Today is Saturday, August 14, the 226th day of 2010. There are 139 days left in the year.
410 ― Alaric sacks Rome
1248 ― Construction of Cologne Cathedral begun
1457 ― Oldest known exactly dated printed book (three years after Gutenberg)
1862 ― Lincoln receives first group of blacks to confer with U.S. president
1880 ― Construction of Cologne Cathedral completed
1893 ― France issues first driving licenses, included required test
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
1947 ― India granted independence within British Commonwealth
1947 ― Pakistan gains independence from Britain