August 14
1848 - The Oregon Territory was created.
1900 - International forces entered Beijing, China, in an effort to suppress the anti-foreign uprising known as the Boxer Rebellion.
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 surrendered to the United States, bringing an end to World War II.
1947 - Pakistan became independent of British rule.
1951 - Newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst died in Beverly Hills, California.
1973 - U.S. bombing of Cambodia came to a halt.
1980 - Actress-model Dorothy Stratten, age 20, was shot to death by her estranged husband and manager, Paul Snider, who then killed himself.
1995 - Shannon Faulkner became the first female cadet at The Citadel, the state military college of South Carolina. (However, Faulkner quit school less than a week later, citing the stress of her court fight and her isolation among the male cadets.)
1997 - Timothy McVeigh was sentenced to death for the Oklahoma City bombing. (He was executed in 2001.)
2003 - The largest blackout in North American history struck the northeast. The blackout, caused by a software glitch, left more than 55 million without power.
2009 - Charles Manson follower Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, age 60, convicted of trying to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975, was released from a Texas prison hospital after more than three decades behind bars.
2012 - Vice President Joe Biden sparked a campaign commotion, telling an audience in southern Virginia that included hundreds of Black voters that Republican Mitt Romney wanted to put them “back in chains” by deregulating Wall Street. (Biden later mocked Republican criticism over the remark while conceding he’d meant to use different words.)
2017 - Under pressure from right and left, President Donald Trump condemned white supremacist groups by name, declaring them to be “repugnant to everything that we hold dear as Americans.”
2017 - A jury in Denver, siding with pop star Taylor Swift, ordered a fired radio DJ to pay her a symbolic $1 after concluding that he had groped her.
2021 - A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, turning thousands of structures into rubble; the quake left more than 2,200 people dead and injured more than 12,000 others.
2021 - President Joe Biden authorized an additional 1,000 U.S. troops for deployment to Afghanistan to ensure what he called an “orderly and safe drawdown” of American and allied personnel.
Birthdays
25 - Paige Turley (reality star)
32 - Miranda Rae Mayo (actress)
35 - Tim Tebow (football player)
39 - Lamorne Morris (actor)
39 - Mila Kunis (actress)
41 - Kofi Kingston (basketball player)
48 - Christopher Gorham (actor)
51 - Scott Michael Campbell (actor)
54 - Catherine Bell (actress)
54 - Ben Bass (actor)
56 - Halle Berry (actress)
61 - Susan Olsen (actress)
62 - Sarah Brightman (singer)
63 - Earvin "Magic" Johnson (basketball player)
63 - Marcia Gay Harden (actress)
66 - Jackee Harry (actress)
71 - Carl Lumbly (actor)
72 - Gary Larson (cartoonist)
75 - Danielle Steel (author)
76 - Susan Saint James (actress)
76 - Antonio Fargas (actor)
77 - Steve Martin (actor/comedian)
81 - Connie Smith (singer)
81 - David Crosby (singer)
87 - John Brodie (football player)
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Today in Sports History - August 14
1932 - Brooklyn Dodgers reliever John Quinn, 49, becomes oldest pitcher to win a MLB game in a 2-1, 10th inning victory over NY Giants at the Polo Grounds
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.
1948 - The Summer Olympics ended in London; they were the first Summer Games held since 1936.
1959 - The first meeting was held to organize the American Football League.
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 career hit.
1986 - Pete Rose (Cincinnati Reds) had his 4,256th and last basehit in a game against the San Francisco Giants.
1987 - Mark McGwire set the record for home runs by a rookie when he connected for his 49th home run of the season.
1993 - The New York Yankees retire Reggie Jackson's #44.
2016 - At the Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt became the first man to win the 100 meter dash three times.
2021 - Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Tyler Gilbert throws a no-hitter in his MLB debut, defeating San Diego Padres, 7-0 in Phoenix; record equalling 8th no-hitter of the season
1848 - The Oregon Territory was created.
