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August 14
1848 - The Oregon Territory was established.
1900 - International forces entered Beijing, China in an effort to suppress the anti-foreign uprising known as the Boxer Rebellion.
1917 - China declared war on Germany and Austria during World War I.
1935 - The Social Security Act became law.
1941 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issued the Atlantic Charter, a statement of principles that renounced aggression.
1945 - Japan agreed to an unconditional surrender to the United States, bringing World War II to an end.
1947 - Pakistan became independent of British rule.
1951 - Newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst died in Beverly Hills, California.
1969 - British troops arrived in Northern Ireland to intervene in sectarian violence between Protestants and Roman Catholics.
1973 - U.S. bombing of Cambodia came to a halt.
1980 - Workers went on strike at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland - a job action that resulted in the creation of the Solidarity labor movement.
1980 - President Jimmy Carter and Vice President Walter Mondale were nominated for a second term at the Democratic National Convention in New York.
1992 - The White House announced that the Pentagon would begin emergency airlifts of food to Somalia to alleviate mass deaths by starvation.
1995 - Shannon Faulkner became the first female cadet at The Citadel, the state military college of South Carolina. (However, Faulkner quit the school less than a week later, citing the stress of her court fight, and her isolation among the male cadets.)
1996 - The Republican National Convention in San Diego nominated Bob Dole for president and Jack Kemp for vice president.
1997 - Timothy McVeigh was sentenced to death for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
2003 - The largest blackout in North American history hit the Northeast causing more than 50 million people to lose power. The blackout spread due to a software bug in switching equipment.
2006 - Israel halted its offensive against Hezbollah guerrillas as a U.N.-imposed cease-fire went into effect after a month of warfare that killed more than 900 people.
2009 - Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a Charles Manson follower who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975, was released from a Texas prison hospital after more than three decades behind bars.
2015 - The Stars and Stripes rose over the newly reopened U.S. Embassy in Cuba after a half century of often-hostile relations; U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry celebrated the day, but also made an extraordinary, nationally broadcast call for democratic change on the island.
Birthdays
24 - Paige Turley (reality star)
27 - Maya Jama (TV host)
31 - Miranda Rae Mayo (actress)
34 - Tim Tebow (football player)
37 - Princess Love (reality star)
38 - Spencer Pratt (reality star)
38 - Mila Kunis (actress)
40 - Kofi Kingston (professional wrestler)
47 - Christopher Gorham (actor)
49 - Lalanya Masters (actress)
50 - Scott Michael Campbell (actor)
53 - Catherine Bell (actress)
53 - Ben Bass (actor)
55 - Halle Berry (actress)
60 - Susan Olsen (actress)
62 - Magic Johnson (basketball player)
62 - Marcia Gay Harden (actress)
65 - Jackee Harry (actress)
70 - Carl Lumbly (actor)
71 - Gary Larson (cartoonist)
74 - Danielle Steel (author)
75 - Susan Saint James (actress)
75 - Antonio Fargas (actor)
76 - Steve Martin (actor/comedian)
80 - Connie Smith (country singer)
80 - David Crosby (singer)
86 - John Brodie (football player)
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Today in Sports History - August 14
1936 - The first basketball competition for a Gold Medal was held at the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. The U.S. defeated Canada, 19-8.
1937 - The Detroit Tigers and the St. Louis Browns set an American League record for most runs scored combined in a doubleheader with 36.
1959 - The first meeting was held to organize the American Football League.
1961 - The Philadelphia Phillies extended their losing streak to 17 games with a loss to the Chicago Cubs.
1974 - The NFL Players Association ended their seven-week strike.
1977 - The New York Cosmos and the Fort Lauderdale Strikes played a game in front of 77,961 fans at the Meadowlands in New Jersey. It was the largest crowd to witness a soccer game in the United States. The Cosmos beat the Strikers 8-3.
1979 - Lou Brock of the St. Louis Cardinals recorded his 3,000th hit.
1987 - Mark McGwire of the Oakland Athletics sets a rookie home run record at 39, en route to 49 for the year.
1986 - Pete Rose (Cincinnati Reds) had his 4,256th and last basehit in a game against the San Francisco Giants.
1993 - The New York Yankees retire Reggie Jackson's #44.
2016 - At the Rio Olympics, U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte and three teammates reported being robbed at gunpoint; police later said the men were not robbed, and instead vandalized a gas station bathroom. (Lochte was charged with filing a false robbery report, but a Brazilian court dismissed the case.) Usain Bolt of Jamaica became the first person to win three straight Olympic 100-meter titles, blowing down the straightaway in 9.81 seconds.
