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)