Editing August 14 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[74 BC]] &ndash; A group of officials, led by the [[Han dynasty#Western Han|Western Han]] minister [[Huo Guang]], present articles of impeachment against the new emperor, [[Marquis of Haihun|Liu He]], to the imperial regent, [[Grand Empress Dowager Shangguan|Empress Dowager Shangguan]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sima |first=Guang |title=Zizhi Tongjian |year=1084 |language=zh |chapter=卷 024 |chapter-url=https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E8%B3%87%E6%B2%BB%E9%80%9A%E9%91%91/%E5%8D%B7024}}</ref>
*[[29 BC]] &ndash; [[Octavian]] holds the second of three consecutive [[Roman triumph|triumphs]] in [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] to celebrate the victory over the [[Dalmatian tribes]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=William Michael Murray|author2=Phōtios Michaēl Petsas|title=Octavian's Campsite Memorial for the Actian War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ciALAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA128|year=1989|publisher=American Philosophical Society|isbn=978-0-87169-794-3|page=128}}</ref>
*[[1040]] &ndash; King [[Duncan I of Scotland|Duncan I]] is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival [[Macbeth, King of Scotland|Macbeth]]. The latter succeeds him as [[List of Scottish monarchs|King of Scotland]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Edward Peck|title=North-east Scotland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mm0nAQAAMAAJ|year=1981|publisher=J. Bartholomew & Son|page=16|isbn=9780702880216}}</ref>
*[[1183]] &ndash; [[Taira no Munemori]] and the [[Taira clan]] take the young [[Emperor Antoku]] and the [[Imperial Regalia of Japan|three sacred treasures]] and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the [[Minamoto clan]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brinkley |first1=Frank & Kikuchi |title=A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era |year=1912 |publisher=Library of Alexandria |isbn=978-1-4655-1304-5 |page=530 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bzRen1dcdTwC&pg=PT530 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Antoku {{!}} Emperor of Japan |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antoku |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1264]] &ndash; After tricking the [[Republic of Venice|Venetian]] [[galley]] fleet into sailing east to the [[Levant]], the [[Republic of Genoa|Genoese]] capture an entire Venetian trade convoy at the [[Battle of Saseno]].<ref>{{cite journal | last = Dotson | first = John E. | title = Fleet Operations in the First Genoese-Venetian War, 1264–1266 | pages = 165–180 | journal = Viator. Medieval and Renaissance Studies | volume = 30 | year = 1999 | issn = 0083-5897 | doi = 10.1484/J.VIATOR.2.300833 }}</ref>
*[[1352]] &ndash; [[War of the Breton Succession]]: Anglo-Bretons defeat the [[Kingdom of France|French]] in the [[Battle of Mauron]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wagner |first1=John A. |title=Encyclopedia of the Hundred Years War |year=2006 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-313-32736-0 |page=214 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uVZ893wOWgoC&pg=PA214 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1370]] &ndash; [[Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor]], grants [[city privileges]] to [[Karlovy Vary]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Matoušek |first1=Václav |last2=Mautner |first2=Pavel |last3=Pavelka |first3=Tomáš |title=Text, Speech and Dialogue: 8th International Conference, TSD 2005, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, September 12–15, 2005, Proceedings |date=25 August 2005 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-540-31817-0 |page=9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnUFCAAAQBAJ&pg=PR9 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1385]] &ndash; [[1383–85 Portuguese interregnum|Portuguese Crisis of 1383–85]]: [[Battle of Aljubarrota]]: Portuguese forces commanded by [[John I of Portugal]] defeat the [[Castile (historical region)|Castilian]] army of [[John I of Castile]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Battle of Aljubarrota {{!}} Portugal [1385] |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Aljubarrota |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1592]] &ndash; The first sighting of the [[Falkland Islands]] by [[John Davis (English explorer)|John Davis]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Purdy |first1=John |title=The New Sailing Directory for the Ethiopic Or Southern Atlantic Ocean ... |year=1855 |publisher=Richard Holmes Laurie |page=137 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0WYDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA137 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1598]] &ndash; [[Nine Years' War (Ireland)|Nine Years' War]]: [[Battle of the Yellow Ford]]: Irish forces under [[Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone]], defeat an English expeditionary force under [[Henry Bagenal]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Grant |first1=R. G. |title=1001 Battles That Changed the Course of History |date=2017 |publisher=Book Sales |isbn=978-0-7858-3553-0 |page=307 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ZNADwAAQBAJ&pg=PA307 |language=en}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1720]] &ndash; The Spanish military [[Villasur expedition]] is defeated by [[Pawnee people|Pawnee]] and [[Otoe tribe|Otoe]] warriors near present-day [[Columbus, Nebraska]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tucker |first1=Spencer |last2=Arnold |first2=James R. |last3=Wiener |first3=Roberta |title=The Encyclopedia of North American Indian Wars, 1607–1890: A Political, Social, and Military History |date= 2011 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-85109-697-8 |page=559 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JsM4A0GSO34C&pg=PA559 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1784]] &ndash; [[Russian colonization of North America]]: [[Awa'uq Massacre]]: The Russian fur trader [[Grigory Shelikhov]] storms a [[Kodiak Island]] [[Alutiiq|Alutiit]] refuge rock on [[Sitkalidak Island]], killing 500+ Alutiit.<ref name="Knechthaakansondickson">Richard A. Knecht, Sven Haakanson, and Shawn Dickson (2002). "[https://www.academia.edu/1108002/Awauq_discovery_and_excavation_of_an_18th_century_Alutiiq_refuge_rock_in_the_Kodiak_Archipelago Awa'uq: discovery and excavation of an 18th century Alutiiq refuge rock in the Kodiak Archipelago]". In ''To the Aleutians and Beyond'':, Bruno Frohlich, Albert S. Harper, and Rolf Gilberg, editors, pp. 177–191. Publications of the National Museum Ethnographical Series, Vol. 20. Department of Ethnography, National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen. the Anthropology of William S. Laughlin.</ref>
*[[1790]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Wereloe]] ended the [[Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790)|1788–1790 Russo-Swedish War]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Haythornwaite|first=Philip J.|title=The Napoleonic Source Book|year=1990|publisher=Guild Publishing|location=London|isbn=978-1854092878|page=68}}</ref>
*[[1791]] &ndash; Slaves from plantations in [[Saint-Domingue]] hold a [[Haitian Vodou|Vodou]] ceremony led by [[houngan]] [[Dutty Boukman]] at [[Bois Caïman]], marking the start of the [[Haitian Revolution]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Haitian Revolution 1791 |url=https://library.brown.edu/haitihistory/5.html |website=library.brown.edu |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref>
*[[1814]] &ndash;  A cease fire agreement, called the [[Convention of Moss]], ended the [[Swedish–Norwegian War (1814)|Swedish–Norwegian War]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thelocal.se/20140814/sweden-and-norway-celebrate-200-years-of-peace/ |title=Sweden and Norway celebrate peace treaty |work=The Local |date=14 August 2021 |access-date=14 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1816]] &ndash; The United Kingdom formally annexes the [[Tristan da Cunha]] archipelago, administering the islands from the [[Cape Colony]] in South Africa.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Occupation of Tristan da Cunha |url=https://snr.org.uk/the-occupation-of-tristan-da-cunha/ |website=SNR |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en |date=1 February 1935}}</ref>
*[[1842]] &ndash; [[American Indian Wars]]: [[Seminole Wars|Second Seminole War]] ends, with the [[Seminole]]s forced from [[Florida]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Second Seminole War {{!}} Background, Battles, & Outcome |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Second-Seminole-War |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[Oregon Territory]] is organized by [[act of Congress]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Washington State Archives – Territorial Timeline |url=https://www.sos.wa.gov/archives/timeline/detail.aspx?id=199 |website=Office of the Secretary of State |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref>
*[[1880]] &ndash; Construction of [[Cologne Cathedral]], the most famous landmark in [[Cologne]], Germany, is completed.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lenman |first1=Robin |title=Artists and Society in Germany, 1850–1914 |year=1997 |publisher=Manchester University Press |isbn=978-0-7190-3636-1 |page=16 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IDPoAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA16 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Japanese patent law|Japan's first patent]] is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Goel |first1=Deepa |last2=Parashar |first2=Shomini |title=IPR, Biosafety and Bioethics |year=2013 |publisher=Pearson Education India |isbn=978-93-325-1424-9 |page=43 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6T08BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA43 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1893]] &ndash; France becomes the first country to introduce [[vehicle registration plate|motor vehicle registration]].<ref>{{cite web |title=When was the first driving licence issued? |url=https://nationalmotormuseum.org.uk/ufaqs/when-was-the-first-driving-licence-issued/ |website=The National Motor Museum Trust |access-date=16 March 2021 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Battle of Peking (1900)|Battle of Peking]]: The [[Eight-Nation Alliance]] occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody [[Boxer Rebellion]] in China.<ref>{{cite web |title=Boxer Rebellion {{!