Today in History for 14th August 2026

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Historical Events

1824 - General Lafayette returns to the US
1984 - West Indies complete 5-0 series annihilation of England
1993 - Nigerian presidential election
1995 - Shannon Faulkner becomes the first woman to attend The Citadel
2023 - Former US President Donald Trump and 18 others, including Rudy Giuliani and Mark Meadows, are indicted by a grand jury in Atlanta on felony charges for attempting to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia

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Famous Birthdays

1738 - Leopold Hofmann, Austrian composer and kapellmeister (Cathedral of St. Stephan, 1772-93), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1793)
1910 - Pierre Schaeffer, French electronics engineer and composer, born in Nancy, France (d. 1995)
1926 - (Armando) "Buddy" Greco, American jazz and pop singer ("Ooh! Look-A There, Ain't She Pretty"; "The Lady Is A Tramp"), pianist, and television personality (Away We Go), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2017)
1947 - Danielle Steel, American author (Rememberance, Zoya, Star, Daddy), born in New York City
1983 - Mila Kunis, Ukrainian-American actress (Friends with Benefits; That '70s Show - "Jacki'"), born in Chernivtsi, Ukraine SSR, Soviet Union

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Famous Deaths

1975 - Joris Baers, Belgian priest and librarian (founded magazine Boekengids), dies at 87
1988 - Robert Calvert, South African-British writer and musician (Hawkwind), dies of a heart attack at 43
2000 - Cuan McCarthy, South African cricketer (36 Test wkts for South Africa, 1 career no-ball), dies at 71
2009 - Lawrence Lucie, American jazz guitarist (Fletcher Henderson, Louis Armstrong), and educator (Manhattan College, 1974-2004), dies at 101
2020 - Angela Buxton, English tennis player (French C'ships, Wimbledon women's doubles 1956 [with Althea Gibson]), dies at 85

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