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The European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) is a species of rabbit native to the Iberian Peninsula and southwestern France. It is the sole living member of the genus Oryctolagus and has two subspecies. The European rabbit eats plants and lives in grasslands, and is highly adaptable to different environments, making its distinctive burrows known as warrens to live underground. It is the only species of rabbit to be domesticated, and the many breeds of European rabbit vary widely in size and shape, though the typical European rabbit has brown, grey or black fur with white undersides and is smaller than a European hare or mountain hare. In the European rabbit's mating system, dominant males have multiple female mates, though monogamous relationships are common in groups with fewer females. European rabbits have been introduced to every continent except for Antarctica, but are facing population declines in their native range due to overhunting, habitat destruction, and disease. (Full article...)

Agus Djaya

• ... that Indonesian painter Agus Djaya (pictured) exhibited throughout Europe during the National Revolution?
• ... that the anime film 100 Meters has a 3-minute 40-second long-take scene that includes 9800 rotoscoped frames and took a year to produce?
• ... that Junius Wilson was a deaf American who spent almost 70 years as a patient in a mental hospital despite not being mentally ill?
• ... that the quarries in Aris, Namibia, contain at least three minerals found nowhere else on Earth?
• ... that Filipino rock singer Gian Bernardino sometimes wears androgynous outfits while performing onstage?
• ... that the village of Gangfang was ceded from Burma to China in 1960 after a 50-year dispute?
• ... that creative director Al Hope had ideas for Alien: Isolation 2 before the original Alien: Isolation had been finished?
• ... that the Dutch East India Company's participation in a Johor conflict triggered a siege of Dutch Malacca?
• ... that scholars debate whether A Tale of Two Nations was not at all, mildly, or distinctly antisemitic?

Path of the solar eclipse

• A solar eclipse (animated path shown) causes totality from Siberia to Iberia.
• A magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes Chocó Department, Colombia, leaving at least 254 people dead.
• In cycling, Demi Vollering wins the Tour de France Femmes.
• Shootings at a residence and a school in Nonthaburi province, Thailand, leave at least nine people dead.

August 14: Independence Day in Pakistan (1947)

Kenji Hatanaka

• 1720 – The Spanish Villasur expedition, intended to slow the progress of French influence on the Great Plains of North America, ended in failure when it was ambushed by Pawnee and Otoe forces.
• 1888 – One of the first recordings of music, of Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", was played at a press conference in London to introduce Thomas Edison's phonograph.
• 1945 – Kenji Hatanaka (pictured) and other Japanese military officers launched an attempted coup d'état to prevent the surrender of Japan.
• 2005 – Helios Airways Flight 522 crashed into a mountain north of Marathon, Greece, killing all 121 people on board.
• 2007 – Four coordinated suicide bomb attacks detonated in the Yazidi communities of Qahtaniya and Jazeera, Iraq, killing 796 people and wounding 1,562 others.

Adam Yauch (August 5, 1964 – May 4, 2012) was an American rapper, songwriter, and film director. Known by his stage name MCA, Yauch was best known as a founding member of hip hop trio the Beastie Boys, which was formed in 1979 in New York City. The group's discography during Yauch's lifetime included singles such as (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!), Ch-Check It Out and Sabotage. Yauch was diagnosed with parotid cancer in 2009, for which he underwent treatment. He later resumed his role with the Beastie Boys, contributing to the release of Hot Sauce Committee Part Two in 2011. The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2012, although Yauch was too ill to attend. (more...)