Today in History for 14th August 2021

Historical Events

1966 - 1st US lunar orbiter begins orbiting Moon
1971 - France performs nuclear test
1974 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
2003 - Widescale power blackout in the northeast United States and Canada.
2012 - 46 people are killed and 80 injured after a series of suicide bombings in Afghanistan
2017 - Parliamentary citizenship scandal deepens in Australia after Barnaby Joyce, Deputy PM revealed to be a New Zealand citizen

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Famous Birthdays

1599 - Méric Casaubon, French-English classical scholar, born in Geneva (d. 1671)
1899 - Jaroslav Jeremiáš, Czech pianist and composer, born in Pisek, Bohemia Austria-Hungary (d. 1919)
1913 - Fred Davis, English snooker player (World C'ship 1948-49, 51), born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire (d. 1998)
1924 - Georges Prêtre, French classical and opera conductor known for interpretation of Poulenc, born in Waziers, France (d. 2017)
1974 - Christopher Gorham, American actor, born in Fresno, California
1986 - Terin Humphrey, American gymnast, born in Saint Joseph, Missouri

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Famous Deaths

1433 - John I, king of Portugal (1383-1433), dies at 76
1955 - Herbert Putnam, American Librarian of Congress, dies at 93
1977 - Alexander Luria, Russian neuropsychologist (Higher Cortical Functions in Man), dies at 75
1982 - Patrick Magee [McGee], Northern Irish actor and director (A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon), dies from a heart attack at 60
1999 - Harold "Pee Wee" Reese, American MLB baseball shortstop, 10x All-Star (Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, 1940-58), dies at of cancer 81
2013 - Lisa Robin Kelly, American actress, dies at 43

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