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14 Aug 1925
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birth
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Russell Baker: Loudoun County, Virginia -- Columnist / humorist (NY Times)
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14 Aug 1925
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event
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Mount Rushmore 1st proposed
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14 Aug 1925
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birth
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Russell Baker, American journalist and author |
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14 Aug 1925
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birth
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Russell Baker columnist/humorist (NY Times)
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| 75 years anniversary |
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14 Aug 1950
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birth
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Gary Larson, American cartoonist |
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| 50 years anniversary |
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14 Aug 1975
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birth
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Mike Vrabel: Defensive end (Pittsburgh Steelers)
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14 Aug 1975
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death
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Joris Baers: Flemish bibliographer (founder Boekengids), dies at 87
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14 Aug 1975
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Dmitri Shotakovitch, buried at the Novodevitshi-convent
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14 Aug 1975
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Norwegian King Olav V opens Longyearbyen Airport on Spitsbergen
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14 Aug 1975
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birth
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Mike Vrabel, American football player and coach |
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14 Aug 1975
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the longest-running release in film history, opens at the USA Theatre in Westwood, Los Angeles, California. |
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| 25 years anniversary |
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14 Aug 2000
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death
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Alain Fournier, French-Canadian computer scientist and academic (b. 1943) |
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14 Aug 2000
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death
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Cuan McCarthy, South African cricketer (b. 1929) |
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| 20 years anniversary |
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14 Aug 2005
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death
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Coo Coo Marlin, American race car driver (b. 1932) |
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14 Aug 2005
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Helios Airways Flight 522, en route from Larnaca, Cyprus to Prague, Czech Republic via Athens, crashes in the hills near Grammatiko, Greece, killing 121 passengers and crew. |
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14 Aug 2005
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music
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James Blunt topped both the UK singles chart (with 'You're Beautiful'), and album charts ('Back to Bedlam'), for a fifth week in a row, a feat last achieved by Celine Dion. Her single Think Twice and album Colour Of My Love topped both charts simultaneously for five weeks in 1995.
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14 Aug 2005
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Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty was forced to endure an all-body strip search at Gardermoen Airport in Norway after being held by customs officers for three hours while they ensured he was carrying no drugs.
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14 Aug 2005
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music
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Faith Hill was at No.1 on the US chart with 'Fireflies', Hill's third consecutive album to debut at number 1 on both the country and Billboard album charts.
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| 15 years anniversary |
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14 Aug 2010
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death
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Rallis Kopsidis, Greek painter (b. 1929) |
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14 Aug 2010
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death
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Herman Leonard, American photographer (b. 1923) |
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14 Aug 2010
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death
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Tahar Ouettar, Algerian author (b. 1936) |
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14 Aug 2010
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The first-ever Youth Olympic Games are held in Singapore. |
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