August 14th, 1939

Born on August 14th, 1939

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, 1939

77

Richard Roth

American film producer

*August 14th, 1939, Beverly Hills †March 24th, 2017, New York City

84

Shanta Gokhale

Indian writer, translator, journalist and theatre critic

*August 14th, 1939, Dahanu

77

Carlos Alberto Silva

Brazilian football manager (1939-2017)

*August 14th, 1939, Bom Jardim de Minas †January 20th, 2017, Belo Horizonte

84

Massimo Giacomini

Italian footballer and manager

*August 14th, 1939, Udine

84

Andreas Birkmann

German politician

*August 14th, 1939, Rheydt

78

José María Vall

Spanish association football player (1939-2018)

*August 14th, 1939, Barcelona †June 30th, 2018, Barcelona

67

Elmar Wolf

German composer

*August 14th, 1939, Bann †November 8th, 2006, Queidersbach

84

Pierre Cayol

French painter

*August 14th, 1939, Salon-de-Provence

84

Maurizio Thermes

Italian footballer (1939-)

*August 14th, 1939, Rome

84

Nils Hult

Footballer

*August 14th, 1939, Lund

84

Sherwood Bassin

Canadian ice hockey executive

*August 14th, 1939, Semans

84

Rene A.V. Saguisag

Filipino politician

*August 14th, 1939, Mauban

84

Labhrás Ó Murchú

Irish politician

*August 14th, 1939, Cashel

84

Manzoor Wattoo

Pakistani politician

*August 14th, 1939, Fazilka

75

Lothar Deplazes

Swiss writer (1939-2015)

*August 14th, 1939, Sagogn †February 2nd, 2015, Küsnacht

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79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

33

Kim Ki-jung

South Korean badminton player

*August 14th, 1990, Dangjin

36

Rosalie Thomass

German actress

*August 14th, 1987, Munich

74

Atik Jauhari

Badminton player and trainer

*August 14th, 1949, Tangerang City

81

Francisco Labastida

Mexican politician

*August 14th, 1942, Los Mochis

52

Raoul Bova

Italian actor

*August 14th, 1971, Rome

42

Anna Carina

Peruvian musician

*August 14th, 1981, Lima

35

Mariana Agathangelou

English badminton player

*August 14th, 1988, Jersey

54

Maj Helen Sorkmo

Norwegian cross-country skier

*August 14th, 1969, Os Municipality

81

Aïcha Chenna

Moroccan social worker and women's rights advocate

*August 14th, 1941, Casablanca †September 25th, 2022, Casablanca

40

Mila Kunis

Ukrainian-American actress

*August 14th, 1983, Chernivtsi

81

Robert Viharo

American actor

*August 14th, 1942, United States of America

71

Arne Elsholtz

German actor, voice actor and dialogue director

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

64

Marcia Gay Harden

American actress

*August 14th, 1959, La Jolla

79

Herman Vanspringel

Belgian cyclist (1943-2022)

*August 14th, 1943, Ranst †August 25th, 2022, Grobbendonk

63

Sarah Brightman

British singer and actress

*August 14th, 1960, Berkhamsted

60

Emmanuelle Béart

French film actress

*August 14th, 1963, Gassin

31

Rezo

German YouTube personality, columnist, musician and entrepreneur

*August 14th, 1992, Wuppertal

50

Tom Eyen

American writer (1940-1991)

*August 14th, 1940, Cambridge †May 26th, 1991, Palm Beach

78

Wim Wenders

German filmmaker

*August 14th, 1945, Düsseldorf

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85

Hans Kloft

German historian of classical antiquity

*April 10th, 1939, Düsseldorf

64

João César Monteiro

Portuguese film director, actor, writer and film critic

*February 2nd, 1939, Figueira da Foz †February 3rd, 2003, Lisbon

77

Dudley Storey

New Zealand rower

*November 27th, 1939, Wairoa †March 6th, 2017, Auckland

84

Thilo Ulbert

German christian archaeologist

*June 20th, 1939, Augsburg

83

Tina Turner

American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)

*November 26th, 1939, Brownsville †May 24th, 2023, Küsnacht

83

Hans-Christian Ströbele

German lawyer and politician (1939–2022)

*June 7th, 1939, Halle (Saale) †August 29th, 2022, Moabit

78

Oscar Fulloné

Argentine association football player and manager (1939-2017)

*April 4th, 1939, La Plata †May 22nd, 2017, Casablanca

84

Helga Piur

German actress and voice actress

*May 24th, 1939, Berlin

84

Yves Meyer

French mathematician

*July 19th, 1939, Paris

84

Margaret Atwood

Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist,pépiniériste and inventor

*November 18th, 1939, Ottawa

56

Peter Aust

1939-1996 German actor

*March 17th, 1939, Bytom †January 26th, 1996, Bad Wildungen

70

Dixie Carter

American actress (1939–2010)

*May 25th, 1939, McLemoresville †April 10th, 2010, Houston

78

Irio De Paula

Brazilian composer

*May 10th, 1939, Rio de Janeiro †May 23rd, 2017, Rome

78

Peter Grünberg

German physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (1939-2018)

*May 18th, 1939, Plzeň †April 7th, 2018, Jülich

59

Dusty Springfield

British singer (1939–1999)

*April 16th, 1939, London †March 2nd, 1999, Henley-on-Thames

74

Karen Black

American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter (1939-2013)

*July 1st, 1939, Park Ridge †August 8th, 2013, Santa Monica

80

Karel Gott

Czech singer and actor

*July 14th, 1939, Plzeň †October 1st, 2019, Prague

84

Brenda Vaccaro

American actress

*November 18th, 1939, Brooklyn

80

Valerie Harper

American actress (1939-2019)

*August 22nd, 1939, Suffern †August 30th, 2019, Los Angeles

84

Jane Alexander

American actress (b. 1939)

*October 28th, 1939, Boston

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