August 14
1848 The Oregon Territory was established.
1886 Arthur J Dempster, American physicist, inventor of the first mass spectrometer was born.
1945 President Truman announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally, ending WW II.
2003 A blackout hit the northeastern US and part of Canada; 50 million people lost power.
August 15
1057 Macbeth, King of Scotland, was slain by the son of King Duncan.
1248 The foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral, Germany, built to house the relics of the Three Wise Men, is laid. (Construction is eventually completed in 1880.)
1769 Napoleon Bonapart, French general and First Consul and Emperor, was born on the island of Corsica.
1771 Sir Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, poet, historian and biographer, was born.
1892 Louis-Victor Broglie, French Nobel Prize-winning physicist (1929) was born.
1945 The Allies proclaimed V-J Day, one day after Japan agreed to surrender unconditionally.
1969 The Woodstock Music and Art Fair opened in upstate New York.
2001 Astronomers announced the discovery of the first solar system outside our own - two planets orbiting a star in the Big Dipper.
Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) is responsible for Carleton, Lanark, Renfrew, Prescott and Russell Counties. Our mission is “To encourage, assist and bring together all those interested in the pursuit of family history.” If you want to discover more about your family origins, or how and where to locate information about your ancestors, our members will be there to help you.
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