On this day — August 14 in African history

The Venezuelan militant known as "Carlos the Jackal" was captured by French intelligence agents in Khartoum, Sudan, after years evading international manhunts.

Actress Halle Berry, who in 2002 became the first woman of African descent to win the Academy Award for Best Actress, was born in Cleveland, Ohio.

Britain formally annexed the remote South Atlantic archipelago of Tristan da Cunha, administering it from the Cape Colony in South Africa.

Dick Tiger, the Nigerian boxer who won world middleweight and light heavyweight titles and became one of Africa's first global sports stars, was born in Amaigbo.

Egyptian security forces killed hundreds of demonstrators supporting ousted President Mohamed Morsi in the Rabaa massacre, prompting a nationwide state of emergency.