08-13-2010, 07:57 PM
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Location: Maryland
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August 14th
1862 ~ Birthday of Ernest Thayer, Poet (Casey at the Bat).
1880 ~ After 632 years, Cologne Cathedral was completed.
1945 ~ Japan surrendered, ending World War II.
1947 ~ Birthday of Maddy Prior, English folk singer.
1960 ~ Birthday of Sarah Brightman, English soprano.
1980 ~ Workers went on strike at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland, in a job action that resulted in the creation of the Solidarity labor movement.
1985 ~ Birthday of Ashlynn Brooke, Porn Actress
1988 ~ Death of Enzo Ferrari, Automobile Designer.
1994 ~ Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, the terrorist known as Carlos the Jackal, was captured.
2003 ~ A blackout hit the northeastern U.S. and part of Canada; 50 million people lost power.
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