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May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in Leap Year s). 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 Of France ("Charles l'Affable").
- , French forces defeat the Venetians .
- 1607 - Jamestown, Virginia , is settled as an English colony.
- 1608 - Protestant Union founded in Auhausen .
- 1643 - Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII .
- 1747 - A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at First Battle Of Cape Finisterre .
- 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 .
- 1811 - Paraguay gains independence from Spain .
- 1861 - The Canellas meteorite, an 859- Gram chondrite-type Meteorite strikes the earth near Barcelona, Spain .
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- 1870 - The first game of Rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
- 1889 - The children's charity the NSPCC is launched in London .
- 1900 - The 1900 Summer Olympics open in Paris .
- 1913 - New York Governor William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation , which begins operations with a $100 million donation from John D. Rockefeller .
- 1927 - Cap Arcona is launched at the Blohm + Voss shipyard in Hamburg .
- 1929 - Wilfred Rhodes takes his 4000th First-class wicket during a performance of 9 for 39 at Leyton.
- 1931 - Ådalen Shootings , five people are killed in Ådalen , Sweden , as soldiers open fire on an unarmed Trade Union manifestation.
- 1935 - The Filipinos ratify an independence agreement.
- 1935 - Northamptonshire gains (over Somerset at Taunton by 48 runs) what proved to be their last victory for 99 matches, easily a record in the County Championship . Their next Championship win was not until '' 29 May , 1939 ''.
- 1939 - Lina Medina becomes the world's youngest confirmed Mother in medical history at the age of five.
- is bombed by the German Luftwaffe .
- 1940 - World War II: The Netherlands surrender to Germany .
- 1948 - Israel declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established.
- 1948 - The Murder of a three-year-old girl in Blackburn , northern 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 defence 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. It is the last launch of the Saturn V rocket.
- 1978 - First round of the Presidential Elections in Upper Volta .
- 1981 - Concert in Caracas of El Trabuco Venezolano and Irakere (First day).
- 1995 - Tenzin Gyatso , the 14th Dalai Lama , proclaims six-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima as the eleventh Reincarnation of the Panchen Lama .
- 2002 - Ten members of the Darwin -based Network Against Prohibition invade the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory of Australia .
- 2004 - The marriage of Frederik, Crown Prince Of Denmark and Mary Donaldson takes place in Copenhagen .
- 2005 - Pope Benedict XVI observes his first beatification, elevating Blessed Marianne Of Molokai on the road to Canonization into Sainthood
Births
- 1265 - Dante Alighieri , Italian poet (d. 1321 )
- 1316 - Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378 )
- 1553 - Margaret Of Valois , wife of Henry IV Of France (d. 1615 )
- 1666 - Victor Amadeus II Of Sardinia (d. 1732 )
- 1699 - Hans Joachim Von Zieten , Prussian field marshal (d. 1786 )
- 1701 - William Emerson , English mathematician (d. 1782 )
- 1703 - David Brearly , delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention (d. 1785 )
- 1710 - King Adolf Frederick Of Sweden (d. 1771 )
- 1727 - Thomas Gainsborough , English artist (d. 1788 )
- 1771 - Robert Owen , Welsh social reformer (d. 1858 )
- 1832 - Rudolf Lipschitz , German mathematician (d. 1903 )
- 1867 - Kurt Eisner , German politician and publicist (d. 1919 )
- 1885 - Otto Klemperer , German-born conductor (d. 1973 )
- 1897 - Sidney Bechet , American musician (d. 1959 )
- 1899 - Pierre Victor Auger , French physicist (d. 1993 )
- 1904 - Hans Albert Einstein , American professor (d. 1973 )
- 1907 - Ayub Khan , President Of Pakistan (d. 1974 )
- 1917 - Lou Harrison , American composer (d. 2003 )
- 1921 - Richard Deacon , American actor (d. 1984 )
- 1922 - Franjo Tuđman , President Of Croatia (d. 1999 )
- 1926 - Eric Morecambe , British comedian (d. 1984 )
- 1929 - Gump Worsley , Canadian hockey player
- 1931 - Alvin Lucier , American composer
- 1934 - Siân Phillips , Welsh actress