1900 - International forces entered Beijing, China, in an effort to suppress the anti-foreign uprising known as the Boxer Rebellion.
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 surrendered to the United States, bringing an end to World War II.
1947 - Pakistan became independent of British rule.
1951 - Newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst died in Beverly Hills, California.
1973 - U.S. bombing of Cambodia came to a halt.
1980 - Actress-model Dorothy Stratten, age 20, was shot to death by her estranged husband and manager, Paul Snider, who then killed himself.
1995 - Shannon Faulkner became the first female cadet at The Citadel, the state military college of South Carolina. (However, Faulkner quit school less than a week later, citing the stress of her court fight and her isolation among the male cadets.)
1997 - Timothy McVeigh was sentenced to death for the Oklahoma City bombing. (He was executed in 2001.)
2003 - The largest blackout in North American history struck the northeast. The blackout, caused by a software glitch, left more than 55 million without power.
2009 - Charles Manson follower Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, age 60, convicted of trying to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975, was released from a Texas prison hospital after more than three decades behind bars.
2012 - Vice President Joe Biden sparked a campaign commotion, telling an audience in southern Virginia that included hundreds of Black voters that Republican Mitt Romney wanted to put them “back in chains” by deregulating Wall Street. (Biden later mocked Republican criticism over the remark while conceding he’d meant to use different words.)
2017 - Under pressure from right and left, President Donald Trump condemned white supremacist groups by name, declaring them to be “repugnant to everything that we hold dear as Americans.”
2017 - A jury in Denver, siding with pop star Taylor Swift, ordered a fired radio DJ to pay her a symbolic $1 after concluding that he had groped her.
2021 - A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, turning thousands of structures into rubble; the quake left more than 2,200 people dead and injured more than 12,000 others.
2021 - President Joe Biden authorized an additional 1,000 U.S. troops for deployment to Afghanistan to ensure what he called an “orderly and safe drawdown” of American and allied personnel.
Birthdays
25 - Paige Turley (reality star)
32 - Miranda Rae Mayo (actress)
35 - Tim Tebow (football player)
39 - Lamorne Morris (actor)
39 - Mila Kunis (actress)
41 - Kofi Kingston (basketball player)
48 - Christopher Gorham (actor)
51 - Scott Michael Campbell (actor)
54 - Catherine Bell (actress)
54 - Ben Bass (actor)
56 - Halle Berry (actress)
61 - Susan Olsen (actress)
62 - Sarah Brightman (singer)
63 - Earvin "Magic" Johnson (basketball player)
63 - Marcia Gay Harden (actress)
66 - Jackee Harry (actress)
71 - Carl Lumbly (actor)
72 - Gary Larson (cartoonist)
75 - Danielle Steel (author)
76 - Susan Saint James (actress)
76 - Antonio Fargas (actor)
77 - Steve Martin (actor/comedian)
81 - Connie Smith (singer)
81 - David Crosby (singer)
87 - John Brodie (football player)
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Today in Sports History - August 14
1932 - Brooklyn Dodgers reliever John Quinn, 49, becomes oldest pitcher to win a MLB game in a 2-1, 10th inning victory over NY Giants at the Polo Grounds
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.
1948 - The Summer Olympics ended in London; they were the first Summer Games held since 1936.
1959 - The first meeting was held to organize the American Football League.
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 career hit.
1986 - Pete Rose (Cincinnati Reds) had his 4,256th and last basehit in a game against the San Francisco Giants.
1987 - Mark McGwire set the record for home runs by a rookie when he connected for his 49th home run of the season.
1993 - The New York Yankees retire Reggie Jackson's #44.
2016 - At the Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt became the first man to win the 100 meter dash three times.
2021 - Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Tyler Gilbert throws a no-hitter in his MLB debut, defeating San Diego Padres, 7-0 in Phoenix; record equalling 8th no-hitter of the season
