August 14th (1945) was a Tuesday. It's the 226th day of the year (227th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 139 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 14th August, 1945
» Japan accepts the Allied Japanese Instrument of Surrender terms of surrender in World War II and the Emperor of Japan Emperor records the Gyokuon-hōsō Imperial Rescript on Surrender (August 15 in Japan Standard Time).
» The Viet Minh launches August Revolution amid the political confusion and power vacuum engulfing Vietnam.
Famous Birthdays on August 14 in 1945
» Heidi Hartmann, American feminist economist
» Steve Martin, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
» Wim Wenders, German director, producer, and screenwriter
August 14th Holidays in History
» Christian Calendar of saints named Feast Day:
» Maximilian Kolbe
» Kaj Munk (with Kolbe, Lutheran Church)
» Jonathan Myrick Daniels (Episcopal Church (USA))
» August 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Independence Day (Pakistan) or Independence Day, celebrates the day on which Pakistan was made an independent country based on border lines created by the British during the end of British Raj e.g their rule of India in 1947. (Pakistan)