TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2012

Today is Tuesday, August 14, the 227th day of 2012. There are 139 days left in the year.

410 ― Alaric sacks Rome

1248 ― Construction of Cologne Cathedral begun

1385 ― Portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota, retain independence

1457 ― Oldest known exactly dated printed book (three years after Gutenberg)

1880 ― Construction of Cologne Cathedral completed

1900 ― International forces, including U.S. Marines, enter Beijing to put down Boxer Rebellion, which was aimed at ridding China of foreigners

1945 ― V-J Day; Japan surrenders unconditionally to end WW II

1948 ― 14th Olympic Games in London closes

1966 ― First U.S. lunar orbiter begins orbiting the Moon

1978 ― French TV announced a rating of ``0: for a program about an Armenian's woman's 40th birthday, (compared with Napoleonic drama-67 percent, Knockout-33percent)