to remain [1]
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...
Doc Holliday, American gambler, gunfighter, and dentist in the american west, known for gambler, gunfighter, and dentist in the american west, was born on 1851-08-14.
79th NY troops mutiny
Confederate General Joe Wheeler besieges Dalton, Georgia, but withdraws on August 15, 1864
Field & Stream begins publishing
The Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners (Afrikaans for "Society of True Afrikaners") was formed on 14 August 1875 in the town of Paarl by a group of Afrikaans speakers from the current Western Cape...
Prairie View State University is formed
Francis Ford, American film actor and director, known for american film actor and director, was born on 1881-08-14. Francis Ford was an American film actor, writer and director.
The Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 69), or "An Act to make further provision for the Protection of Women and Girls, the suppression of brothels, and other purposes," was an Act of...
Charles Crocker dies
France introduces motor vehicle registration, including a driving test
Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge demonstrates wireless telegraphy (radio) using Morse code at a meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science at Oxford University
Anosimena is a municipality in Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Miandrivazo, which is a part of Menabe Region.
First electric tram in Netherlands (Leidseplein-Brouwersgracht)
The Wright Brothers were the first to achieve sustained, controlled, powered heavier-than-air manned flight in 1903, the longest of four covering 852 feet (260 m).
Ngindo-rebellion killed 5 RC German clergymen in East-Africa
Race riot in Springfield, Illinois; a white mob attacks a Black neighborhood when lynching plans are thwarted by local police, resulting in at least 17 people dying over two days; the event is a catalyst for the formation of the civil rights organization, the National Association for the Advancement
Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, home of the Indy 500, hosts its first motorized event, a series of motorcycle races
6th International Congress of Esperantists held in Washington, D.C.
General Leconte appointed temporary President of Haiti
2,500 US Marines invade Nicaragua; the US remains until 1925
British transport Royal Edward is sunk by a German U-boat, killing 1,000
World War I, or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
Chicago White Sox outfielder Happy Felsch ties the MLB record with four outfield assists in a game during a 15-6 loss to the Boston Red Sox
The Little Entente was an alliance formed in 1920 and 1921 by Czechoslovakia, Romania and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (Yugoslavia from 1929 on) with the purpose of common defense...
People's republic is an official title that is mostly used by current and former communist states, as well as other left-wing governments.
First "old-time" musicians' radio broadcast (Jenkins-WSB Atlanta)
Hetch Hetchy is a valley, reservoir, and water system in California in the United States.
René Goscinny, French comic book writer, known for french comic book writer, was born on 1926-08-14.
The Front Page is a Broadway comedy about newspaper reporters on the police beat. Written by former Chicago reporters Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, it was first produced in 1928 and has been...
The Jewish Agency for Israel, formerly known as the Jewish Agency for Palestine, is the largest Jewish non-profit organization in the world.
Brooklyn Dodgers reliever Johnny Quinn, 49, becomes the oldest pitcher to win an MLB game in a 2-1, 10th-inning victory over the NY Giants at the Polo Grounds
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.
American swimmers Adolph Kiefer and Al Vande Weghe quinella the 100 m backstroke at the Berlin Olympics
The Second Sino-Japanese War, known in China as the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, was fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan between 1937 and 1945, following a...
BBC's first feature film on TV (The Student of Prague)
"A Star Is Born" actress Janet Gaynor (32) weds MGM costume designer Adrian (36)
Comiskey Park was a ballpark in Chicago, Illinois, located in the Armour Square neighborhood on the near-south side of the city.
During the Pacific War, Allied forces conducted air raids on Japan from 1942 to 1945, causing extensive destruction to the country's cities and killing between 241,000 and 900,000 people.
V-J Day, the Empire of Japan surrenders unconditionally to the Allies, ending World War II (August 15 in Japan and other countries depending on the time zone)
Steve Martin, American comedian, actor, musician and writer, known for american comedian, actor, musician and writer, was born on 1946-08-14.
Pakistan gains independence from the United Kingdom
Danielle Steel, American author, known for american author, was born on 1948-08-14. Danielle Fernandes Dominique Schuelein-Steel is an American writer best known for her romance novels.
The March 1949 Syrian coup d'état was a bloodless coup d'état that took place on 30 March.
Gary Larson, American cartoonist, known for american cartoonist, was born on 1951-08-14.
UK Prime Minister Anthony Eden (55) weds UK prime minister's niece Clarissa Spencer-Churchill (32) in a civil ceremony at Caxton Hall, London
20th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Detroit 24, All-Stars 10 (93,818 attendees)
1st professional football game in The Netherlands is played between Alkmaar '54 and SC Venlo
The Canadian Football League (CFL; French: Ligue canadienne de football [liɡ kanadjɛn də futbol], LCF) is a professional Canadian football league in Canada.
Frédéric Joliot-Curie, French chemist and physicist, known for french chemist and physicist, died on 1958-08-14.
26th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Baltimore 29, All-Stars 0 (70,000 attendees)
Australian driver Jack Brabham clinches his second consecutive F1 World Drivers' Championship by winning the Portuguese Grand Prix at Boavista
Magic Johnson athlete, known for american basketball player and entrepreneur, was born on 1960-08-14. Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. is an American businessman and former professional basketball player.
