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This is a list of selected August 14 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

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Blurb Reason
1385 – Forces under John I defeated the Castilians in the Battle of Aljubarrota, ending the 1383–85 Crisis in Portugal. needs more footnotes
1880 – Construction of Cologne Cathedral—Germany's most visited landmark—was completed, 632 years after it had begun. unreferenced section
1947 – The Partition of India: The Dominion of Pakistan was established, carved out of the two Muslim-majority wings in the eastern and northwestern regions of British India. needs more footnotes, also British Raj appears on August 15
1980Lech Wałęsa and colleagues at Gdańsk Shipyard began strike actions, which subsequently led to the founding of the Solidarity movement in Poland. undue weight
1987 – The Australian Federal Police raided the compound owned by the Santiniketan Park Association and freed a number of children who had been held there illegally. lead too short
2003 – A widescale power blackout occurred in the Northeastern United States and in central Canada, affecting an estimated 55 million people. multiple issues
2006 – The United Nations brokered a ceasefire in the Lebanon War between Lebanon and Israel. neutrality issues
2009 – The Magna Carta for Women became law, allowing further protection for women in the Philippines. already featured on January 7
2013 – Egyptian security forces raided two camps of supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi in Cairo, leading to at least 638 deaths and forcing the government to declare a state of emergency. neutrality issues

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Notes

August 14: Independence Day in Pakistan (1947); Tisha B'Av in Judaism (2016)

Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt
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