A magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes the San Francisco Bay Area; it is the largest in that area since 1989. Date: August 24, 2014 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 24 📅 Events on this day in 2014 📅 On This Day (Today)
Seventy-two people are killed in Japan's Hiroshima Prefecture by a series of landslides caused by a month's worth of rain that fell in one day. Date: August 20, 2014 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 20 📅 Events on this day in 2014 📅 On This Day (Today)
A Cessna Citation Excel crashes in Santos, São Paulo, Brazil killing all seven people aboard, including Brazilian Socialist Party presidential candidate Eduardo Campos. Date: August 13, 2014 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 13 📅 Events on this day in 2014 📅 On This Day (Today)
Forty people are killed when Sepahan Airlines Flight 5915 crashes at Tehran's Mehrabad International Airport. Date: August 10, 2014 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 10 📅 Events on this day in 2014 📅 On This Day (Today)
Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African American male in Ferguson, Missouri, is shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer after reportedly assaulting the officer and attempting to steal his weapon, sparking protests and unrest in the city. Date: August 9, 2014 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 9 📅 Events on…
The genocide of Yazidis by ISIL begins. Date: August 3, 2014 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 3 📅 Events on this day in 2014 📅 On This Day (Today)
A 6.1 magnitude earthquake kills at least 617 people and injures more than 2,400 in Yunnan, China. Date: August 3, 2014 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 3 📅 Events on this day in 2014 📅 On This Day (Today)
At least 146 people were killed and more than 114 injured in a factory explosion in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China. Date: August 2, 2014 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 2 📅 Events on this day in 2014 📅 On This Day (Today)
Gas explosions in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung kill at least 20 people and injure more than 270. Date: July 31, 2014 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 31 📅 Events on this day in 2014 📅 On This Day (Today)
Twenty killed and 150 are trapped after a landslide in Maharashtra, India. Date: July 30, 2014 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 30 📅 Events on this day in 2014 📅 On This Day (Today)