- What happened on August 14th?
Current Calendar Page for August 14, 2024
Name Day
Maximilian, Meinhard, Werenfrid
Historical Events
2004 - In Namibia, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul (SPD) apologizes to the Herero 100 years after the suppression of the Herero uprising by imperial troops.
1979 - During the Admiral's Cup sailing event, participants off the Irish coast encounter unexpected storm-like conditions with wind speeds up to 110 kilometers per hour. 17 participants lose their lives, 23 yachts capsize or are abandoned by their crews.
1959 - The American satellite "Explorer VI" transmits the first photograph of Earth and its surrounding cloud cover taken from space.
1949 - The first election of the German Bundestag results in a victory for the CDU/CSU with Konrad Adenauer as their lead candidate.
1879 - The 30-year-old Leonhard Tietz opens a textile store in the Hanseatic city of Stralsund, laying the foundation for the department store company Kaufhof.
Birthdays
1959 - Earvin "Magic" Johnson (65), American basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers)
1949 - Morten Olsen (75), Danish footballer and football coach (coach of 1. FC Köln 1993-1995 and the Danish national team 2000-2015)
1924 - Sverre Fehn, Norwegian architect, Pritzker Prize 1997, Norwegian Glacier Museum in Fjærland, died 2009
Deaths
1994 - Elias Canetti, Bulgarian-British writer ("Auto-da-Fé"), Nobel Prize for Literature 1981, born 1905
1954 - Hugo Eckener, German aviation pioneer, successor to Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin as head of the Zeppelin works, achieved the first transatlantic flight with the "LZ 126" in October 1924, born 1868
In various historical contexts, apologies were made for past actions, such as when Federal Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul (SPD) apologized in 2004 for the treatment of the Herero in Namibia, which can be considered as an act of atonement for the 'Other'.
Although sailing events can be enjoyable, they sometimes pose unexpected risks, as seen during the 1979 Admiral's Cup when participants faced storm-like conditions, resulting in losses among the 'Other' participants.
