Portal:Transport/Selected anniversaries/August 14
- 1893 – France introduces motor vehicle registration.
- 1901 – The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21 (pictured).
- 1972 – An East German Ilyushin Il-62 crashes during takeoff from East Berlin, killing 156.
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