Sunday, August 14, 2022

History for August 14

History for August 14 - On-This-Day.com
Gary Larson 1950 - Creator of "The Far Side"
  • 1888 - A patent for the electric meter was granted to Oliver B. Shallenberger.
  • 1919 - About 1 million tons of ice and rock broke off of a glacier near Mont Blanc, France. Nine people were killed in the incident.
  • 1935 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. The act created unemployment insurance and pension plans for the elderly.
  • 1936 - The first basketball competition was held at the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. The U.S. defeated Canada, 19-8.
  • 1953 - The whiffle ball was invented.
  • 1992 - The U.S. announced that emergency airlifts of food to Somalia would begin. The action was being taken to stop mass deaths due to starvation.

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