Historical timeline for August 14

Former U.S. president Donald Trump is charged in Georgia along with 18 others in attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election in that state, his fourth indictment of 2023.

An explosion destroys a market in Armenia, killing six people and injuring dozens.

A magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes southwestern Haiti, killing at least 2,248 people and causing a humanitarian crisis.

The collapse of the Ponte Morandi bridge in Genoa, Italy, left 16 people injured and 43 people killed.

The U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba re-opens after 54 years of being closed when Cuba–United States relations were broken off.

Egypt declares a state of emergency as security forces kill hundreds of demonstrators supporting former president Mohamed Morsi.

UPS Airlines Flight 1354 crashes short of the runway at Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport, killing both crew members on board.

The Kahtaniya bombings kill at least 500 people.

Lebanon War: A ceasefire takes effect three days after the United Nations Security Council's approval of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, formally ending hostilities between Lebanon and Israel.

Sri Lankan Civil War: Sixty-one schoolgirls killed in Chencholai bombing by Sri Lanka Air Force air strike.

Helios Airways Flight 522, en route from Larnaca, Cyprus to Prague, Czech Republic via Athens, crashes in the hills near Grammatiko, Greece, killing 121 passengers and crew.

A widescale power blackout affects the northeast United States and Canada.

Greek Cypriot refugee Solomos Solomou is shot and killed by a Turkish security officer while trying to climb a flagpole in order to remove a Turkish flag from its mast in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus.

Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, also known as "Carlos the Jackal", is captured.

Lech Wałęsa leads strikes at the Gdańsk, Poland shipyards.

Turkey launches the second phase of the invasion of Cyprus, which eventually resulted in the Turkish occupation of 37% of Cyprus.

An Ilyushin Il-62 airliner crashes near Königs Wusterhausen, East Germany killing 156 people.

Bahrain declares independence from Britain.

The Troubles: British troops are deployed in Northern Ireland as political and sectarian violence breaks out, marking the start of the 37-year Operation Banner.

UK Marine Broadcasting Offences Act 1967 declares participation in offshore pirate radio illegal.