Today In History
Today is Tuesday, Aug. 14, the 226th day of 2018. There are 139 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
› 1935: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law.
ON THIS DATE
› 1848: The Oregon Territory was created.
› 1900: International forces, including U.S. Marines, entered Beijing to put down the Boxer Rebellion, which was aimed at purging China of foreign influence.
› 1945: President Harry S. Truman announced that Imperial Japan had surrendered unconditionally, ending World War II.
› 1947: Pakistan became independent of British rule.
› 1948: The Summer Olympics in London ended; they were the first Olympic games held since 1936.
› 1969: British troops went to Northern Ireland to intervene in sectarian violence between Protestants and Roman Catholics.
› 1973: U.S. bombing of Cambodia came to a halt.
› 1992: The White House announced that the Pentagon would begin emergency airlifts of food to Somalia to alleviate mass deaths by starvation.
› 2003: A huge blackout hit the northeastern United States and part of Canada; 50 million people lost power.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Broadway lyricist Lee Adams (“Bye Bye Birdie”) is 94. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Russell Baker is 93. Comedian-actor Steve Martin is 73. Movie director Wim Wenders is 73. Actor Antonio Fargas is 72. Singer-musician Larry Graham is
72. Actress Susan Saint James is 72. Actor David Schramm is 72. Author Danielle Steel is 71. Actress Jackee Harry is
62. Actress Marcia Gay Harden is 59. Basketball Hall of Famer Earvin “Magic” Johnson is 59. Singer Sarah Brightman is 58. Actress Susan Olsen is 57. Actress-turnedfashion/interior designer Cristi Conaway is 54. Rock musician Keith Howland (Chicago) is
54. Actress Halle Berry is 52. Actress Catherine Bell is 50. Actor Scott Michael Campbell is 47. Actress Lalanya Masters is 46. Actor Christopher Gorham is 44. Actress Mila Kunis is 35. Actor Lamorne Morris is 35. TV personality Spencer Pratt is 35. NFL quarterback-turned-baseball player Tim Tebow is 31.