Philadelphia Phillies lose 9-2 to Chicago Cubs for their 17th straight defeat; 11th consecutive time an opposing pitcher throws a complete game against the Phillies
Sarah Brightman, English soprano, known for english soprano, was born on 1961-08-14. Sarah Brightman is an English classical crossover soprano singer and actress.
The 2010 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts was a special election held on January 19, 2010, in order to fill the Massachusetts Class I United States Senate seat for the remainder...
Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, and Syria form a common market
The Continental Football League (COFL) was a professional American football minor league that operated in North America from 1965 through 1969.
Cleveland Stadium's first rock concert: The Beatles headline, and fans break through barriers and rush the stage, causing a 30-minute delay while order is restored
The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (French: Forces armées de la république démocratique du Congo, FARDC) are the national military forces responsible for defending the...
Halle Berry, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1967-08-14. Halle Maria Berry is an American actress.
The Montreal Expos (French: Les Expos de Montréal) were a Canadian professional baseball team based in Montreal.
British Army deploys on the streets of Northern Ireland, beginning Operation Banner
City University of New York inaugurates open admissions
Bahrain proclaims independence after 110 years of British rule
The Official Irish Republican Army or Official IRA (OIRA; Irish: Óglaigh na hÉireann) was an Irish republican paramilitary group whose goal was to remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom and...
The United States Gold Reserve Act of January 30, 1934 required that all gold and gold certificates held by the Federal Reserve be surrendered and vested in the sole title of the United States...
King Olav V of Norway opens Svalbard Airport near Longyearbyen, the northernmost airport in the world with scheduled public flights
10,000 Northern Ireland women demonstrate for peace in Belfast
77,691 people see NY Cosmos beat Fort Lauderdale Strikers 8-3 at Giants Stadium
British actor Peter O'Toole and Welsh actress Siân Phillips (46) divorce after nearly twenty years of marriage
A rainbow is seen in the north of Wales for a three-hour duration
17,000 workers strike at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland, beginning the Solidarity movement
George Foster hits his 8th home run into the red seats at Riverfront
Phillies' Mike Schmidt hits his 300th career home run off New York Met Mike Scott
Atlanta snaps an 11-game losing streak with a 6-5 win over the Padres
Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone suffers a fractured skull from a kick to the head in a fight over a woman in Queens, NYC, and undergoes brain surgery
IBM releases PC DOS version 3.0
Oakland's Mark McGwire sets the rookie home run record at 39 en route to 49
Detroit beats Sox 18-6 at Fenway, ending Boston's winning streak at 24
Angel's Luis Polonia is 74th to hit an inside-the-park grand slam
Presidential elections were held in Nigeria on 12 June 1993, the first since the 1983 military coup ended the country's Second Republic.
MLB pitcher Doc Gooden completes substance abuse rehabilitation at the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California
"Battle of Brit Pop" rival bands Oasis (Roll with It) and Blur (Country House) release singles on the same day
New Zealand wins their third Tri Nations Rugby Series as South Africa edges Australia 10-9 in Cape Town; the All Blacks' only defeat comes in the final round dead rubber, 28-7 against the Wallabies in Sydney
The Northeast blackout of 2003 was a widespread power outage throughout parts of the Northeastern and Midwestern United States, and most parts of the Canadian province of Ontario on Thursday, August...
The Australian women's 4 x 100 m freestyle relay team of Alice Mills, Lisbeth Lenton, Petria Thomas, and Jodie Henry smashes the world record to take gold in 3:35.94 at the Athens Olympics
Coordinated bombings in Yazidi communities in Iraq kill at least 500 people, the second-deadliest terror attack of all time
A popular Chinese 1-2 in the 200 m butterfly at the Beijing Olympics with Liu Zige swimming a world record of 2:04.18 to beat teammate Jiao Liuyang
The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, officially known as the I Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Singapore 2010, were the inaugural edition of the Youth Olympic Games (YOG), an Olympic...
"Basketball Wives" TV personality Evelyn Lozada divorces NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson (34) due to irretrievably broken marriage only 41 days after getting married
46 people are killed and 80 injured after a series of suicide bombings in Afghanistan
people are killed in violent clashes between police and protesters across Egypt
Most extensive face transplant surgery ever performed on Patrick Hardison by Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez at New York University Langone Medical Center
An all-British final in the men's cycling sprint with Jason Kenny defeating teammate Callum Skinner at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics
An outbreak of cholera began in Yemen in October 2016. The outbreak peaked in 2017 with over 2,000 reported deaths in that year alone.
An ongoing socioeconomic and political crisis began in Venezuela during the presidency of Hugo Chávez and has worsened during the presidency of successor Nicolás Maduro.
"It is raining plastic" survey is published; plastic found in 90% of rain samples taken in Colorado by US Department of the Interior and US Geological Survey
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes southwest Haiti near the city of Les Cayes, killing at least 2,200 people, injuring many more, and destroying 52,000 homes
Fire at Abu Sefein Church in Giza, Egypt, kills 41 people [1]
Former US President Donald Trump and 18 others, including Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows, are indicted by a grand jury in Atlanta on felony charges for attempting to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia [1]
A Swiss Catholic church, Peter’s Chapel in Lucerne, installs an AI Jesus in its confessional for a two-month experiment called "Deus in Machina" [1]
Australia and Vanuatu agree to a US$328 million 10-year deal aimed at strengthening their security and economic ties [1]