EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com 🐯
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
August 14
Friday, August 14, 2026
Day 225 of 2026 | Week 33 | 134 days until Christmas 🎅
HISTORIC EVENTS
Former U.S. president Donald Trump is charged in Georgia along with 18 others in attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election in that state, his fourth indictment of 2023.
An explosion destroys a market in Armenia, killing six people and injuring dozens.
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes southwestern Haiti, killing at least 2,248 people and causing a humanitarian crisis.
The collapse of the Ponte Morandi bridge in Genoa, Italy, left 16 people injured and 43 people killed.
The U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba re-opens after 54 years of being closed when Cuba–United States relations were broken off.
Egypt declares a state of emergency as security forces kill hundreds of demonstrators supporting former president Mohamed Morsi.
UPS Airlines Flight 1354 crashes short of the runway at Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport, killing both crew members on board.
The Kahtaniya bombings kill at least 500 people.
Lebanon War: A ceasefire takes effect three days after the United Nations Security Council's approval of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, formally ending hostilities between Lebanon and Israel.
Sri Lankan Civil War: Sixty-one schoolgirls killed in Chencholai bombing by Sri Lanka Air Force air strike.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
born in St Louis
French singer-songwriter and actor (He's My Girl)
French actress (Venus in Fur; Place Vendôme; La Vie en Rose )
Colombian soccer midfielder (84 caps; Santa Fe
British golfer (British Senior Open 2016)
American scriptwriter
French actress and eight-time César Award nominee (Mission: Impossible
American golfer and commentator (Golf Channel)
American baseball pitcher (KC Royals)
Canadian soldier and United Nations peacekeeper
Pakistani cricketer (prolific Pakistani batsman)
American wrestler
American actress (The Brady Bunch -"Cindy")
Italian soprano
stage actress and singer (Phantom of the Opera)
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