Historical events that took place on the 14th
of August
1894: France issued its 1st set of drivers’
licenses
1901: 70 people were killed after the SS
Islander hit an iceberg near Alaska and sank
1911: General Leconte was appointed as the
temporary President of Haiti
1917: China declared war on Germany and
Austria
1920: The Olympic Games opened in Antwerp,
Belgium
1936: The 1st Olympic basketball game was
played in Berlin
1937: China declared war on Japan
1947: Pakistan gained independence from
Britain
1971: Bahrain declared its independence after
110 years of British rule
1989: South African President, Pieter W.
Botha resigned
1997: In Argentina public sector and
opposition unions called for a 24-hour strike to protest the nation’s 16.1%
unemployment rate and proposed labour reforms
2003: A massive power blackout hit 8 north-eastern
US states and southern Canada. It shut down 10 major airports and 9 nuclear
power stations
2006: In Nigeria Ayo Daramola, a member of
the country's ruling party and a potential candidate in Ekiti state, was found
stabbed to death in his home,
2007: Suicide bombings killed over 550 people
in Iraq
2014: The UN health agency said the death
toll from the worst outbreak of Ebola in four decades had now climbed to 1,069
in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone
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