Importance of 14th August
>> July 28, 2008
My birthday date 14th August i wanted to know what other things are happening except my birthday.I only knew it was the independance day of PAKISTAN. Browsing through pages i finally found a few.I landed on this site which gave me a brief history
ON THAT DAY THE HAPPENINGS AROUND THE WORLD
1945: World War II ends.Japan agrees to surrender to the Allies. The decision, which brought an end to the most costly war in human history, came after a momentous week that saw two U.S. atomic bombs dropped on Japan and a declaration of war by the Soviets. In the evening, 1,000 Japanese army officers attacked the imperial palace with the intention of seizing a recorded message of Emperor Hirohito announcing the surrender; the imperial guards repulsed them. The next day, Hirohito's speech, which asked his people to endure the unendurable, was played on national radio, and hundreds of millions of people around the world celebrated V-J Day. Victory over Japan.
1986Pakistan politician Benazir Bhutto, eldest daughter of former president Ali Bhutto who had been executed for murder and corruption in 1979, is arrested and detained in prison under the orders of President Zia.
197915 yachtsmen are killed by a Force 10 gale during the Fastnet Yacht Race.
1979Former MP John Stonehouse is released from prison after being jailed for trying to fake his own death.
1969British troops are deployed in Northern Ireland - to help quell sectarian riots in Londonderry.
1969Keith Castle becomes the first British patient to receive a heart transplant.
1948Australian cricketer Don Bradman plays his last Test match innings at the Oval Cricket Ground in London. After receiving a standing ovation, he is bowled out for nought - blinded, its claimed, by the tears in his eyes.
1948Opening of the Olympic Games in London.
1945World War II: Follwoing the dropping of atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan surrenders to Allies to end World War II. VJ Day, Victory over Japan, is officially celebrated on August 15th.
1928The world's first scheduled television programmes are broadcast by WRNY in New York.
1908Staging of Britain's first international beauty contest - at the Pier Hippodrome in Folkestone.
1900End of the two-month Boxer Rebellion against European involvement in China when an international force, including British, American, Italian and Japanese troops, relieves the foreign legations which had been under siege in Beijing.
1893The world's first car registration plates are introduced in France.
1881Completion of the construction of Cologne Cathedral - the work having been started in 1248.
BIRTHDAYS OF
1946American TV actress Susan St James.
1867English writer John Galsworthy.
1978English dance band conductor Victor Sylvester.
1956German playwright and poet Bertolt Brecht.
1951US publishing tycoon William Randolph Hearst.
1969: British troops sent into Northern Ireland
The British Government sends troops into Northern Ireland in what it says is a "limited operation" to restore law and order.
1980: Shipyard Poles strike for their rightsShipyard workers in Gdansk, Poland, strike in protest over the dismissal of a trade union activist
2000: Rescuers race to save stricken KurskA rescue operation is underway to save the lives of more than 100 sailors on board a Russian submarine grounded at the bottom of the Barents Sea.
1979: Freak storm hits yacht raceDozens of yachts are lost and at least three people killed after a freak storm blows during the Fastnet yacht race.
1941: Secret meetings seal US-Britain allianceUS President Franklin D Roosevelt and UK PM Winston Churchill agree plans for downfall of Hitler.
2001: Setback for NI peace processThe IRA says it is withdrawing a proposal it made last week on putting its weapons beyond use.
2003: Lights go out across NE AmericaMassive power failures cause chaos across the eastern United States and Canada, hitting cities such as New York and Ottawa.
