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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_14" title="August 14">August 14</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(Pakistan)" title="Independence Day (Pakistan)">Independence Day</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947" title="1947">1947</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1720" title="1720">1720</a> – The Spanish <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villasur_expedition" title="Villasur expedition">Villasur expedition</a></b>, intended to slow the progress of French influence on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Plains" title="Great Plains">Great Plains</a> of North America, ended in failure when it was ambushed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawnee_people" title="Pawnee people">Pawnee</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otoe" title="Otoe">Otoe</a> forces.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941" title="1941">1941</a> – After a secret meeting in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_of_Newfoundland" title="Dominion of Newfoundland">Newfoundland</a>, British prime minister <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a> and U.S. president <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a> issued the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Charter" title="Atlantic Charter">Atlantic Charter</a></b>, establishing a vision for a post–World War II world.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975" title="1975">1975</a> – premiered in London, the first in its record-breaking run in cinemas, which continues in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_theatrical_release" title="Limited theatrical release">limited release</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013" title="2013">2013</a> – Security forces <b><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_2013_Rabaa_massacre" title="August 2013 Rabaa massacre">raided two camps of supporters</a></b> of the ousted Egyptian president <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Morsi" title="Mohamed Morsi">Mohamed Morsi</a> in Cairo, leading to the deaths of at least 595 civilians.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Talbot,_1st_Earl_of_Tyrconnell" title="Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell">Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1691); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Fowler_Wells" title="Charlotte Fowler Wells">Charlotte Fowler Wells</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1814); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%BCzhet_G%C3%B6kdo%C4%9Fan" title="Nüzhet Gökdoğan">Nüzhet Gökdoğan</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1910); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Trumble" title="Hugh Trumble">Hugh Trumble</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1938)</p>
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