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August 14: Day of the Week
August 14, 2024 is the 227th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 139 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.
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Here’s the August calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
August 14 Historical Event(s)
1385
Portuguese Crisis of 1383–1385: Battle of Aljubarrota – Portuguese forces commanded by King João I and his general Nuno Álvares Pereira defeat the Castilian army of King Juan I.
1816
the United Kingdom formally annexed the Tristan da Cunha archipelago, ruling them from the Cape Colony in South Africa.
1888
An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan’s “The Lost Chord”, one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison’s phonograph in London.
1916
Romania declares war on Austro-Hungary, joining the Entente in World War I
1933
Loggers cause a forest fire in the Coast Range of Oregon, later known as the first forest fire of the Tillamook Burn. It is extinguished on September 5, after destroying 240,000 acre.
1941
World War II – Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter of war stating postwar aims.
1947
Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
1972
An East German Ilyushin Il-62 crashes during takeoff from East Berlin, killing 156.
1987
All the children held at Kia Lama, a rural property on Lake Eildon, Australia, run by the Santiniketan Park Association, are released after a police raid.
1996
Greek Cypriot refugee Solomos Solomou is murdered by Turkish forces while trying to climb a flagpole in order to remove a Turkish flag from its mast in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus.
Who were born on August 14?
1297
Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348)
1625
François de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695)
1908
Manos Katrakis, Greek actor (d. 1984)
1945
Wim Wenders, German-born film director
1951
Slim Dunlap, American guitarist and singer-songwriter
1956
Jackée Harry, American actress
1957
Peter Costello, Australian politician
1970
Kevin Cadogan, guitarist and songwriter
1981
Julius Jones, American football player
1989
Kyle Turris, Canadian ice hockey player
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