August 14
1848 - The Oregon Territory was established.
1900 - International forces entered Beijing, China in an effort to suppress the anti-foreign uprising known as the Boxer Rebellion.
1917 - China declared war on Germany and Austria during World War I.
1935 - The Social Security Act became law.
1941 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issued the Atlantic Charter, a statement of principles that renounced aggression.
1945 - Japan agreed to an unconditional surrender to the United States, bringing World War II to an end.
1947 - Pakistan became independent of British rule.
1951 - Newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst died in Beverly Hills, California.
1969 - British troops arrived in Northern Ireland to intervene in sectarian violence between Protestants and Roman Catholics.
1973 - U.S. bombing of Cambodia came to a halt.
1980 - Workers went on strike at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland - a job action that resulted in the creation of the Solidarity labor movement.
1980 - President Jimmy Carter and Vice President Walter Mondale were nominated for a second term at the Democratic National Convention in New York.
1992 - The White House announced that the Pentagon would begin emergency airlifts of food to Somalia to alleviate mass deaths by starvation.
1995 - Shannon Faulkner became the first female cadet at The Citadel, the state military college of South Carolina. (However, Faulkner quit the school less than a week later, citing the stress of her court fight, and her isolation among the male cadets.)
1996 - The Republican National Convention in San Diego nominated Bob Dole for president and Jack Kemp for vice president.
1997 - Timothy McVeigh was sentenced to death for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
2003 - The largest blackout in North American history hit the Northeast causing more than 50 million people to lose power. The blackout spread due to a software bug in switching equipment.
2006 - Israel halted its offensive against Hezbollah guerrillas as a U.N.-imposed cease-fire went into effect after a month of warfare that killed more than 900 people.
2009 - Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a Charles Manson follower who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975, was released from a Texas prison hospital after more than three decades behind bars.
2015 - The Stars and Stripes rose over the newly reopened U.S. Embassy in Cuba after a half century of often-hostile relations; U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry celebrated the day, but also made an extraordinary, nationally broadcast call for democratic change on the island.
Birthdays
24 - Paige Turley (reality star)
27 - Maya Jama (TV host)
31 - Miranda Rae Mayo (actress)
34 - Tim Tebow (football player)
37 - Princess Love (reality star)
38 - Spencer Pratt (reality star)
38 - Mila Kunis (actress)
40 - Kofi Kingston (professional wrestler)
47 - Christopher Gorham (actor)
49 - Lalanya Masters (actress)
50 - Scott Michael Campbell (actor)
53 - Catherine Bell (actress)
53 - Ben Bass (actor)
55 - Halle Berry (actress)
60 - Susan Olsen (actress)
62 - Magic Johnson (basketball player)
62 - Marcia Gay Harden (actress)
65 - Jackee Harry (actress)
70 - Carl Lumbly (actor)
71 - Gary Larson (cartoonist)
74 - Danielle Steel (author)
75 - Susan Saint James (actress)
75 - Antonio Fargas (actor)
76 - Steve Martin (actor/comedian)
80 - Connie Smith (country singer)
80 - David Crosby (singer)
86 - John Brodie (football player)
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Today in Sports History - August 14
1936 - The first basketball competition for a Gold Medal was held at the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. The U.S. defeated Canada, 19-8.
1937 - The Detroit Tigers and the St. Louis Browns set an American League record for most runs scored combined in a doubleheader with 36.
1959 - The first meeting was held to organize the American Football League.
1961 - The Philadelphia Phillies extended their losing streak to 17 games with a loss to the Chicago Cubs.
1974 - The NFL Players Association ended their seven-week strike.
1977 - The New York Cosmos and the Fort Lauderdale Strikes played a game in front of 77,961 fans at the Meadowlands in New Jersey. It was the largest crowd to witness a soccer game in the United States. The Cosmos beat the Strikers 8-3.
1979 - Lou Brock of the St. Louis Cardinals recorded his 3,000th hit.
1987 - Mark McGwire of the Oakland Athletics sets a rookie home run record at 39, en route to 49 for the year.
1986 - Pete Rose (Cincinnati Reds) had his 4,256th and last basehit in a game against the San Francisco Giants.
1993 - The New York Yankees retire Reggie Jackson's #44.
2016 - At the Rio Olympics, U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte and three teammates reported being robbed at gunpoint; police later said the men were not robbed, and instead vandalized a gas station bathroom. (Lochte was charged with filing a false robbery report, but a Brazilian court dismissed the case.) Usain Bolt of Jamaica became the first person to win three straight Olympic 100-meter titles, blowing down the straightaway in 9.81 seconds.
