August 14th, 1953

Born on August 14th, 1953

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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, 1953

61

James Horner

American film composer and conductor (1953-2015)

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

70

Ulla Meinecke

German singer

*August 14th, 1953, Usingen

70

Bruno Flecker

Austrian rower

*August 14th, 1953, Linz

70

Steve Mariotti

American businessman

*August 14th, 1953, Ann Arbor

70

Sidney Runyan Thomas

American judge

*August 14th, 1953, Bozeman

70

Gran Markus Jr.

Mexican professional wrestler

*August 14th, 1953, Guadalajara

70

Afzal Ansari

Indian politician

*August 14th, 1953, Ghazipur

70

Claude-France Arnould

French diplomat

*August 14th, 1953, Suresnes

70

Vladimir Bobrov

Kazakh politician

*August 14th, 1953, Krasnoturyinsk

70

Tom DiCillo

American film director, screenwriter and cinematographer

*August 14th, 1953, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune

70

Rafael López

Spanish handball player

*August 14th, 1953, Ciudad Real

63

Daniel Humberto Reyna

Argentinian composer and singer

*August 14th, 1953, Córdoba †March 23rd, 2017, Córdoba

70

Bill Hillsman

American political consultant and advertising executive

*August 14th, 1953, Chicago

70

Alan Gibbons

British children's writer

*August 14th, 1953, Liverpool

64

László Melis

Hungarian musician

*August 14th, 1953, Budapest †February 12th, 2018

70

Robert Borsak

Australian politician

*August 14th, 1953, Sydney

70

Michelle Huneven

American writer

*August 14th, 1953, Altadena

70

Norma Amezcua

Mexican swimmer

*August 14th, 1953, Mexico City

70

Hany Abo Rida

Egyptian football administrator

*August 14th, 1953, Port Said

70

Anatoliy Doroshenko

Soviet and Ukrainian association football player

*August 14th, 1953, Savran

70

Jennifer Diachun

Canadian artistic gymnast

*August 14th, 1953, Toronto

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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

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

64

Marcia Gay Harden

American actress

*August 14th, 1959, La Jolla

54

Maj Helen Sorkmo

Norwegian cross-country skier

*August 14th, 1969, Os Municipality

52

Raoul Bova

Italian actor

*August 14th, 1971, Rome

63

Sarah Brightman

British singer and actress

*August 14th, 1960, Berkhamsted

42

Anna Carina

Peruvian musician

*August 14th, 1981, Lima

35

Mariana Agathangelou

English badminton player

*August 14th, 1988, Jersey

40

Mila Kunis

Ukrainian-American actress

*August 14th, 1983, Chernivtsi

60

Emmanuelle Béart

French film actress

*August 14th, 1963, Gassin

68

Winnie Laban

New Zealand politician

*August 14th, 1955, Wellington

64

Magic Johnson

American basketball player

*August 14th, 1959, Lansing

31

Rezo

German YouTube personality, columnist, musician and entrepreneur

*August 14th, 1992, Wuppertal

71

Christina Rost

German handball player

*August 14th, 1952, Chemnitz

38

Alesia Zaitsava

Badminton player

*August 14th, 1985, Pružany

57

Halle Berry

American actress

*August 14th, 1966, Cleveland

72

Bill Grant

Scottish Conservative Party politician; Member of Parliament for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock since June 2017

*August 14th, 1951, Glasgow

72

Jean-Christophe Cambadélis

French politician

*August 14th, 1951, Neuilly-sur-Seine

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71

Harald Jähner

German journalist and writer

*January 1st, 1953, Duisburg

70

Peter Stormare

Swedish actor, director and musician

*August 27th, 1953, Kumla

70

Felix Magath

German association football player and manager

*July 26th, 1953, Aschaffenburg

70

Xi Jinping

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party since 2012, President of China since 2013

*June 15th, 1953, Beijing

70

Ewald Lienen

German association football player and manager

*November 28th, 1953, Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock

70

Matthias Platzeck

German politician (SPD)

*December 29th, 1953, Potsdam

70

Jürgen Röber

German association football player and manager

*December 25th, 1953, Gernrode

70

Tony Blair

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007

*May 6th, 1953, Edinburgh

71

Reinhard Bütikofer

German politician

*January 26th, 1953, Mannheim

70

Pierre Franckh

German actor

*May 1st, 1953, Heilbronn

70

Michael Wittenborn

German actor

*May 31st, 1953, Bielefeld

64

Stephen Paddock

American mass murderer (1953–2017)

*April 9th, 1953, Clinton †October 1st, 2017, Mandalay Bay

71

Barbara Schnitzler

German actress

*February 19th, 1953, East Berlin

34

Erland van Lidth

American sport wrestler and actor

*June 3rd, 1953, Hilversum †September 23rd, 1987, New York City

71

Richard Stallman

American software freedom activist, short story writer and computer programmer, founder of the GNU project

*March 16th, 1953, Manhattan

71

Kinji Zeniya

Badminton player

*March 13th, 1953, Kaga

70

Lene Køppen

Badminton player

*May 5th, 1953, Copenhagen

70

Dominique de Villepin

95th Prime Minister of France

*November 14th, 1953, Khemisset

71

Isabelle Huppert

French actress

*March 16th, 1953, Paris

70

Tom Barrett

Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1953–)

*December 8th, 1953, Milwaukee

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No: With 365 days 1953 is a normal year and no leap year.

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