WHAT HAPPENED ON 14. AUGUST
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United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death. (14. August 1911)

U.S. Marines invade Nicaragua to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier. (14. August 1912)

Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the Entente in World War I (14. August 1916)

Tannu Uriankhai, later Tuvan People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia). (14. August 1921)

Loggers cause a forest fire in the Coast Range of Oregon, later known as the first forest fire of the Tillamook Burn. It is extinguished on September 5, after destroying 240,000 acres (970 km2). (14. August 1933)

Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired. (14. August 1935)

Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last public execution in the United States. (14. August 1936)

Chinese Air Force Day: The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when 6 Imperial Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers are shot down by the Nationalist Chinese Air Force while raiding Chinese air bases. (14. August 1937)

World War II: Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter of war stating postwar aims. (14. August 1941)

Japan accepts the Allied terms of surrender in World War II and the Emperor records the Imperial Rescript on Surrender (August 15 in Japan Standard Time). (14. August 1945)

The Viet Minh launches August Revolution amid the political confusion and power vacuum engulfing Vietnam. (14. August 1945)

Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations. (14. August 1947)

Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League. (14. August 1959)

UK Marine Broadcasting Offences Act declares participation in offshore pirate radio illegal. (14. August 1967)

Operation Banner: British troops are deployed in Northern Ireland. (14. August 1969)

Bahrain declares independence as the State of Bahrain. (14. August 1971)

An East German Ilyushin Il-62 crashes during takeoff from East Berlin, killing 156. (14. August 1972)

The Pakistani Constitution of 1973 comes into effect. (14. August 1973)

The second Turkish invasion of Cyprus begins; 140,000 to 200,000 Greek Cypriots become refugees. 6,000 massacred, 1,619 missing. (14. August 1974)

The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the longest-running release in film history, opens at the USA Theatre in Westwood, Los Angeles, California. (14. August 1975)