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.
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August 14: Krishna Janmashtami (Hinduism, 2009); Independence Day in Pakistan
 "The Lost Chord", 1888 recording
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- 1385 – Forces under John I defeated the Castilians in the Battle of Aljubarrota, ending the 1383–1385 Crisis in Portugal.
- 1842 – American Indian Wars: United States general William Jenkins Worth declared the Second Seminole War to be over.
- 1888 – A recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's The Lost Chord (audio clip right), one of the first recordings of music ever made, was played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London.
- 1994 – Leftist revolutionary and mercenary Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, known as Carlos the Jackal, was handed over to French agents by his own bodyguards.
- 2005 – Helios Airways Flight 522 crashed into a mountain north of Marathon and Varnava, Greece, killing all 121 on board.
- 2006 – The United Nations brokered a ceasefire in the Lebanon War between Lebanon and Israel.