August 14

Saturday 14, 2004:

Sales tax holiday in Massachusetts. All sales taxes are suspended on purchases of $2500 or less.

Thursday 14, 2003:

Widescale power blackout in the northeast United States and Canada.

Thursday 14, 1969:

United Kingdom troops deploy in Northern Ireland

Monday 14, 1848:

Oregon Territory organized by Act of U.S. Congress

Sunday 14, 1183:

Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan. (Traditional Japanese date: Twenty-fifth Day of the Seventh Month of the Second Year of Juei).