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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.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Blurb Reason
1385 – Forces under John I defeated the Castilians in the Battle of Aljubarrota, ending the 1383–1385 Portuguese interregnum. needs more footnotes
1816 – The United Kingdom formally annexed the Tristan da Cunha archipelago, ruling it from the Cape Colony in South Africa. too many {{CN}} tags (18)
1842American Indian Wars: General William J. Worth declared an end to the Second Seminole War, fought between U.S. forces and the Seminole people of Florida. tone or style tag
1880 – Construction of Cologne Cathedral—Germany's most visited landmark—was completed, 632 years after it had begun. refimprove section
1901Gustave Whitehead allegedly made a successful powered flight of his Number 21 aircraft (pictured) in Fairfield, Connecticut, U.S.; if true, this predates the Wright brothers by two years. certainty concerns
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
1973 – The current Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan came into effect. needs more citations
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
1994 – International fugitive Carlos the Jackal, wanted for a number of terrorist attacks in Europe, was handed over to French agents by Sudanese officials. refimprove section
1996Greek Cypriot refugee Solomos Solomou was shot to death by Turkish forces while trying to remove a Turkish flag from a flagpole in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus. Neutrality disputed orange banner
2003 – A widescale power blackout occurred in the Northeastern United States and in central Canada, affecting an estimated 55 million people. multiple issues
2003 – Canadian police made the first arrests of alleged al-Qaeda terrorists as part of Project Thread, but the operation was later determined to have been based on "flimsy evidence and stereotypes". Refimprove. Too many broken links in the existing references
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. Orange "citations needed" banner
2018 – The Ponte Morandi bridge collapsed in Genoa, Italy, killing 43 people. Too much uncited, failed verification
Pieter Coecke van Aelst |b|1502| Birthday not cited
Doc Holliday |b|1851| Birthday not cited
Elsie Leslie |b|1881| Birthday not cited

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Notes

August 14: Independence Day in Pakistan (1947)

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