what interesting events in history happened on august 14?
August 14, 1947 Mildred Babe Didrikson Zaharias gives up amateur status for $300,000 August 14, 1947 Pakistan gains independence from Britain August 14, 1945 V-J Day; Japan surrenders unconditionally to end WW II August 14, 1944 British premier Winston Churchill arrives at Corsica August 14, 1944 Operation Tractable: new Canadian offensive August 14, 1944 Russian offensive at Weichsel August 14, 1943 1st allied air raid on Borneo August 14, 1943 U.S. 45th Division occupies Falcone 40 km outside of Messina August 14, 1942 Dwight D. Eisenhower named commander for invasion of North Africa August 14, 1941 Atlantic Charter signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt and Churchill August 14, 1940 Dutch Premier De Geer vacations in Switzerland August 14, 1939 1st night games at Comiskey Park (White Sox 5, Browns 2) August 14, 1938 BBC’s 1st feature film on TV (Student of Prague) August 14, 1937 China declares war on Japan August 14, 1937 Detroit Tigers score 36 runs in double header vs St. Louis Browns A
Events * 1183 – Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan. (Traditional Japanese date: Twenty-fifth Day of the Seventh Month of the Second Year of Juei). * 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. * 1598 – Nine Years War: Battle of the Yellow Ford – Irish forces under Hugh O’Neill, Earl of Tyrone, defeat an English expeditionary force under Henry Bagenal. * 1842 – Indian Wars: Second Seminole War ends, with the Seminoles forced from Florida to Oklahoma. * 1846 – The Cape Girardeau meteorite, a 2.3 kg chondrite-type meteorite strikes near the town of Cape Girardeau in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. * 1848 – Oregon Territory is organized by Act of U.S. Congress. * 1880 – Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous land
