1896 - Gold was discovered in Canada's Yukon Territory. Within the next year more than 30,000 people rushed to the area to look for gold.
1935 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. The act created unemployment insurance and pension plans for the elderly.
1945 - It was announced by U.S. President Truman that Japan had surrendered unconditionally. The surrender ended World War II.
Danielle Fernande Dominique Schuelein-Steel born on August 14, 1947 in New York City, is best known as Danielle Steel, and is one of the best selling authors in the United States and around the world. Best known for her mainstream drama novels Steel has sold more than 530 million copies of her books (as of 2005). Her novels have been on the New York Times bestseller list for over 390 consecutive weeks and 22 have been adapted for television.
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Happy birthday (August 14, 1950) to wacky cartoonist Gary Larson the creator of The Far Side turns 56 today. His single comic strip appeared in many newspapers for fourteen years until Larson's retirement January 1, 1995. He created a world entirely populated bythe lumpy, the big-nosed, the bespectacled,the bug-eyed and the foofy-haired.
With many of his cartoons having to do with scientific subjects, Larson has had a species of louse named for him —
With many of his cartoons having to do with scientific subjects, Larson has had a species of louse named for him —
the Strigiphilus garylarsoni. His name for a part of the stegosaurus, the thagomizer, was later adopted as its official term.
1953 - The whiffle ball was invented.
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