Summary of the Day ✨ 14 August (14/08)
Former U.S. president Donald Trump faced his fourth indictment of 2023 when he and 18 others were charged in Georgia for attempting to overturn the 2020 election results, while a devastating 7.2 earthquake struck Haiti killing over 2,200 people and causing a humanitarian crisis, and the Ponte Morandi bridge collapsed in Genoa, Italy, resulting in 43 fatalities. In other events of the day, an explosion destroyed an Armenian market killing six people, and the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba re-opened after 54 years of closure following broken diplomatic relations.
Historical Events 📜
- 2023: Former U.S. president Donald Trump is charged in Georgia along with 18 others in attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election in that state, his fourth indictment of 2023.
- 2022: An explosion destroys a market in Armenia, killing six people and injuring dozens.
- 2021: A magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes southwestern Haiti, killing at least 2,248 people and causing a humanitarian crisis.
- 2018: The collapse of the Ponte Morandi bridge in Genoa, Italy, left 16 people injured and 43 people killed.
- 2015: The U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba re-opens after 54 years of being closed when Cuba–United States relations were broken off.
- 2013: Egypt declares a state of emergency as security forces kill hundreds of demonstrators supporting former president Mohamed Morsi.
- 2013: UPS Airlines Flight 1354 crashes short of the runway at Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport, killing both crew members on board.
- 2007: The Kahtaniya bombings kill at least 500 people.
- 2006: Lebanon War: A ceasefire takes effect three days after the United Nations Security Council’s approval of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, formally ending hostilities between Lebanon and Israel.
- 2006: Sri Lankan Civil War: Sixty-one schoolgirls killed in Chencholai bombing by Sri Lanka Air Force air strike.
- 2005: Helios Airways Flight 522, en route from Larnaca, Cyprus to Prague, Czech Republic via Athens, crashes in the hills near Grammatiko, Greece, killing 121 passengers and crew.
- 2003: A widescale power blackout affects the northeast United States and Canada.
- 1996: Greek Cypriot refugee Solomos Solomou is shot and killed by a Turkish security officer while trying to climb a flagpole in order to remove a Turkish flag from its mast in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus.
- 1994: Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, also known as “Carlos the Jackal”, is captured.
- 1980: Lech Wałęsa leads strikes at the Gdańsk, Poland shipyards.
Famous Births 👶
- 2004: Marsai Martin, American actress and producer
- 2000: Johan Rojas, Dominican baseball player
- 1998: Doechii, American rapper
- 1997: Greet Minnen, Belgian tennis player
- 1995: Léolia Jeanjean, French tennis player
- 1994: Maya Jama, British TV presenter.
- 1991: Richard Freitag, German ski jumper
- 1991: Giovanny Gallegos, Mexican baseball player
- 1989: Ander Herrera, Spanish footballer
- 1989: Kyle Turris, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1987: Johnny Gargano, American wrestler
- 1987: David Peralta, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1987: Tim Tebow, American football and baseball player and sportscaster
- 1986: Braian Rodríguez, Uruguayan footballer
- 1985: Christian Gentner, German footballer
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2025: Mike Castle, American politician, 69th Governor of Delaware (born 1939)
- 2024: Gena Rowlands, American actress (born 1930)
- 2023: Delwar Hossain Sayeedi, Bangladeshi Islamic lecturer, politician (born 1940)
- 2021: Michael Aung-Thwin, American historian and scholar of Burmese and Southeast Asian history (born 1946)
- 2020: Julian Bream, English classical guitarist and lutenist (born 1933)
- 2020: Angela Buxton, British tennis player (born 1934)
- 2020: James R. Thompson, American politician, Governor of Illinois (born 1936)
- 2019: Polly Farmer, Australian footballer and coach (born 1935)
- 2018: Jill Janus, American singer (born 1975)
- 2016: Fyvush Finkel, American actor (born 1922)
- 2015: Bob Johnston, American songwriter and producer (born 1932)
- 2014: Leonard Fein, American journalist and academic, co-founded Moment Magazine (born 1934)
- 2014: George V. Hansen, American politician (born 1930)
- 2013: Jack Germond, American journalist and author (born 1928)
- 2012: Vilasrao Deshmukh, Indian lawyer and politician, Chief Minister of Maharashtra (born 1945)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Christian feast day:
Arnold of Soissons - Christian feast day:
Domingo Ibáñez de Erquicia - Christian feast day:
Eusebius of Rome - Christian feast day:
Jonathan Myrick Daniels (Episcopal Church) - Christian feast day:
Maximilian Kolbe - National Navajo Code Talkers Day is a holiday in the United States honoring Navajo code talkers in the military.
- Falklands Day is the celebration of the first sighting of the Falkland Islands by John Davis in 1592.
- Independence Day celebrates the independence of Pakistan from the United Kingdom in 1947.
- Partition Horrors Remembrance Day commemorates the victims and sufferings of people during the Partition of India in 1947.