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...)

Corporate Memphis–style illustration

• ... that Corporate Memphis (example pictured) is featured on the new Canadian passport?
• ... that drag performer Salem Moon raised $9,500 for LGBTQ+ youth after an anti-LGBTQ organization targeted her trivia-night event?
• ... that numerous political purges during the Hongwu era resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of people?
• ... that a New York City mansion once had a tunnel to the Hudson River?
• ... that the 1993 Japanese anime OVA Aru Kararu no Isan, despite not having a conclusive ending, has been praised by critics for its use of science-fiction concepts?
• ... that Anthony Carl Knudsen served in the Minnesota House of Representatives for more than eight years, despite arriving in Minnesota as "nothing more nor less than a tramp"?
• ... that an NCDV campaign to raise awareness of domestic violence during the 2018 FIFA World Cup won a gold prize at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity?
• ... that the Kalorama Park and Archeological Site in Washington, D.C., is included in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom?
• ... that Harry Game was rejected by a club, despite having won league titles in Belgium and Greece, because "no one knew who the hell he was"?

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.