On This Day
14 August
- 🇮🇳 In India
- 1862 Bombay High Court was established for Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu territory. This court has benches at Nagpur, Panaji and Aurangabad.
- 1924 Birth of renowned writer and journalist Kuldeep Nayyar.
- 1947 Partition of India, Pakistan became a separate nation.
- 1968 Morarji Desai honored with Pakistan's highest civilian honor, Nishan-e-Pakistan.
- 🌎 Elsewhere
- 1281 During Kublai Khan's second Mongol invasion of Japan his invading Chinese fleet of 3,500 vessels disappears in a typhoon.
- 1457 The first book printed in Europe with a colophon bearing the name of the printer was completed in Mainz, Germany. It was published by a German astrologer named Faust. He was thrown in jail while trying to sell the books in Paris. Authorities concluded that all the identical books meant Faust had dealt with the devil.
- 1498 Christopher Columbus landed at the mouth of the Orinoco River in what is now Venezuela.
- 1893 France introduces motor vehicle registration, includes a driving test.
- 1908 The first beauty contest is held in Folkestone, England.
- 1926 René Goscinny, a French comic editor and writer, who created the Astérix comic book series, was born.
- 1941 US President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issue the joint declaration that later becomes known as the Atlantic Charter which defined the Allied goals for the post-war world, including self-determination for nations and economic and social cooperation among nations.
- 1947 Pakistan became a sovereign state, bringing an end to British rule there.
- 1984 IBM releases PC DOS version 3.0.
- 2003 Due to a software bug, 55 million people were left without power, the largest blackout in North American history.
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