What Happened on August 14, 2010

Historical Events

1st Summer Youth Olympic Games opens in Singapore

Famous Weddings

Hilary Duff

American actress and singer Hilary Duff (24) weds retired Canadian professional ice hockey center Mike Comrie (31) at La Quinta Estate in Montecito, California; separate in 2014 and divorce in 2016

Famous Deaths

Abbey Lincoln [Anna Wooldridge], African-American jazz vocalist, songwriter, actress (Nothing But a Man), and civil rights activist, dies at 80
Herman Leonard, American photographer (b. 1923)
Tahar Wattar, Algerian novelist (b. 1936)
Terje Stigen, Norwegian author (Det siste paradiset), dies at 88

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