What are the important events that happened on August 14? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
August 14: Facts & Myths About This Day
August 14 is the 226th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 139 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 1, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,755,129,600 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaicosahexagon’ day.
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Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 187 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,619 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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August 14 Historical Events
- 1900 –The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
- 1911 –United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye’s death.
- 1935 –United States Social Security Act passes, creating a government pension system for the retired.
- 1967 –UK Marine Broadcasting Offences Act declares participation in offshore pirate radio illegal.
- 1969 –Operation Banner: British troops are deployed in Northern Ireland.
- 1972 –An East German Ilyushin Il-62 crashes during takeoff from East Berlin, killing 156.
- 1973 –The Pakistani Constitution of 1973 comes into effect.
- 2003 –Widescale power blackout in the northeast United States and Canada.
- 2006 –Chencholai bombing in which 61 Tamil girls are killed in Sri Lankan Airforce bombing.
- 2007 –The 2007 Kahtaniya bombings kills at least 796 people.
Who were born on August 14?
- 1625 –François de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695)
- 1851 –Doc Holliday, American gambler and dentist (d. 1887)
- 1866 –Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician (d. 1962)
- 1954 –Stanley McChrystal, American general
- 1956 –Rusty Wallace, American race car driver
- 1959 –Magic Johnson, American basketball player
- 1959 –Marcia Gay Harden, American actress
- 1973 –Jay-Jay Okocha, Nigerian footballer
- 1976 –Steve Braun, Canadian actor
- 1979 –Paul Burgess, Australian athlete
Who died on August 14?
- 582 –Tiberius II Constantine
- 1464 –Pope Pius II (b. 1405)
- 1727 –William Croft, English composer (b. 1678)
- 1943 –Lore Berger, Swiss writer (b. 1921)
- 1955 –Herbert Putnam, American librarian (b. 1861)
- 1965 –Vello Kaaristo, Estonian cross-country skier (b. 1911)
- 1972 –Jules Romains, French author (b. 1885)
- 1981 –Dudley Nourse, South African cricketer (b. 1910)
- 1988 –Robert Calvert, South African singer (Hawkwind) (b. 1945)
- 1994 –Elias Canetti, British-born Austrian novelist (b. 1905)
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