0 14 August 1936 Rainey Bethea was hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky, USA. It was the last official public execution in the USA. He had confessed to the rape and murder of a 70-year-old woman named Lischia Edwards and was sentenced to death for his crimes. 0 comments · 1d ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 14 August 2018 The collapse of the Ponte Morandi bridge in Genoa, Italy, left 16 people injured and 43 people killed. 0 comments · 1d ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 14 August 2013 Egypt declares a state of emergency as security forces kill hundreds of demonstrators supporting former president Mohamed Morsi. 0 comments · 1d ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 14 August 1980 Lech Wałęsa leads strikes at the Gdańsk, Poland shipyards 0 comments · 1d ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 14 August 1974 Turkey launches the second phase of the invasion of Cyprus, which eventually resulted in the Turkish occupation of 37% of Cyprus 0 comments · 1d ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 14 August 1971 Bahrain declares independence from Britain 0 comments · 1d ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 14 August 1969 British troops are deployed in Northern Ireland as political and sectarian violence breaks out, marking the start of the 37-year Operation Banner. 0 comments · 1d ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 14 August 1967 UK Marine Broadcasting Offences Act 1967 declares participation in offshore pirate radio illegal. 0 comments · 1d ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 14 August 1947 Pakistan gains independence from the British Empire as the Dominion of Pakistan, due to the partition of India. 0 comments · 1d ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 14 August 1914 Start of the Battle of Lorraine, an unsuccessful French offensive 0 comments · 1d ago · by Paul #history#historymatters#ww1
0 14 August 1901 The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21. 0 comments · 1d ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 14 August 1900 The Battle of Peking: The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China 0 comments · 1d ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 14 August 1893 France becomes the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration. 0 comments · 1d ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 14 August 1880 Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed. 0 comments · 1d ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 14 August 1848 Pica Law (Legge Pica), a form of martial law, is established as the Italian government passes this anti-brigandage law to suppress resistance to the Unification of Italy. 0 comments · 1d ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 14 August 1816 The United Kingdom formally annexes the Tristan da Cunha archipelago, administering the islands from the Cape Colony in South Africa 0 comments · 1d ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 14 August 1784 The Awa'uq Massacre: The Russian fur trader Grigory Shelikhov storms a Kodiak Island Alutiit refuge rock on Sitkalidak Island, killing 500+ Alutiit 0 comments · 1d ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 14 August 1598 The Battle of the Yellow Ford: Irish forces under Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, defeat an English expeditionary force under Henry Bagenal 0 comments · 1d ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 14 August 1592 The first sighting of the Falkland Islands by John Davis. 0 comments · 1d ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 14 August 1385 The Battle of Aljubarrota: Portuguese forces commanded by John I of Portugal defeat the Castilian army of John I of Castile. 0 comments · 1d ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 14 August 1264 After tricking the Venetian galley fleet into sailing east to the Levant, the Genoese capture an entire Venetian trade convoy at the Battle of Saseno 0 comments · 1d ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 14 August 1040 King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland 0 comments · 1d ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 14 August 29 BC Octavian holds the second of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes. 0 comments · 1d ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 14 August 70 BC Gaius Verres is found guilty of corruption after his defense lawyer Quintus Hortensius abandons the case as hopeless. 0 comments · 1d ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
0 14 August 74 BC A group of officials, led by the Western Han minister Huo Guang, present articles of impeachment against the new emperor, Liu He, to the imperial regent, Empress Dowager Shangguan. 0 comments · 1d ago · by Paul #history#historymatters
