UK Marine Broadcasting Offences Act 1967 declares participation in offshore pirate radio illegal. Date: August 14, 1967 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 14 📅 Events on this day in 1967 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Troubles: British troops are deployed in Northern Ireland as political and sectarian violence breaks out, marking the start of the 37-year Operation Banner. Date: August 14, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 14 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today)

Bahrain declares independence from Britain. Date: August 14, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 14 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)

An Ilyushin Il-62 airliner crashes near Königs Wusterhausen, East Germany killing 156 people. Date: August 14, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 14 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)

Turkey launches the second phase of the invasion of Cyprus, which eventually resulted in the Turkish occupation of 37% of Cyprus. Date: August 14, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 14 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today)

Lech Wałęsa leads strikes at the Gdańsk, Poland shipyards. Date: August 14, 1980 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 14 📅 Events on this day in 1980 📅 On This Day (Today)

Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, also known as "Carlos the Jackal", is captured. Date: August 14, 1994 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 14 📅 Events on this day in 1994 📅 On This Day (Today)

Greek Cypriot refugee Solomos Solomou is shot and killed by a Turkish security officer while trying to climb a flagpole in order to remove a Turkish flag from its mast in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus. Date: August 14, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 14 📅 Events…

A widescale power blackout affects the northeast United States and Canada. Date: August 14, 2003 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 14 📅 Events on this day in 2003 📅 On This Day (Today)

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. Date: August 14, 2005 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 14 📅 Events on this day in 2005 📅 On This Day (Today)