August 14th, 1896

Born on August 14th, 1896

Age in days, weeks and months
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What 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, 2007

Four coordinated suicide bomb attacks detonated in the Yazidi communities of Qahtaniya and Jazeera, Iraq, killing a 796 people and wounding 1,562 others.

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

Born on August 14th, 1896

61

Karl Ludwig Diehl

German actor

*August 14th, 1896, Halle (Saale) †March 8th, 1958, Penzberg

84

Theodor Luts

Estonian film director and cinematographer

*August 14th, 1896, Kuremaa †September 24th, 1980, São Paulo

20

Albert Ball

British aviator killed in WWI

*August 14th, 1896, Nottingham †May 7th, 1917, Annœullin

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

33

Kim Ki-jung

South Korean badminton player

*August 14th, 1990, Dangjin

36

Rosalie Thomass

German actress

*August 14th, 1987, Munich

90

Gisela Richter

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

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

35

Mariana Agathangelou

English badminton player

*August 14th, 1988, Jersey

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

42

Anna Carina

Peruvian musician

*August 14th, 1981, Lima

40

Mila Kunis

Ukrainian-American actress

*August 14th, 1983, Chernivtsi

52

Raoul Bova

Italian actor

*August 14th, 1971, Rome

57

John Logie Baird

Scottish inventor, demonstrating the world's first working television

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

54

Maj Helen Sorkmo

Norwegian cross-country skier

*August 14th, 1969, Os Municipality

74

Atik Jauhari

Badminton player and trainer

*August 14th, 1949, Tangerang City

31

Rezo

German YouTube personality, columnist, musician and entrepreneur

*August 14th, 1992, Wuppertal

38

Alesia Zaitsava

Badminton player

*August 14th, 1985, Pružany

64

Marcia Gay Harden

American actress

*August 14th, 1959, La Jolla

31

Chris Coles

Badminton player

*August 14th, 1992, Bristol

60

Emmanuelle Béart

French film actress

*August 14th, 1963, Gassin

28

Takuro Hoki

Badminton player

*August 14th, 1995, Yamaguchi Prefecture

63

Sarah Brightman

British singer and actress

*August 14th, 1960, Berkhamsted

84

Alice Ghostley

American actress

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

65

John Galsworthy

English novelist and playwright (1867-1933)

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

Same year
Born in 1896

96

Kathleen McKane Godfree

English badminton and tennis player (1896-1992)

*May 7th, 1896, Bayswater †June 19th, 1992, London

90

Bruno Snell

German classical philologist

*June 18th, 1896, Hildesheim †October 31st, 1986, Hamburg

49

Marianne Grunthal

German teacher

*January 31st, 1896, Zehdenick †May 2nd, 1945, Schwerin

83

Helmut Berve

German historian of classical antiquity

*January 22nd, 1896, Wrocław †April 6th, 1979, Hechendorf am Pilsensee

84

Maria

Swiss psychologist, biologist, logician, philosopher and academic (1896-1980)

*August 9th, 1896, Neuchâtel †September 16th, 1980, Geneva

84

A. J. Cronin

Scottish novelist

*July 19th, 1896, Cardross †January 6th, 1981, Montreux

44

F. Scott Fitzgerald

American writer (1896–1940)

*September 24th, 1896, Saint Paul †December 21st, 1940, Hollywood

75

Betty Smith

American author (1896–1972)

*December 15th, 1896, Brooklyn †January 17th, 1972, Shelton

84

Eugenio Montale

Italian poet (1896-1981)

*October 12th, 1896, Genoa †September 12th, 1981, Milan

72

Trygve Lie

1st Secretary-General of the United Nations (1896–1968)

*July 16th, 1896, Grünerløkka †December 30th, 1968, Geilo

77

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Mexican social realist painter (1896–1974)

*December 29th, 1896, Mexico City †January 6th, 1974, Cuernavaca

92

Virgil Thomson

American composer and critic

*November 25th, 1896, Kansas City †September 30th, 1989, New York City

45

Ernst Udet

German flying ace (1896–1941)

*April 26th, 1896, Frankfurt †November 17th, 1941, Berlin

91

Karl August Wittfogel

German-American academic (1896–1988)

*September 6th, 1896, Woltersdorf †May 25th, 1988, New York City

50

Erich Sichting

German politician (1896-1946)

*March 13th, 1896, Magdeburg †September 6th, 1946, Magdeburg

61

Gerty Cori

Austro-Hungarian-American biochemist (1896–1957)

*August 15th, 1896, Prague †October 26th, 1957, Glendale

89

Elisabeth Selbert

German politician (1896-1986)

*September 22nd, 1896, Kassel †June 9th, 1986, Kassel

74

John Dos Passos

American novelist (1896–1970)

*January 14th, 1896, Chicago †September 28th, 1970, Baltimore

93

Sandro Pertini

Former President of the Italian Republic, President of Italy from 1978 to 1985

*September 25th, 1896, San Giovanni †February 24th, 1990, Rome

89

Wallis Simpson

American socialite and wife of the Duke of Windsor (1896-1986)

*June 19th, 1896, Blue Ridge Summit †April 24th, 1986, Villa Windsor

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: 1896 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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