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World Lizard Day August 14 | ||
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World Calligraphy Day August 14 | ||
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National Navajo Code Talkers Day August 14 | ||
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National Creamsicle Day August 14 | ||
Also on August 14
🏛️ Public Holidays
Also observed in: Independence Day (PK)
✡️ Religious Observances
- Jewish: Rosh Hashana LaBehemot ראש השנה למעשר בהמה holiday
- Jewish: Rosh Chodesh Elul ראש חודש אלול roshchodesh
🕰️ On This Day in History
- 2015 — The US Embassy in Havana, Cuba re-opens after 54 years of being closed when Cuba-United States relations were broken off. ↗
- 2013 — Egypt declares a state of emergency as security forces kill hundreds of demonstrators supporting former president Mohamed Morsi. ↗
- 2007 — The Kahtaniya bombings kills at least 334 people. ↗
- 2006 — Sixty-one schoolgirls killed in Chencholai bombing by Sri Lankan Air Force air strike. ↗
- 2005 — Helios Airways Flight 522, en route from Larnaca, Cyprus to Prague, Czech Republic via Athens, crashes in the hills near Grammatiko,... ↗
🎂 Notable Births
- 1989 — Florian Abel, German footballer
- 1989 — Ander Herrera, Spanish footballer
- 1989 — Kyle Turris, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1987 — Tim Tebow, American football and baseball player, television personality and sportscaster
- 1986 — Cameron Jerome, English footballer