}} Significance, Combatants, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Boxer-Rebellion |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; The first claimed [[aviation|powered flight]], by [[Gustave Whitehead]] in his [[Whitehead No. 21|Number 21]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hussey |first1=Kristin |title=First in Flight? Connecticut Stakes a Claim (Published 2015) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/18/nyregion/where-was-modern-flight-invented-connecticut-believes-it-holds-the-answer.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/18/nyregion/where-was-modern-flight-invented-connecticut-believes-it-holds-the-answer.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited |website=The New York Times |access-date=16 March 2021 |date=17 April 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: Start of the [[Battle of Lorraine]], an unsuccessful French offensive.<ref>{{cite web |title=World War I – The war in the west, 1914 |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-I/The-war-in-the-west-1914 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1917]] &ndash; World War I: The [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]], which had heretofore been [[Chinese Labour Corps|shipping labourers]] to Europe to assist in the war effort, officially declares war on the [[Central Powers]], although it will continue to send to Europe labourers instead of combatants for the remaining duration of the war.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=LaFrague |first=Thomas E. |date=September 1936 |title=The Entrance of China into the World War |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3634027 |journal=Pacific Historical Review |volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=222–223 |doi=10.2307/3634027 |jstor=3634027 }}</ref>
*[[1920]] &ndash; The [[1920 Summer Olympics]], having started four months earlier, officially open in [[Antwerp]], [[Belgium]], with the newly adopted [[Olympic symbols#Different types of flags|Olympic flag]] and the Olympic oath being raised and taken at the Opening Ceremony for the first time in Olympic history.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Findling |first1=John E. |title=Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement |date=2004 |publisher=Greenwood |isbn=9780313322785 |page=74 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QmXi_-Jujj0C&q=olympic+games+1920+antwerp+opening+ceremony&pg=PA74}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=International Olympic Committee |title=Antwerp 1920 Summer Olympics – Athletes, Medals & Results |url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/antwerp-1920 |access-date=13 August 2022 |website=olympics.com}}</ref>
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Tannu Uriankhai]], later [[Tuvan People's Republic]] is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Soviet Russia]]).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hoch |first1=Tomáš |last2=Kopeček |first2=Vincenc |title=De Facto States in Eurasia |date=2019 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-429-53425-6 |page=92 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QRGjDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT92 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1933]] &ndash; Loggers cause a [[Wildfire|forest fire]] in the [[Pacific Coast Ranges|Coast Range]] of [[Oregon]], later known as the first forest fire of the [[Tillamook Burn]];  destroying {{convert|240,000|acre|km2}} of land.<ref>{{cite web |title=Logging accident sparks forest fire in Oregon Coast Range – August 14, 1933 {{!}} The NAFI Blog |url=https://www.nafi.org/blog/logging-accident-sparks-forest-fire-in-oregon-coast-range-august-14-1933/ |website=www.nafi.org |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref>
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] signs the [[Social Security Act]], creating a government pension system for the retired.<ref>{{cite web |title=Social Security Act {{!}} History & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Social-Security-Act-United-States-1935 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Rainey Bethea]] is hanged in [[Owensboro, Kentucky]] in the last known public [[capital punishment in the United States|execution in the United States]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Last Hanging: There Was a Reason They Outlawed Public Executions (Published 2001) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/06/weekinreview/the-last-hanging-there-was-a-reason-they-outlawed-public.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=16 March 2021 |date=6 May 2001}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Winston Churchill]] and [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] sign the [[Atlantic Charter]] of war stating postwar aims.<ref>{{cite web |title=Atlantic Charter {{!}} History & Definition |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Atlantic-Charter |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Pakistan]] gains [[Pakistan Movement|independence]] from the [[British Empire]] as the [[Dominion of Pakistan]], due to the [[partition of India]].<ref name="BBC">{{cite web |title=In pictures: Pakistan marks Independence Day |url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40922732 |website=BBC News |access-date=16 March 2021 |date=14 August 2017}}</ref>
