08-14-2005, 05:38 AM
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August 14th
1842 ~ Indian Wars: Second Seminole War ends, with the Seminoles forced from Florida to Oklahoma
1862 ~ Birthday of Ernest Thayer, Poet (Casey at the Bat).
1880 ~ After 632 years, Cologne Cathedral completed.
1945 ~ World War II: Japan surrenders, ending the war.
1947 ~ Pakistan & India gained independence from Britain at midnight, Pakistan commemorating the event on August 14 and India on August 15.
1951 ~ Death of William Randolph Hearst, newspaper magnate.
1971 ~ Rod Stewart released Maggie May.
1980 ~ Lech Walesa lead strikes at Gdansk, Poland shipyards.
1988 ~ Death of Enzo Ferrari, Automobile Designer.
1994 ~ Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, the terrorist known as Carlos the Jackal, was captured.
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