August 14 - This Day in History

August 14: General Interest
2003: Blackout hits Northeast United States

On this day in 2003, a major outage knocked out power across the eastern United States and parts of Canada. Beginning at 4:10 p.m. ET, 21 power plants shut down in just three minutes. Fifty million people were affected, including residents of New York, Cleveland and Detroit, as well as Toronto and Ottawa, Canada... read more


American Revolution
1776 : Stamp Act remembered
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/stamp-act-remembered


Automotive
1998 : Hundred-year-old Michelin Man makes appearance in Monterey
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hundred-year-old-michelin-man-makes-appearance-in-monterey


Civil War
1862 : Confederate invasion of Kentucky begins
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/confederate-invasion-of-kentucky-begins


Cold War
1980 : Massive labor strikes hit Poland
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/massive-labor-strikes-hit-poland


Crime
1751 : A daughter poisons her father
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-daughter-poisons-her-father

1994 : The terrorist known as Carlos the Jackal is captured
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-terrorist-known-as-carlos-the-jackal-is-captured


Disaster
1933 : Logging accident sparks forest fire in Oregon Coast Range
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/logging-accident-sparks-forest-fire-in-oregon-coast-range


General Interest
1784 : Russians settle Alaska
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/russians-settle-alaska

1900 : Peking relieved by multinational force
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/peking-relieved-by-multinational-force


Hollywood
1945 : Steve Martin born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/steve-martin-born


Literary
1834 : Richard Henry Dana sets sail from Boston Harbor
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/richard-henry-dana-sets-sail-from-boston-harbor


Music
1985 : Michael Jackson takes control of the Beatles' publishing rights
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/michael-jackson-takes-control-of-the-beatles-publishing-rights


Old West
1831 : Montana "Vigilante X" is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/montana-vigilante-x-is-born


Presidential
1935 : FDR signs Social Security Act
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-signs-social-security-act


Sports
1971 : Pitching ace throws first no-hitter
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pitching-ace-throws-first-no-hitter


Vietnam War
1964 : Hanoi prepares for more air attacks
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hanoi-prepares-for-more-air-attacks

1965 : Seventh Marines land at Chu Lai
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/seventh-marines-land-at-chu-lai

1972 : Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark reports on his tour of North Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/former-attorney-general-ramsey-clark-reports-on-his-tour-of-north-vietnam

1973 : U.S. bombing of Cambodia ceases
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-bombing-of-cambodia-ceases


World War I
1917 : China declares war on Germany
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/china-declares-war-on-germany


World War II
1945 : Japan's surrender made public
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/japans-surrender-made-public