August 14th, 1040

Born on August 14th, 1040

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 359,000 days old!

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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 14th, 1040?

August 14th, 1040

King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_I_of_Scotland

What else happened on August 14th?

August 14th, 2018

The Ponte Morandi bridge collapsed in Genoa, Italy, killing 43 people.

August 14th, 2013

Security forces raided two camps of supporters of the ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi in Cairo, leading to the deaths of at least 595 civilians.

August 14th, 2010

The inaugural edition of the Youth Olympic Games opened in Singapore for athletes aged between 14 and 18.

August 14th, 2005

Helios Airways Flight 522 crashed into a mountain north of Marathon, Greece, killing all 121 people on board.

August 14th, 1975

The Rocky Horror Picture Show premiered in London, the first in its record-breaking run in cinemas, which continues in limited release.

August 14th, 1971

The English rock band the Who released Who's Next, the group's only album to top the UK charts.

August 14th, 1941

After a secret meeting in Newfoundland, British prime minister Winston Churchill and U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt (both pictured) issued the Atlantic Charter, establishing a vision for a post–World War II world.

August 14th, 1888

One of the first recordings of music, of Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord" , was played at a press conference in London to introduce Thomas Edison's phonograph.

August 14th, 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.

August 14th, 1264

War of Saint Sabas: A Genoese fleet captured or sank most of the ships of a Venetian trade convoy off the Albanian coast.

August 14th, 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.

August 14th, 2022

An explosion destroys a market in Armenia, killing six people and injuring dozens.

August 14th, 2021

A magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes southwestern Haiti, killing at least 2,248 people and causing a humanitarian crisis.

August 14th, 2015

The U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba re-opens after 54 years of being closed when Cuba–United States relations were broken off.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 14th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 14th?

33

Kim Ki-jung

South Korean badminton player

*August 14th, 1990, Dangjin( 당진시)

36

Rosalie Thomass

German actress

*August 14th, 1987, Munich

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

35

Mariana Agathangelou

English badminton player

*August 14th, 1988, Jersey

52

Raoul Bova

Italian actor

*August 14th, 1971, Rome

54

Maj Helen Sorkmo

Norwegian cross-country skier

*August 14th, 1969, Os Municipality

40

Mila Kunis

Ukrainian-American actress

*August 14th, 1983, Chernivtsi

31

Rezo

German YouTube personality, columnist, musician and entrepreneur

*August 14th, 1992, Wuppertal

42

Anna Carina

Peruvian musician

*August 14th, 1981, Lima

90

Gisela Richter

British-American art historian and archaeologist (1882–1972)

*August 14th, 1882, London †December 24th, 1972, Rome

38

Alesia Zaitsava

Badminton player

*August 14th, 1985, Pružany

31

Chris Coles

Badminton player

*August 14th, 1992, Bristol

28

Takuro Hoki

Badminton player

*August 14th, 1995, Yamaguchi Prefecture

74

Atik Jauhari

Badminton player and trainer

*August 14th, 1949, Tangerang

64

Marcia Gay Harden

American actress

*August 14th, 1959, La Jolla

60

Emmanuelle Béart

French film actress

*August 14th, 1963, Gassin

43

Annegret Dietrich

German-Swiss bobsledder

*August 14th, 1980, Zwickau

34

Ander Herrera

Spanish association football player

*August 14th, 1989, Bilbao

63

Sarah Brightman

British singer and actress

*August 14th, 1960, Berkhamsted

57

Halle Berry

American actress

*August 14th, 1966, Cleveland

44

Jamie Parker

British actor

*August 14th, 1979, Middlesbrough

64

Magic Johnson

American basketball player

*August 14th, 1959, Lansing

44

Jérémie Bréchet

French association football player

*August 14th, 1979, Lyon

65

John Galsworthy

English novelist and playwright (1867-1933)

*August 14th, 1867, Kingston upon Thames †January 31st, 1933, London

52

Guia Risari

Italian writer

*August 14th, 1971, Milan

84

Alice Ghostley

American actress

*August 14th, 1923, Vernon County †September 21st, 2007, Studio City

73

Hans Christian Ørsted

Danish physicist and chemist (1777-1851)

*August 14th, 1777, Rudkøbing †March 9th, 1851, Copenhagen

61

James Horner

American film composer and conductor (1953-2015)

*August 14th, 1953, Los Angeles †June 22nd, 2015, Los Padres National Forest

57

John Logie Baird

Scottish inventor, demonstrating the world's first working television

*August 14th, 1888, Helensburgh †June 14th, 1946, Bexhill-on-Sea

42

Yoan Audrin

French rugby union player

*August 14th, 1981, Pézenas

71

Arne Elsholtz

German actor, voice actor and dialogue director

*August 14th, 1944, Pritzwalk †April 26th, 2016, Berlin

36

Jacopo Guarnieri

Italian racing cyclist

*August 14th, 1987, Vizzolo Predabissi

81

Francisco Labastida

Mexican politician

*August 14th, 1942, Los Mochis

56

Erik Gandini

Film director

*August 14th, 1967, Bergamo

78

Wim Wenders

German filmmaker

*August 14th, 1945, Düsseldorf

77

Ernest Thayer

American poet

*August 14th, 1863, Lawrence †August 21st, 1940, Santa Barbara

39

Giorgio Chiellini

Italian association football player

*August 14th, 1984, Pisa

78

Johannes Trojan

Writer and opinion journalist (1837-1915)

*August 14th, 1837, Gdańsk †November 21st, 1915, Rostock

38

Charlotte Kate Fox

American actress

*August 14th, 1985, Santa Fe

33

Wouter Wippert

Dutch road bicycle racer

*August 14th, 1990, Wierden

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 14th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 14th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1040 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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