Today is Tuesday, August 14, the 226th day of 2018. There are 139 days left in the year.
1457 — Oldest known exactly dated printed book (3 years after Gutenberg)
1765 — Mass colonists challenge British rule by an Elm (Liberty Tree)
1813 — British warship Pelican attacks and captures U.S. war brigantine Argus
1873 — "Forest & Stream" begins publishing
1876 — Prairie View State University forms
1893 — France issues 1st driving licenses, included required test
1908 — Race riot in Springfield Illinois
1912 — 2,500 U.S. marines invade Nicaragua; U.S. remains until 1925
1917 — China declares war on Germany and Austria at start of WWI