- 1936 - Bobby Darin , American singer (d. 1973 )
- 1942 - Byron Dorgan , U.S. Senator
- 1943 - Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson , President Of Iceland
- 1944 - George Lucas , American film director and producer
- 1946 - Eric Peterson , Canadian actor
- 1948 - Bob Woolmer , Indian-born cricket coach
- 1952 - David Byrne , American singer, songwriter, and guitarist ( Talking Heads )
- 1952 - Robert Zemeckis , American film director
- 1953 - Norodom Sihamoni , King Of Cambodia
- 1953 - Tom Cochrane , Canadian singer, songwriter, and guitarist ( Red Rider )
- 1957 - Leon White , professional wrestler
- 1959 - Patrick Bruel , French singer
- 1959 - Steve Hogarth , British singer ( Marillion )
- 1959 - Rick Vaive , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1960 - Steve Williams , American professional wrestler
- 1961 - Tim Roth , English actor
- 1962 - Ian Astbury , English singer ( The Cult )
- 1965 - Eoin Colfer , Irish writer
- 1966 - Raphael Saadiq , American music artist
- 1967 - Tony Siragusa , American football player
- 1969 - Cate Blanchett , Australian actress
- 1971 - Sofia Coppola , American film writer and director
- 1976 - Martine McCutcheon , British actress
- 1977 - Ada Nicodemou , Australian actress
- 1981 - Sarbel , Greek-born singer
- 1983 - Amber Tamblyn , American actress
Deaths
- 964 - Pope John XII
- 1470 - King Charles VIII Of Sweden (b. 1409
- 1608 - Charles III, Duke Of Lorraine (b. 1543 )
- 1610 - King Henry IV Of France (assassinated) (b. 1553 )
- 1643 - King Louis XIII Of France (b. 1601 )
- 1649 - Friedrich Spanheim , Dutch theologian (b. 1600 )
- 1669 - Georges De Scudéry , French writer (b. 1601 )
- 1688 - Antoine Furetière , French writer (b. 1619 )
- 1754 - Pierre-Claude Nivelle De La Chaussée , French writer (b. 1692 )
- 1761 - Thomas Simpson , British mathematician (b. 1710 )
- 1818 - Matthew Lewis , English novelist (b. 1775 )
- 1847 - Fanny Mendelssohn , German composer and pianist (b. 1805 )
- 1860 - Ludwig Bechstein , German writer (b. 1801 )
- 1887 - Lysander Spooner , American philosopher (b. 1808 )
- 1889 - Volney E. Howard , American politician (b. 1809 )
- 1906 - Carl Schurz , German revolutionary and American statesman (b. 1829 )
- 1912 - King Frederick VIII Of Denmark (b. 1843 )
- 1912 - August Strindberg , Swedish author (b. 1849 )
- 1919 - Henry John Heinz , founder of the H. J. Heinz Company (b. 1844 )
- 1923 - Charles De Freycinet , French prime minister (b. 1828 )
- 1925 - H. Rider Haggard , English author (b. 1856 )
- 1931 - David Belasco , American theatrical producer and playwright (b. 1853 )
- 1936 - Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby , British general (b. 1861 )
- 1940 - Emma Goldman , Lithuanian-born anarchist and feminist (b. 1869 )
- 1943 - Henri La Fontaine , Belgian lawyer and activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1854 )
- 1945 - Heber J. Grant , president of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints (b. 1856 )
- 1954 - Heinz Guderian , German General (b. 1888 )
- 1957 - Marie Vassilieff , Russian artist (b. 1884 )
- 1959 - Sidney Bechet , American musician (b. 1897 )
- 1968 - Husband E. Kimmel , American admiral (b. 1882 )
- 1969 - Frederick Lane , Australian swimmer (b. 1888 )
- 1973 - Jean Gebser , German-born author, linguist, and poet (b. 1905 )
- 1976 - Keith Relf , British singer and musician ( The Yardbirds ) (b. 1943 )
- 1978 - Robert Menzies , twelfth Prime Minister Of Australia (b. 1894 )
- 1983 - Roger J. Traynor , American judge (b. 1900 )
- 1987 - Rita Hayworth , American actress (b. 1918 )
- 1988 - Willem Drees , Prime Minister Of The Netherlands (b. 1886 )
- 1991 - Jiang Qing , Madame Mao (b. 1914 )
- 1992 - Nie Rongzhen , Chinese Communist military leader (b. 1899 )
- 1995 - Christian B. Anfinsen , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916 )
- 1997 - Harry Blackstone Jr. , American magician (b. 1934 )
- 1998 - Frank Sinatra , American singer and actor (b. 1915 )
- 2000 - Obuchi Keizo , Prime Minister Of Japan (b. 1937 )
- 2003 - Dave DeBusschere , American basketball player (b. 1940 )
- 2003 - Dame Wendy Hiller , British actress (b. 1912 )
- 2003 - Robert Stack , American actor (b. 1919 )
Holidays and observances
=Feastday Saints=
External links
May 13 - May 15 - April 14 - June 14 – Listing Of All Days
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