Today
Friday August 14 2026
- Day of the year
- 226/ 365
- Week
- 332,026
- Days left
- 13962%
- Moon
- 5%Waxing crescent
Today is Friday, August 14, 2026. It is day 226 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 139 remain, and 62% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 33.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- August 19World Humanitarian Day
- August 21International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism
- August 23International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- Maximilian KolbePolish Conventual Franciscan friar, martyr and saint of the Roman Catholic Church (1894–1941)
- Micahbiblical prophet associated with the Book of Micah
- martyrs of OtrantoItalian saints
- Arnold of SoissonsFrench bishop and saint (1040-1087)
- Domingo Ibáñez de ErquiciaDominican priest (1589-1633)
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 06:06
- Sunset
- 19:56
- Length of day
- 13h 50m−2 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 13:01
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Summer
began on June 21, 2026
Next season
Autumn — 39 days, September 22, 2026 (September equinox)
Public holidays — United States
Not a public holiday in the United States.
Next public holiday : Labor Day — September 7, 2026
National holidays only. Regions, provinces and Länder add their own.
Moon
Waxing crescent
Illumination : 5%
Moon age : 1.9 days
- Next full moon
- August 28, 2026
- Next new moon
- September 11, 2026
Astrology
Today's zodiac sign
Leo
until August 23, 2026 — Virgo
Zodiac dates are an astrological convention, not the Sun's actual position among the constellations. The astronomy above is measured; this is not.
On this day in history
1385
Portuguese Crisis of 1383–85: Battle of Aljubarrota: Portuguese forces commanded by John I of Portugal defeat the Castilian army of John I of Castile. Wikipedia
1598
Nine Years' War: Battle of the Yellow Ford: Irish forces under Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, defeat an English expeditionary force under Henry Bagenal. Wikipedia
1791
Slaves from plantations in Saint-Domingue hold a Vodou ceremony led by houngan Dutty Boukman at Bois Caïman, marking the start of the Haitian Revolution. Wikipedia
1900
Battle of Peking: The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China. Wikipedia
1941
World War II: Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter of war stating postwar aims. Wikipedia
1947
Pakistan gains independence from the British Empire as the Dominion of Pakistan, due to the partition of India. Wikipedia
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1980
Lech Wałęsa leads strikes at the Gdańsk, Poland shipyards. Wikipedia
2005
Helios Airways Flight 522, en route from Larnaca, Cyprus to Prague, Czech Republic via Athens, crashes in the hills near Grammatiko, Greece, killing 121 passengers and crew. Wikipedia
2006
Lebanon War: A ceasefire takes effect three days after the United Nations Security Council's approval of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, formally ending hostilities between Lebanon and Israel. Wikipedia
2018
The collapse of the Ponte Morandi bridge in Genoa, Italy, left 16 people injured and 43 people killed. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day August 14
- 1530Giambattista Benedetti, Italian mathematician and physicist (died 1590)
- 1688Frederick William I of Prussia (died 1740)
- 1714Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter (died 1789)
- 1742Pope Pius VII (died 1823)
- 1777Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist and chemist (died 1851)
- 1840Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German-Austrian psychologist and author (died 1902)
- 1867John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1933)
- 1910Pierre Schaeffer, French composer and producer (died 1995)
Died on this day August 14
- 1433John I of Portugal (born 1357)aged 76 years
- 1464Pope Pius II (born 1405)aged 59 years
- 1941Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr and saint (born 1894)aged 47 years
- 1956Bertolt Brecht, German poet, playwright, and director (born 1898)aged 58 years
- 1958Frédéric Joliot-Curie, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1900)aged 58 years
- 1988Enzo Ferrari, Italian racing driver and businessman, founded Ferrari (born 1898)aged 90 years
- 1994Elias Canetti, Bulgarian-Swiss author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905)aged 89 years
- 2006Bruno Kirby, American actor (born 1949)aged 57 years
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
The day in words
In New York the sun rises at 06:06 and sets at 19:56, giving 13h 50m of daylight — 2 minutes less than yesterday. It has been summer since June 21, 2026; autumn opens in 39 days, on September 22, 2026 (September equinox).
The moon is a waxing crescent, 5% illuminated. The next full moon falls on August 28, 2026 and the next new moon on September 11, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches August 14 to Maximilian Kolbe, Micah and martyrs of Otranto.
No United Nations international day falls on August 14. The next one on the calendar is World Humanitarian Day, on August 19.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Portuguese Crisis of 1383–85: Battle of Aljubarrota: Portuguese forces commanded by John I of Portugal defeat the Castilian army of John I of Castile (1385); Nine Years' War: Battle of the Yellow Ford: Irish forces under Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, defeat an English expeditionary force under Henry Bagenal (1598). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Giambattista Benedetti was born on August 14, 1530; John I of Portugal died on August 14, 1433.
133 days remain until Christmas and 140 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — August 14 falls under the sign of Leo.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 62%
- of the year elapsed
- 133
- until Christmas
- 140
- until New Year
- 564
- until the next 29 February
2026 — Common year (365 days)
Work with dates
Sources
Every block on this page names where its data comes from. Nothing here is generated when the source is silent.
- United Nations — International Days— What's celebrated today
- Wikidata (P841)— Saints and name days · CC0 1.0
- Wikipedia (en)— On this day in history · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26