August 14: Krishna Janmashtami (Hinduism, 2017); Independence Day in Pakistan (1947)
Whitehead No. 21
- 1720 – The Spanish Villasur expedition, intended to check French influence on the Great Plains of North America, ended in failure as it was ambushed by a Pawnee and Otoe force.
- 1888 – A recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's The Lost Chord, one of the first recordings of music ever made, was played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London.
- 1901 – Gustave Whitehead allegedly made a successful powered flight of his Number 21 aircraft (pictured) in Fairfield, Connecticut, U.S.; if true, this predates the Wright brothers by two years.
- 1975 – The film The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which is still in limited release today, making it the longest-running theatrical release in film history, premiered in Los Angeles.
- 2007 – Four coordinated suicide bomb attacks detonated in the Iraqi towns of Qahtaniya and Jazeera, killing an estimated 796 people and wounding 1,562 others.
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