08-14-2004, 05:11 AM
|
|
Registered User
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Maryland
Posts: 541,353
|
|
|
August 14th
1840 ~ Birthday of Richard von Krafft-Ebing, psychologist.
1863 ~ 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 and 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.
1953 ~ The Whiffle ball, a ball that curved when it was thrown, was invented by David Mullany Sr. for his 13-year-old son.
1971 ~ Rod Stewart released "Maggie May".
1980 ~ Lech Walesa lead strikes at Gdansk, Poland shipyards.
1988 ~ Death of Enzo Ferrari, Automobile Designer.
__________________
Eudaimonia
|