Here is a list of things which happened on the 14th of August over the years:
Oregon Territory is organized by Act of U.S. Congress. (1848)
United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye’s death. (1911)
China declared war on Germany and Austria during World War I. (1917)
United States Social Security Act passes, creating a government pension system for the retired. (1935)
Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last public execution in the United States. (1936)
Japan accepts the Allied terms of surrender in World War II and the Emperor records the Imperial Rescript on Surrender (August 15 in Japan standard time). (1945)
Widescale power blackout in the northeast United States and Canada. (2003)
Israel halted its offensive against Hezbollah guerrillas as a U.N.-imposed cease-fire went into effect after a month of warfare that killed more than 900 people. (2006)
Toy company Mattel recalled 18.6 million lead-tainted, Chinese-made toys worldwide. (2007)
President George W. Bush signed consumer-safety legislation that banned lead from children’s toys. (2008)