Historical Events In August - 14

2005  On August - 14 helios Airways Flight 522 crashes into a mountain in Greece, killing 121.   

2006  A UN cease fire takes effect in the 2006 Lebanon War on August - 14.   

2007  On August - 14 at least 22 people are killed, and at least 39 missing, as a bridge collapses in the southeastern province of Hunan, China.   

2007  On this day in history multiple suicide bombings kill 572 people in Qahtaniya, northern Iraq.   

2007  Pakistan marks the 60th anniversary of their independence from the British Empire on this day in history.   

2012  On this day in history 46 people are killed and 80 injured after a series of suicide bombings in Afghanistan   

2013  14 people are killed and 26 are injured by two roadside bombings in Baqubah, Iraq on this day in history.   

2017  US President Donald Trump condemns racist violence at the White House after criticism of his earlier response to Charlottesville violence on this day in history.   

2017  Cholera has now infected more than 500,000 people in Yemen and killed over 2,000 according to the World Health Organisation on August - 14.   

2017  Parliamentary citizenship scandal deepens in Australia after Barnaby Joyce, Deputy PM revealed to be a New Zealand citizen on August - 14.   

2017  On this day in history mudslide and flooding in Freetown, Sierra Leone kills over 500 with 600 missing   

2018  On August - 14 2.3 million estimated Venezuelans have left crisis-hit Venezuela since 2015 according to the UN   

2018  On this day in history italy's Morandi Bridge collapses in Genoa, taking 30 vehicles with it and killing 43   

2018  Pennsylvania grand jury alleges 300 "predator priests" abused over 1000 children over 30 years and Catholic leaders covered it, up after 2-year investigation on this day in history.   

2018  On August - 14 part of the Morandi Bridge collapses after a violent storm in Genoa, Italy, causing 43 fatalities. Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio and transport minister Danilo Toninelli blame private company Autostrade per l'Italia.   

2019  Pakistan PM Imran Khan strongly criticizes India for revoking Kashmir's special status and putting it under lockdown in address in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir on this day in history.   

2019  The Dow Jones plunges more than 500 points, due to concerns over the yield curve inversion on this day in history.   

2021  A 7.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Haiti, killing more than 2,100 people on August - 14.   

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1297  Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348) was born on August - 14.   

1473  On this day in history birth of margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541)   

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

1552  On August - 14 birth of fra Paolo Sarpi, [Paulus Venetus], expert/philosopher   

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

1586  On this day in history birth of william Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642)   

1599  On this day in history birth of méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671)   

1625  On this day in history birth of françois de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695)   

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

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

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

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

1433  Johan I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1573  On this day in history death of saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548)   

1587  Gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1652  On August - 14 abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60