Today in History
14 August
164 births · 81 deaths · 54 events recorded
Notable Births
All 164 ›
Marsai Martin
b. 2004
American actress (born 2004)
Doechii
b. 1998
American rapper (born 1998)
Greet Minnen
b. 1997
Belgian tennis player (born 1997)
Léolia Jeanjean
b. 1995
French tennis player (born 1995)
Maya Jama
b. 1994
British television and radio presenter (born 1994)
Richard Freitag
b. 1991
German ski jumper (born 1991)
Giovanny Gallegos
b. 1991
Mexican baseball player (born 1991)
Greg Rawlinson
b. 1978
NZ international rugby union player
Notable Deaths
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Mike Castle
d. 2025
American politician (1939–2025)
Gena Rowlands
d. 2024
American actress (1930–2024)
Delwar Hossain Sayeedi
d. 2023
Bangladeshi politician (1940–2023)
Michael Aung-Thwin
d. 2021
Burmese American historian and professor (1946–2021)
Julian Bream
d. 2020
English classical guitarist and lutenist (1933–2020)
Angela Buxton
d. 2020
British tennis player (1934–2020)
Jim Thompson (Illinois politician)
d. 2020
Governor of Illinois from 1977 to 1991
Clifford Odets
d. 1963
American writer and actor (1906–1963)
On This Day in History
All 54 ›
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.
Donald Trump
2022
An explosion destroys a market in Armenia, killing six people and injuring dozens.
2022 Yerevan explosion
2021
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes southwestern Haiti, killing at least 2,248 people and causing a humanitarian crisis.
2021 Haiti earthquake
2018
The collapse of the Ponte Morandi bridge in Genoa, Italy, left 16 people injured and 43 people killed.
Ponte Morandi collapse
2015
The U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba re-opens after 54 years of being closed when Cuba–United States relations were broken off.
Embassy of the United States, Havana
2013
Egypt declares a state of emergency as security forces kill hundreds of demonstrators supporting former president Mohamed Morsi.
Egypt
2013
UPS Airlines Flight 1354 crashes short of the runway at Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport, killing both crew members on board.
UPS Airlines Flight 1354
2007
The Kahtaniya bombings kill at least 500 people.
Qahtaniyah bombings