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August 14

August 14 carries 10 recorded events spanning between 1720 and 2021. The Spanish military Villasur expedition is defeated by Pawnee and Otoe warriors near present-day Columbus, Nebraska.

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Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed July 13, 2026

What happened on August 14?

August 14 is the 226th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1720 and 2021. Famous people born on August 14 include Fabrizio Donato, Steve Martin and Tracy Caldwell Dyson.

The shape of the day

August 14's record stretches 301 years, from 1720 to 2021. Its center of gravity is the 21st century, and politics and nation-building recur.

Leo is the sign for August 14 — read more on the Leo page, or see August's birthstone & birth flower.

Released on August 14

Movies, games, albums & shows

2026

  • Game Grave Seasons

2025

  • Game Madden NFL 26
  • Game Drag x Drive
  • Game Midnight Murder Club

2024

  • Game Desvelado
  • Game Crime Scene Cleaner

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1720

    Villasur expedition

    The Spanish military Villasur expedition is defeated by Pawnee and Otoe warriors near present-day Columbus, Nebraska.

  2. 1816

    Tristan da Cunha

    The United Kingdom formally annexes the Tristan da Cunha archipelago, administering the islands from the Cape Colony in South Africa.

  3. 1914

    World War I

    World War I: Start of the Battle of Lorraine, an unsuccessful French offensive.

  4. 1941

    World War II

    World War II: Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter of war stating postwar aims.

  5. 1971

    Bahrain

    Bahrain declares independence from Britain.

  6. 1980

    Lech Wałęsa

    Lech Wałęsa leads strikes at the Gdańsk, Poland shipyards.

  7. 2005

    Helios Airways Flight 522

    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.

  8. 2007

    Qahtaniyah bombings

    The Kahtaniya bombings kill at least 500 people.

  9. 2013

    Egypt

    Egypt declares a state of emergency as security forces kill hundreds of demonstrators supporting former president Mohamed Morsi.

  10. 2021

    2021 Haiti earthquake

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

Famous birthday twins

Born on August 14

Fabrizio Donato

b. 1976

Italian triple jumper

Steve Martin

b. 1945

American actor, comedian, musician, producer, and screenwriter

Tracy Caldwell Dyson

b. 1969

American chemist and astronaut

Mila Kunis

b. 1983

Ukrainian-American actress

Kofi Kingston

b. 1981

Ghanaian-American wrestler

Hans Christian Ørsted

b. 1777

Danish physicist and chemist

Doc Holliday

b. 1851

American dentist and gambler

Cosimo III de' Medici

b. 1642

Grand Duke of Tuscany

Deaths

  • 2004Czesław Miłosz
  • 2003Helmut Rahn
  • 1956Bertolt Brecht
  • 1167Rainald of Dassel
  • 1040Duncan I of Scotland
  • 582Tiberius II Constantine

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.

Historical facts, event summaries, and biographical lines above are adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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