THIS DAY IN HISTORY - AUGUST 14

1935 - The Social Security Act becomes law.
1945 - President Harry S. Truman announces that Imperial Japan surrendered unconditionally, ending World War II.
1947 - Pakistan becomes independent of British rule.
1980 - Actress-model Dorothy Stratten, 20, is shot to death by her estranged husband and manager, Paul Snider, who then kills himself.
1997 - Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh is sentenced to death.
2003 - A huge blackout hits the northeastern United States and part of Canada; 50 million people lose power.
2008 - President George W. Bush signs consumer-safety legislation that bans lead from children's toys, imposing the toughest standard in the world.
2015 - The U.S. Embassy in Cuba reopens after being closed for 54 years.