Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: August 14
August 14, 2024 is the 227th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 139 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Leo is your zodiac sign. Peridot is your modern birthstone. Diamond is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: August 14
- 1880 –Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
- 1901 –The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
- 1921 –Tannu Tuva, later Tuvinian People’s Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia).
- 1933 –Loggers cause a forest fire in the Coast Range of Oregon, later known as the first forest fire of the Tillamook Burn. It is extinguished on September 5, after destroying 240,000 acre.
- 1969 –Operation Banner: British troops are deployed in Northern Ireland.
- 1973 –The Pakistani Constitution of 1973 comes into effect.
- 1987 –All the children held at Kia Lama, a rural property on Lake Eildon, Australia, run by the Santiniketan Park Association, are released after a police raid.
- 1994 –Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, also known as “Carlos the Jackal,” is captured.
- 2006 –Chencholai bombing in which 61 Tamil girls are killed in Sri Lankan Airforce bombing.
- 2010 –The first-ever Youth Olympic Games are held in Singapore.
Who were born on August 14?
- 1642 –Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1723)
- 1777 –Francis I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1830)
- 1915 –B.A. Santamaria, Australian political activist and journalist (d. 1998)
- 1951 –Peter Blegvad, American musician (Slapp Happy)
- 1957 –Peter Costello, Australian politician
- 1959 –Marcia Gay Harden, American actress
- 1973 –Daisuke Ishiwatari, Japanese game developer and composer
- 1974 –Martin Bulloch, Scottish musician (Mogwai)
- 1976 –Maya Nasri, Lebanese actress and singer
- 1976 –Steve Braun, Canadian actor
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