August 14
People born on this day are Leo.
- 1996
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.
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A widescale power blackout affects the northeast United States and Canada.
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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.
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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.
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Sri Lankan Civil War: Sixty-one schoolgirls killed in Chencholai bombing by Sri Lanka Air Force air strike.
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Egypt declares a state of emergency as security forces kill hundreds of demonstrators supporting former president Mohamed Morsi.
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UPS Airlines Flight 1354 crashes short of the runway at Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport, killing both crew members on board.
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The U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba re-opens after 54 years of being closed when Cuba–United States relations were broken off.
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The collapse of the Ponte Morandi bridge in Genoa, Italy, left 16 people injured and 43 people killed.
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A magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes southwestern Haiti, killing at least 2,248 people and causing a humanitarian crisis.
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An explosion destroys a market in Armenia, killing six people and injuring dozens.
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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.
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2007Franco Mastantuono, Argentine footballer
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2004Marsai Martin, American actress and producer
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1998Doechii, American rapper
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1997Greet Minnen, Belgian tennis player
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1995Léolia Jeanjean, French tennis player
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1994Maya Jama, British TV presenter.
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1991Richard Freitag, German ski jumper
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1991Giovanny Gallegos, Mexican baseball player
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1989Ander Herrera, Spanish footballer
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1989Kyle Turris, Canadian ice hockey player
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1987Johnny Gargano, American wrestler
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1987David Peralta, Venezuelan baseball player
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