August 14
1900
International forces entered Beijing, China, in an effort to suppress the antiforeign uprising known as the Boxer Rebellion.
1935
The Social Security Act became law.
1945
Japan surrendered to the United States, ending World War II.
1947
Pakistan became independent of British rule.
1951
Newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst died in Beverly Hills, California.
1995
Shannon Faulkner became the first female cadet at the Citadel, the state military college of South Carolina.
1997
Timothy McVeigh was sentenced to death for the Oklahoma City bombing.
2003
The largest blackout in North American history hit the northeast.
Birthdays
John Galsworthy
1867–1933, English novelist and dramatist.
Ernest Everett Just
biologist, educator (1883)
Russell Baker
columnist (1925)
Steve Martin
actor (1945)
Danielle Steel
author (1947)
Magic Johnson
basketball player (1959)
Halle Berry
actress, model (1966)