May 14

is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian_calendar (135th in leap_years). There are 231 days remaining.

Events

  • is captured in France making Simon_de_Montfort the de facto ruler of England.
  • 1483 - Coronation of Charles VIII the Kind.
  • 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.
  • 1870 - The first game of rugby in New_Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson_College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
  • 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.
  • 1939 - Lina_Medina, becomes the world's youngest confirmed mother in medical history at age 5.
  • 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.
  • bloc countries including the Soviet_Union sign a mutual-defense treaty called the Warsaw_Pact.
  • bus is fire-bombed near Anniston,_Alabama and the civil_rights protestors are beaten by an angry mob.
  • 1970 - The Red_Army_Faction is established in Germany.
  • 1973 - ''Skylab'', the United_States' first space_station, is launched.
  • 1995 - Tenzin_Gyatso, the 14th Dalai_Lama proclaims 6-year-old Gedhun_Choekyi_Nyima as the eleventh reincarnation of the Panchen_Lama.
  • 1997 - The Star_Alliance is formed between Air_Canada, Lufthansa, SAS, Thai_Airways_International and United_Airlines.
  • 1998 - After nine years on the air, the series finale of the television sitcom ''Seinfeld'' aired on NBC.
  • 2004 - Marriage of Frederik,_Crown_Prince_of_Denmark and Mary Donaldson in Copenhagen.

    Births

  • 1316 - Charles_IV,_Holy_Roman_Emperor (d. 1378)
  • 1710 - King Adolf_Frederick_of_Sweden (d. 1771)
  • 1727 - Thomas_Gainsborough, artist (d. 1788)
  • 1771 - Robert_Owen, social reformer (d. 1858)
  • 1867 - Kurt_Eisner, politician and publicist (d. 1919)
  • 1869 - Friedrich_Karl_Kleine, physician (d. 1951)
  • 1884 - Claude_Dornier, aircraft designer (d. 1969)
  • 1885 - Otto_Klemperer, conductor (d. 1973)
  • 1897 - Sidney_Bechet, jazz musician (d. 1959)
  • 1907 - Ayub_Khan, Pakistani President (d. 1974)
  • 1912 - Ben_Hogan, golfer (d. 1997)
  • 1917 - Lou_Harrison, composer (d. 2003)
  • 1922 - Franjo_Tudjman, president of Croatia (d. 1999)
  • 1929 - Gump_Worsley, Hockey_Hall_of_Famer
  • 1931 - Alvin_Lucier, composer
  • 1934 - Siân Phillips, actress
  • 1936 - Bobby_Darin, singer (d. 1973)
  • 1942 - Byron_Dorgan, politician
  • 1943 - Jack_Bruce, bass_guitarist
  • 1943 - Ólafur_Ragnar_Grímsson, president_of_Iceland
  • 1944 - George_Lucas, film director and producer
  • 1952 - David_Byrne, singer, songwriter, guitarist
  • 1952 - Robert_Zemeckis, director
  • 1961 - Tim_Roth, actor
  • 1964 - Eric_Peterson, singer
  • 1965 - Eoin_Colfer, writer
  • 1969 - Cate_Blanchett, Australian actress
  • 1983 - Amber_Tamblyn, actress

    Deaths

  • 964 - Pope_John_XII
  • 1610 - King Henry_IV_of_France (b. 1553)
  • 1847 - Fanny_Mendelssohn, composer and pianist (b. 1805)
  • 1906 - Carl_Schurz, German revolutionist and American statesman (b. 1829)
  • 1912 - August_Strindberg, author (b. 1849)
  • 1925 - H._Rider_Haggard, author (b. 1856)
  • 1931 - David_Belasco, writer
  • 1957 - Marie_Vassilieff, artist (b. 1884)
  • 1959 - Sidney_Bechet, jazz musician (b. 1897)
  • 1969 - Frederick_Lane, Australian swimmer (b. 1888)
  • 1978 - Robert_Menzies, twelfth Prime_Minister_of_Australia (b. 1894)
  • 1987 - Rita_Hayworth, actress (b. 1918)
  • 1997 - Harry_Blackstone_Jr., magician
  • 1998 - Frank_Sinatra, singer, actor (b. 1915)
  • 2000 - Obuchi_Keizo, Japanese prime minister (b. 1937)
  • 2003 - Dave_DeBusschere, NBA basketball player (b. 1940)
  • 2003 - Robert_Stack, actor (b. 1919)

    Holidays and observances

  • Paraguay - Flag_Day
  • Mother's_Day - 2000, 2006 ---- May_13 - May_15 - April_14 - June_14 -- listing of all days
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