Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 14
This is a list of selected August 14 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.
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Images
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A depiction of the Battle of Aljubarrota <-too small at 100px -
Osceola, chief of Seminoles -
Roosevelt and Churchill aboard USS Augusta (CA-31) -
Whitehead No. 21 -
John I of Portugal -
Lech Wałęsa -
Cologne Cathedral -
Defeat of the Villasur expedition depicted on buffalo hide
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Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| 1385 – Forces under John I defeated the Castilians in the Battle of Aljubarrota, ending the 1383–1385 Portuguese interregnum. | needs more footnotes |
| 1816 – The United Kingdom formally annexed the Tristan da Cunha archipelago, ruling it from the Cape Colony in South Africa. | too many {{CN}} tags (25) |
| 1880 – Construction of Cologne Cathedral—Germany's most visited landmark—was completed, 632 years after it had begun. | refimprove section |
| 1941 – After a secret meeting in Newfoundland, British prime minister Winston Churchill and U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt issued the Atlantic Charter, establishing a vision for a post–World War II world. | too many citations needed |
| 1947 – The Partition of India: The Dominion of Pakistan was established, carved out of the two Muslim-majority wings in the eastern and northwestern regions of British India. | needs more footnotes |
| 1973 – The current Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan came into effect. | needs more citations |
| 1980 – Lech Wałęsa and colleagues at Gdańsk Shipyard began strike actions, which subsequently led to the founding of the Solidarity movement in Poland. | undue weight |
| 1987 – The Australian Federal Police raided the compound owned by the Santiniketan Park Association and freed a number of children who had been held there illegally. | lead too short |
| 1994 – International fugitive Carlos the Jackal, wanted for a number of terrorist attacks in Europe, was handed over to French agents by Sudanese officials. | refimprove section |
| 2003 – A widescale power blackout occurred in the Northeastern United States and in central Canada, affecting an estimated 55 million people. | multiple issues |
| 2003 – Canadian police made the first arrests of alleged al-Qaeda terrorists as part of Project Thread, but the operation was later determined to have been based on "flimsy evidence and stereotypes". | Refimprove. Too many broken links in the existing references |
| 2006 – The United Nations brokered a ceasefire in the Lebanon War between Lebanon and Israel. | neutrality issues |
| 2009 – The Magna Carta for Women became law, allowing further protection for women in the Philippines. | already featured on January 7 |
| Elsie Leslie (b. 1881) | POTD for 2020 |
Eligible
- 1842 – American Indian Wars: American general William J. Worth declared the Second Seminole War to be over.
- 1901 – Gustave Whitehead allegedly made a successful powered flight of his Number 21 aircraft in Fairfield, Connecticut, U.S.; if true, this predates the Wright brothers by two years.
- 1996 – Greek Cypriot refugee Solomos Solomou was shot to death by Turkish forces while trying to remove a Turkish flag from a flagpole in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus.
- 2005 – Helios Airways Flight 522 crashed into a mountain north of Marathon, Greece, killing all 121 people on board.
- 2007 – Four coordinated suicide bomb attacks detonated in the Yazidi communities of Qahtaniya and Jazeera, Iraq, killing an estimated 796 people and wounding 1,562 others.
- 2013 – Egyptian security forces raided two camps of supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi in Cairo, leading to at least 638 deaths and forcing the government to declare a state of emergency.
- 2018 – The Ponte Morandi bridge collapsed in Genoa, Italy, killing 43 people.
- Born/died: Qian Hongzuo (b. 928) | Pieter Coecke van Aelst (b. 1502) | Doc Holliday (b. 1851) | Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (b. 1892) | Hugh Trumble (d. 1938) | Connie Smith (b. 1941) | Mila Kunis (b. 1983)
Notes
- 2013 Egyptian coup d'état appears on July 3, so Rabaa massacre should not appear in the same year.
- Maurice (emperor) appears on August 13, so Tiberius II should not appear in the same year.
August 14: Independence Day in Pakistan (1947); Eid al-Mubahalah (Shia Islam, 2020)
- 1720 – The Spanish Villasur expedition, intended to slow the progress of French influence on the Great Plains of North America, ended in failure when it was ambushed by Pawnee and Otoe forces.
- 1888 – One of the first music recordings ever made, of Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord" (audio featured), was played at a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London.
- 1975 – The Rocky Horror Picture Show premiered in London, the first in its record-breaking run in cinemas, which continues in limited release.
- 2010 – The inaugural edition of the Youth Olympic Games opened in Singapore for athletes between 14 and 18 years old.
- Badr al-Mu'tadidi (d. 902)
- Charlotte Fowler Wells (b. 1814)
- Bobby Eaton (b. 1958)