August 14th (1972) was a Monday. 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, 1972
» An East Germany known as East German Ilyushin Il-62 crashes during takeoff from East Berlin, killing 156.
Famous Birthdays on August 14 in 1972
» Tamer El Said, Egyptian director, producer, and screenwriter
» Yoo Jae-suk, South Korean comedian and actor
» Laurent Lamothe, Haitian politician, 15th Prime Minister of Haiti
» Jay Manuel, American make-up artist
August 14th Famous Deaths for 1972
» Oscar Levant, American actor, pianist, and composer (b. 1906)
» Jules Romains, French author and poet (b. 1885)
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)