Shimla, Aug 14 Keekli Bureau
Usain Bolt
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt won the 100-metres at the Rio de Janeiro Games, becoming the first person to win the event in three consecutive Olympics; he later claimed an unprecedented third straight gold medal in the 200-metres.
2004
Polish-born poet, essayist, and critic Czesław Miłosz—who was considered one of the major poets of the 20th century and won the 1980 Nobel Prize for Literature—died in Kraków.
1994
Venezuelan militant Carlos the Jackal, who orchestrated some of the highest-profile terrorist attacks of the 1970s and ’80s, was captured by French agents in Sudan; he was later sentenced to life in prison for his crimes.
1959
American basketball player Magic Johnson, who led the National Basketball Association (NBA) Los Angeles Lakers to five championships, was born in Lansing, Michigan.
1947
Pakistan became a sovereign state, bringing an end to British rule there.
1941
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued the Atlantic Charter, a joint declaration that stated, among other points, that they desired no territorial changes without the free assent of the peoples concerned.
1935
The U.S. Congress enacted the Social Security Act, establishing a permanent national old-age pension system through employer and employee contributions.
1917
China declared war on Germany and Austria-Hungary during World War I.
An international force seized Beijing to crush the Boxer Rebellion.
1457
The first book printed in Europe with a colophon bearing the name of the printer was completed in Mainz, Germany.
