Page 6: Historical Events In August - 14

1933  On August - 14 jimmie Foxx hits for cycle & sets AL record with 9 RBIs   

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

1935  On August - 14 social Security Act became law   

1935  On this day in history social Security Act becomes law   

1936  On August - 14 a train and truck collide at Louiseville Quebec, killing 22.   

1936  On this day in history first Olympic basketball game (Berlin)   

1936  1st Olympic basketball game (Berlin) on this day in history.   

1936  Rainey Bethea, hanged, last US public execution on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history china declares war on Japan   

1937  On this day in history sapper, British soldier/novelist (Bull-Dog Drummond), dies at 48   

1938  On August - 14 bBC's 1st feature film on TV (Student of Prague)   

1938  On this day in history hugh Trumble, cricketer (32 Tests for Australia, 141 wickets), dies   

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

1940  On August - 14 dutch Premier De Geer vacations in Switzerland   

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

1941  Josef Jakobs, German spy, executed in Tower of London on August - 14.   

1942  Dwight D Eisenhower named commander for invasion of North Africa on August - 14.   

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

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

1945  On August - 14 japan surrenders unconditionally to the allies   

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

1946  On August - 14 the birth of Susan St. James, American film actress   

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

1947  On August - 14 india granted independence within British Commonwealth   

1947  On August - 14 pakistan created by the British   

1947  Pakistan gains independence from Britain on August - 14.   

1948  14th Olympic games in London closes on August - 14.   

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

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

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

1956  On August - 14 bertold Brecht, German writer (Mother Courage), dies at 58   

1958  KLM Superconstellation crashes west of Ireland, killing 99 on August - 14.   

1958  On August - 14 big Bill Broonzy, rocker, dies of cancer at 65   

1961  Clarke Ashton Smith, sci-fi author (Lost Worlds), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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1297  On this day in history birth of emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348)   

1473  Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541) was born on August - 14.   

1479  On this day in history birth of princess Catherine of York (d. 1527)   

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

1575  Robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629) was born on August - 14.   

1586  William Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642) was born on this day in history.   

1599  On August - 14 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 August - 14.   

1167  Raynald van Dassel, archbishop of Cologne, dies on this day in history.   

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

1390  On this day in history death of john FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364)   

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

1573  On August - 14 death of saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548)   

1587  On August - 14 gugliemo Gonzaga, composer, dies at 49   

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