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ÉVéNEMENTS DU 14 AOûT

Cologne Cathedral

Année: 1880

Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.

Vehicle registration plate

Année: 1893

France becomes the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration.

Oregon Territory

Année: 1848

Oregon Territory is organized by act of Congress.

American Indian Wars

Année: 1842

American Indian Wars: Second Seminole War ends, with the Seminoles forced from Florida.

Tristan da Cunha

Année: 1816

The United Kingdom formally annexes the Tristan da Cunha archipelago, administering the islands from the Cape Colony in South Africa.

Battle of Peking (1900)

Année: 1900

Battle of Peking: The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.

Aviation

Année: 1901

The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.

Tannu Uriankhai

Année: 1921

Tannu Uriankhai, later Tuvan People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia).

1920 Summer Olympics

Année: 1920

The 1920 Summer Olympics, having started four months earlier, officially open in Antwerp, Belgium, with the newly adopted Olympic flag and the Olympic oath being raised and taken at the Opening Ceremony for the first time in Olympic history.

Republic of China (1912–1949)

Année: 1917

World War I: The Republic of China, which had heretofore been shipping labourers to Europe to assist in the war effort, officially declares war on the Central Powers, although it will continue to send to Europe labourers instead of combatants for the remaining duration of the war.

NAISSANCES DU 14 AOûT

Buddy Greco

Année de naissance: 1926

Buddy Greco, American singer and pianist (died 2017)

Russell Baker

Année de naissance: 1925

Russell Baker, American critic and essayist (died 2019)

Sverre Fehn

Année de naissance: 1924

Sverre Fehn, Norwegian architect, designed the Hedmark Museum (died 2009)

René Goscinny

Année de naissance: 1926

René Goscinny, French author and illustrator (died 1977)

Lina Wertmüller

Année de naissance: 1928

Lina Wertmüller, Italian director and screenwriter (died 2021)

Earl Weaver

Année de naissance: 1930

Earl Weaver, American baseball player and manager (died 2013)

Giacomo Capuzzi

Année de naissance: 1929

Giacomo Capuzzi, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lodi from 1989 to 2005 (died 2021).

Dick Tiger

Année de naissance: 1929

Dick Tiger, Nigerian boxer (died 1971)

Georges Prêtre

Année de naissance: 1924

Georges Prêtre, French conductor (died 2017)

Alice Ghostley

Année de naissance: 1923

Alice Ghostley, American actress (died 2007)

DéCèS DU 14 AOûT

Konstantin von Neurath

Année de décès: 1956

Konstantin von Neurath, German lawyer and politician, Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1873)

Bertolt Brecht

Année de décès: 1956

Bertolt Brecht, German poet, playwright, and director (born 1898)

Frédéric Joliot-Curie

Année de décès: 1958

Frédéric Joliot-Curie, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1900)

Herbert Putnam

Année de décès: 1955

Herbert Putnam, American lawyer and publisher, Librarian of Congress (born 1861)

Hugo Eckener

Année de décès: 1954

Hugo Eckener, German pilot and airship designer (born 1868)

Joe Kelley

Année de décès: 1943

Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager (born 1871)

Eliška Misáková

Année de décès: 1948

Eliška Misáková, Czech gymnast (born 1926)

William Randolph Hearst

Année de décès: 1951

William Randolph Hearst, American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation (born 1863)

Clifford Odets

Année de décès: 1963

Clifford Odets, American director, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1906)

Johnny Burnette

Année de décès: 1964

Johnny Burnette, American singer-songwriter (born 1934)

JOURS FéRIéS DU 14 AOûT

Code talker

National Navajo Code Talkers Day is a holiday in the United States honoring Navajo code talkers in the military.

Independence Day (Pakistan)

Independence Day celebrates the independence of Pakistan from the United Kingdom in 1947.

Partition Horrors Remembrance Day

Partition Horrors Remembrance Day commemorates the victims and sufferings of people during the Partition of India in 1947.

Arnold of Soissons

Christian feast day: Arnold of Soissons

Maximilian Kolbe

Christian feast day: Maximilian Kolbe

Jonathan Daniels

Christian feast day: Jonathan Myrick Daniels (Episcopal Church)

Domingo Ibáñez de Erquicia

Christian feast day: Domingo Ibáñez de Erquicia

Falklands Day

Falklands Day is the celebration of the first sighting of the Falkland Islands by John Davis in 1592.

Eusebius of Rome

Christian feast day: Eusebius of Rome

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