May 14

May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (135th in leap years). There are 231 days remaining.

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays and observances

Events

1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England.
1509 - Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat Venitians.
1643 - Four year-old Louix XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.
1787 - In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, delegates begin to meet to write a new Constitution for the United States.
1796 - Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination.
1804 - The Lewis and Clark Expedition departs from Camp Dubois and begin their historic journey by traveling up the Missouri River.
1889 - children's cruelty charity NSPCC launched in London
1900 - The 1900 Summer Olympics open in Paris, France
1913 - New York Governor William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation which begins operations with a $100,000,000 donation from John D. Rockefeller.
1914 - The Hellenic Holocaust starts, according to an official document from Talaat Bey (Minister of the Interior) to the prefect of Smyrna.
1927 - Cap Arcona's launching , Blohm & Voss shipyard, in Hamburg.
1935 - Filipinos ratify an independence agreement.
1940 - World War II: The Dutch city of Rotterdam is bombed by the German Luftwaffe.
1940 - World War II: The Netherlands surrender to Germany.
1948 - Israel declares itself to be an independent state and a provisional government is established.
1948 - The murder of a three-year-old girl in Blackburn, England leads to the fingerprinting of more than 40,000 men in the city in an attempt to find the murderer.
1955 - Cold War: Eight communist bloc countries including the Soviet Union sign a mutual-defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
1961 - American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders bus is fire-bombed near Anniston, Alabama and the civil rights protestors are beaten by an angry mob.
1973 - Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.
1995 - The Dalai Lama proclaims 6-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima as the eleventh reincarnation of the Panchen Lama.
1998 - After nine years on the air, the series finale of the television sitcom Seinfeld aires on NBC.

Births

1316 - Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor († 1378)
1727 - Thomas Gainsborough, artist († 1788)
1771 - Robert Owen, social reformer
1867 - Kurt Eisner, politician and publicist († 1919)
1869 - Friedrich Karl Kleine, physician († 1951)
1884 - Claude Dornier, aircraft designer († 1969)
1885 - Otto Klemperer, conductor († 1973)
1912 - Ben Hogan, golfer († 1997)
1917 - Lou Harrison, composer († 2003)
1922 - Franjo Tudjman, president of Croatia († 1999)
1929 - Gump Worsley, Hockey Hall of Famer
1931 - Alvin Lucier, composer
1934 - Si�n Phillips, actress
1936 - Bobby Darin, singer († 1973)
1943 - Jack Bruce, bass guitarist
1943 - �lafur Ragnar Gr�msson, president of Iceland
1944 - George Lucas, film director and producer
1952 - David Byrne, singer, songwriter, guitarist
1952 - Robert Zemeckis, director
1961 - Tim Roth, actor
1965 - Mick Foley, professional wrestler and author
1965 - Eoin Colfer, writer

Deaths

1610 - King Henry IV of France
1847 - Fanny Mendelssohn, composer and pianist
1912 - August Strindberg, author
1925 - H. Rider Haggard, author
1931 - David Belasco, writer
1957 - Marie Vassilieff, artist
1969 - Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer
1987 - Rita Hayworth, actress
1997 - Harry Blackstone Jr, magician
1998 - Frank Sinatra, singer, actor
2000 - Obuchi Keizo, Japanese prime minister
2003 - Dave DeBusschere, NBA basketball player
2003 - Robert Stack, actor

Holidays and observances

Paraguay - Flag Day

See Also:

May 13 - May 15 - April 14 - June 14 -- listing of all days

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