*[[1948]] &ndash; An [[Idaho Department of Fish and Game]] program to relocate [[beavers]] known as [[Beaver drop]] occurred. This program relocated beavers from Northwestern Idaho to Central Idaho by airplane and then parachuting the beavers into the [[Chamberlain Basin]] .<ref name="Ngeo">{{cite news |last1=Sherriff |first1=Lucy |date=September 16, 2021 |title=Why beavers were parachuted into the Idaho wilderness 73 years ago |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/why-beavers-were-parachuted-into-the-idaho-wilderness |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916145417/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/why-beavers-were-parachuted-into-the-idaho-wilderness |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 16, 2021 |work=[[National Geographic]] |access-date=February 25, 2023 |quote=The traditional way of relocating 'nuisance' beavers in the 1940s wasn't working. To increase the survival rate, one conservation officer turned to—yes—parachutes.}}</ref>
*[[1959]] &ndash; Founding and first official meeting of the [[American Football League]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nelson |first1=Murry R. |title=American Sports: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas [4 volumes]: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas |date=2013 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-0-313-39753-0 |page=49 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tfTXAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA49 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; UK [[Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967|Marine Broadcasting Offences Act 1967]] declares participation in offshore [[pirate radio]] illegal.<ref>{{cite web |title=Part 1: The Pirates |url=https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/100-voices/radio-reinvented/the-pirates |website=www.bbc.com |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref>
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[The Troubles]]: British troops are deployed in [[Northern Ireland]] as [[1969 Northern Ireland riots|political and sectarian violence breaks out]], marking the start of the 37-year [[Operation Banner]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Service in Staffordshire marks 50 years since start of Operation Banner |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-49348406 |website=BBC News |access-date=15 March 2021 |date=14 August 2019}}</ref>
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Bahrain]] declares independence from Britain.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Law |first1=Principal V. M. Salgaocar College of Law & Dean of Faculty of |last2=University |first2=Goa |last3=D'Souza |first3=Dr Anthony |title=World Constitutionalism |date= 2009 |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |isbn=978-1-4438-0910-8 |page=181 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wQIZBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA181 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; An Ilyushin Il-62 airliner [[1972 Königs Wusterhausen air disaster|crashes near Königs Wusterhausen]], East Germany killing 156 people.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Haine |first1=Edgar A. |title=Disaster in the Air |year=2000 |publisher=Associated University Presses |isbn=978-0-8453-4777-5 |page=123 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=twKfXowAigIC&pg=PA123 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Lech Wałęsa]] leads strikes at the [[Gdańsk]], Poland shipyards.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lech Walesa {{!}} Biography, Solidarity, Nobel Prize, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lech-Walesa |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, also known as "[[Carlos the Jackal]]", is captured.<ref>{{cite web |title=Carlos the Jackal Fast Facts |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/26/americas/carlos-the-jackal-fast-facts/index.html |website=CNN |date=26 April 2013 |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; Greek Cypriot refugee [[Solomos Solomou]] is shot and killed by a Turkish security officer while trying to climb a flagpole in order to remove a Turkish flag from its mast in the [[United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Protester is killed as Turkish soldiers open fire during attempt to tear down flag British troops shot in Cyprus |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12039247.protester-is-killed-as-turkish-soldiers-open-fire-during-attempt-to-tear-down-flag-british-troops-shot-in-cyprus/ |website=Herald Scotland |date=15 August 1996 |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; A [[Northeast blackout of 2003|widescale power blackout]] affects the northeast United States and Canada.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Taylor |first1=Alan |title=Photos: 15 Years Since the 2003 Northeast Blackout  |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/08/photos-15-years-since-the-2003-northeast-blackout/567410/ |website=www.theatlantic.com |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[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.<ref>{{cite web |title=In 2005, Helios flight 522 crashed into a Greek hillside. Was it because one man forgot to flip a switch? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/19/in-2005-helios-flight-522-crashed-into-a-greek-hillside-was-it-because-one-man-forgot-to-flip-a-switch |website=The Guardian |access-date=15 March 2021 |language=en |date=19 September 2020}}</ref>
