Aug 14 - V.J. Day U.S.A. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 14 - International World Lizard Day ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Aug 14,1812 (http://www1.sympatico.ca/news/otd/images/otd.98.08.14.a.lg.gif) Amherstburg Ontario - Shawnee Chief Tecumseh 1768-1813 brings 600 of his warriors to help Isaac Brock besiege General Hull at Detroit. ------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Aug 14,1877 Regina Saskatchewan- North-West Territorial Council passes ordinance 'For the Protection of the Buffalo' in an attempt to slow the destruction of the herds; unlawful to drive the buffalo into ravines or pits where they could be easily killed, or to hunt or kill buffalo for amusement, or solely to secure their tongues and pelts; closed season on female buffalo, extending from Nov 15 until Aug 14 each year; the herd numbering 60 million in 1800 was almost extinct by 1890. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 14,1861 Montreal Quebec- St. Lawrence River floods, inundating 25% of Montreal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 14,1813 Atlantic- British brigantine Pelican attacks and captures the US sloop Argus off the coast of England; War of 1812. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug 14,1756 Oswego New York- Louis-Joseph, Marquis de Montcalm 1712-1759 captures old Fort Oswego after Col. James Mercer killed by a cannon ball; his successor Lt Col Littlehaleson surrenders with 700 men of the 15th and 51st regiments; Montcalm's Indians kill over 50 English soldiers before he can stop them; he turns the fort over to them as a show of friendship and returns to Montreal, having secured control of Lake Ontario. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------