How Many Days Until August 14?

This day in history: August 14

1. 1945

   Kenji Hatanaka and other Japanese military officers launched an attempted coup d'état to prevent the surrender of Japan.

2. 1975

   The Rocky Horror Picture Show premiered in London, the first in its record-breaking run in cinemas, which continues in limited release.

3. 2005

   Helios Airways Flight 522 crashed into a mountain north of Marathon, Greece, killing all 121 people on board.

4. 2007

   Four coordinated suicide bomb attacks detonated in the Yazidi communities of Qahtaniya and Jazeera, Iraq, killing 796 people and wounding 1,562 others.

5. 2010

   The inaugural edition of the Youth Olympic Games opened in Singapore for athletes aged between 14 and 18.

6. 2013

   Security forces raided two camps of supporters of the ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi in Cairo, leading to the deaths of at least 595 civilians.

7. 2021

   A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck in Haiti, killing at least 2,248 people and causing $1.5 billion in damages and economic loss.

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