On This Day - What happened 14 August

On August 14, Chiang Kai-shek announced his temporary retirement, as the Wuhan faction and Nanjing faction of the Kuomintang were allied once again with common goal of suppressing the Communist Party after the earlier split.

In August, the United Kingdom and the United States jointly issued the Atlantic Charter, which outlined British and American goals for the war, even though America had yet to officially join.

US President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, discussed what would become the Atlantic Charter in 1941 during the Atlantic Conference in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland. They made their joint declaration on 14 August 1941 from the US naval base in the bay, Naval Base Argentia, that had recently been leased from Britain as part of a deal that saw the US give 50 surplus destroyers to the UK for use against German U-boats (the US did not enter the war as a combatant until the attack on Pearl Harbour, four months later).

Ho Chi Minh's Việt Minh (League for the Independence of Vietnam) launched revolution against French colonial rule in Vietnam, on August 14, 1945.

On August 14 the Suzuki government notified the Allies that it had accepted the Potsdam Declaration.

A faction of the army opposed to the surrender attempted a coup d'état on the evening of 14 August, prior to the broadcast. They seized the Imperial Palace (the Kyūjō incident), but the physical recording of the emperor's speech was hidden and preserved overnight. The coup was crushed by the next morning, and the speech was broadcast.

On 14 August 1994, Sudan transferred him to French agents of the DST, who flew him to Paris for trial.

On 14 August 1997, the managed floating exchange regime was replaced by a free-floating exchange rate arrangement. The rupiah dropped further. The IMF came forward with a rescue package of $23 billion, but the rupiah was sinking further amid fears over corporate debts, massive selling of rupiah, and strong demand for dollars.

In 2007, hundreds of thousands of monks protested against the military junta's rule, and called for free elections, minority rights and the release of political prisoners in an event now known as the Saffron Revolution.

He scored his final goal for Barcelona in the 2010 Supercopa de España on 14 August in a 3–1 defeat against Sevilla.

On 14 August 2014, Samsung acquired SmartThings, a fast-growing home automation startup. The company isn't releasing the acquisition price, but TechCrunch reported a $200 million pricetag when first caught word of the deal in July 2014.

On August 14, 2014, Berkshire Hathaway's A Class shares, the highest-priced shares on the NYSE, hit $200,000 a share for the first time.

In August, a controversy erupted in 2018 when the FCC hosted a lunchtime talk with Andy Chan (pro-independence political activist. He is a founding member and the convenor of the Hong Kong National Party, the first party to advocate for Hong Kong independence), convenor of the Hong Kong National Party (HKNP) to take place on 14 August. Victor Mallet, Vice-chairman of the press organisation, chaired the session.

The Prince of Changyi was deposed.

The Italian bishop of Imola and Pope, Luigi Barnaba Gregorio Chiaramonti, was born in Cesena, Italy.

The twin daughters of king Louis XV, Louise Élisabeth and Henriette, were born in the Palace of Versailles, France.

Marie Allard, a French ballerina, was born in 1742.

The physicist and chemist Hans Christian rsted was born in Rudkbing.

Prussia defeated Russia in the Battle of Zorndorf, killing 1000s of Russians.

The Grand Duke of Tuscany, Cosimo III de' Medici, was born in Pitti Palace in Florence.

The twin daughters of king Louis XV, Henriette-Anne of France, were born in the Palace of Versailles.