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[2006 Lebanon War|Lebanon War]]: A ceasefire takes effect three days after the [[United Nations Security Council]]'s approval of [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701]], formally ending hostilities between [[Lebanon]] and [[Israel]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Lebanon truce holds despite clashes|date=14 August 2006|publisher=CNN|url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/14/mideast.main/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613073546/http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/14/mideast.main/index.html|archive-date=13 June 2008}}</ref>
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Sri Lankan civil war|Sri Lankan Civil War]]: Sixty-one schoolgirls killed in [[Chencholai bombing]] by [[Sri Lanka Air force|Sri Lankan Air Force]] air strike.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sri Lankan government clashes with Tamil rebels |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/aug/15/davidfickling |website=The Guardian |access-date=15 March 2021 |language=en |date=15 August 2006}}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; The [[2007 Yazidi communities bombings|Kahtaniya bombings]] kill at least 500 people.<ref>{{cite web |title=Iraq sees worst bombing since invasion with 250 deaths |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36720720 |website=BBC News |access-date=15 March 2021 |date=6 July 2016}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Egypt]] declares a [[state of emergency]] as security forces [[August 2013 Rabaa massacre|kill hundreds of demonstrators]] supporting former president [[Mohamed Morsi]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Egypt declares national emergency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23700663 |website=BBC News |access-date=15 March 2021 |date=14 August 2013}}</ref>
*  2013   &ndash; [[UPS Airlines Flight 1354]] crashes short of the runway at [[Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport]], killing both crew members on board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20130814-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Airbus A300F4-622R N155UP Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, AL (BHM)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-10-17}}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; The [[Embassy of the United States, Havana|U.S. Embassy]] in [[Havana, Cuba]] re-opens after 54 years of being closed when [[Cuba–United States relations]] were broken off.<ref>{{cite web |title=US embassy in Cuba formally reopens: 'A day for pushing aside old barriers' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/14/us-embassy-cuba-formally-reopens |website=The Guardian |access-date=15 March 2021 |language=en |date=14 August 2015}}</ref>
*[[2018]] &ndash; The [[2018 Ponte Morandi collapse|collapse of the Ponte Morandi bridge]] in [[Genoa]], Italy, left 16 people injured and 43 people killed.<ref>{{cite web |title=At least 39 people are dead after a huge highway bridge collapsed in Italy |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/genoa-italy-bridge-collapse-dozens-reported-dead-2018-8 |website=[[Business Insider]] |access-date=11 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Genoa bridge: Hopes for new Italy as disaster trial opens |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62076262 |website=[[BBC]] |access-date=11 September 2024}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; A [[2021 Haiti earthquake|magnitude 7.2 earthquake]] strikes southwestern [[Haiti]], killing at least 2,248 people and causing a [[humanitarian crisis]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=M 7.2 – Nippes, Haiti|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000f65h/executive|url-status=live|access-date=14 September 2021|website=earthquake.usgs.gov|archive-date=14 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814142823/https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000f65h/executive}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; An [[2022 Yerevan explosion|explosion destroys a market in Armenia, killing six people and injuring dozens]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 August 2022 |title=Fireworks explosion in Armenia's capital kills at least 2, injures dozens |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/armenia-fireworks-explosion-1.6551090 |website=[[CBC News]]}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; Former U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] is [[Georgia election racketeering prosecution|charged]] in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] along with 18 others in attempting to overturn the results of the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 election]] in that state, his fourth indictment of 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 August 2022 |title=Trump and 18 codefendants charged with racketeering in Georgia 2020 election probe |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-indicted-georgia-racketeering-rcna74912|website=[[NBC News]]}}</ref>