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Today is Wednesday August 14th, the 226th day of 1991.
There are 139 days left in the year.

Notable deaths in WORLD on this date
 In 1936 Rainey Bethea, a black, becomes last person publicly hanged in US 
 In 1936 20,000 spectators attend the event 
 In 1958 Mary Ritter Beard,  US historian, dies at 82 

Events on this day in WORLD history...
 In 1756 Fort Oswego, NY falls to French commander Montcalm (7 Years' War) 
 In 1765 Mass. colonists challenge British rule by an elm (Liberty Tree) 
 In 1776 1st land grant by Continental Congress; British deserters get 50 acres 
 In 1794 Convention remonstrates against federal liquor tax, western Penn. 
 In 1834 Richard Henry Dana, 19, leaves Boston for his 2 years before the mast 
 In 1842 Seminole War ends; Indians removed from Florida to Oklahoma 
 In 1848 Oregon Territory established 
 In 1848 Joseph Lane, 1st US governor of Oregon Territory, arrives there, 
 In 1850 Armed squatters riot over validity of Sutter's grant 
 In 1910 6th International Congress of Esperantists held in Washington, DC 
 In 1912 2,500 US marines invade Nicaragua - US remains until 1925 
 In 1931 California's Fair Trade Act prohibits discounts on brand-name products 
 In 1934 1st US migratory bird hunting stamp ("duck stamp") issued 
 In 1935 Social Security Act approved by Congress 
 In 1936 Nat'l Union for Social Justice holds 1st nat'l convention, Cleveland 
 In 1962 US mail truck in Plymouth, Mass. robbed of more than $1.5 million 
 In 1980 Lech Walesa led a strike at Gdansk shipyard to start a Polish 
 In 1980 Poles joined the Solidarity trade union. 
 In 1980 worker revolt against the Communist state; eventually 10 million 
 In 1986 13-year-old turns her parents in to police for drug possession, Calif. 

And remember...
         Coast Guard Day 
         Dog Days 