August 14: Today in Comics History Index

• August 14, 1893: Excuse me, I have a little dust in my eye (Back to the Future #11)
• August 14, 1938: Dr. Schrödinger gives the best or the worst birthday present (Before Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan #2)
• August 14, 1945: When Cliff Comes Rocketeering Home (Rocketeer Adventures #1)
• August 14, 1945: First mass production of the Rubik's Cube (Son of Hitler)
• August 14, 1951: Either that baseball has shrunk down from 18 feet tall or Willie Mays is now 70 feet tall (The Amazing Willie Mays)
• August 14, 19?6: Newspapers evolve sideburns (Big Town #39)
• August 14, 1962: Ringo thinks big, dreams high (The Beatles in Comics!)
• August 14, 2003: Harvey Pekar sits in the dark for ten pages; Mark Zingarelli makes the easiest money in comics (American Splendor: Our Movie Year)
  
  
• August 14: Joker steals the second "H" from Daryl Hannah's name (Detective Comics #546)

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Celebrity birthdays:

• August 14, 1945: Steve Martin

Character birthdays:

• August 14, 1919: Catherine Prosper