What happened on May 14? There are more than 308 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About May 14
May 14 is the 135th day of the year 2024. There are 231 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday. This day falls under the 20th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Los Angeles, California 90013 sunrise occured at 05:50 AM and sunset occured at 07:48 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Taurus. The modern birthstone for this month is Emerald while the mystical birthstone is Sapphire.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 260 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For May 14
- 1264Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England.
- 1483Coronation of Charles VIII of France (Charles l'Affable).
- 1509Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Venetians.
- 1607Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony.
- 1608The Protestant Union is founded in Auhausen.
- 1610Henry IV of France is assassinated bringing Louis XIII to the throne.
- 1643Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.
- 1747War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre.
- 1787In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, delegates convene a Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution for the United States; George Washington presides.
- 1796Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination.
- 1804The Lewis and Clark Expedition departs from Camp Dubois and begins its historic journey by traveling up the Missouri River.
- 1811Paraguay: Pedro Juan Caballero, Fulgencio Yegros and José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia start actions to depose the Spanish governor
- 1836The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas.
- 1863American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place.
- 1868Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward to Aizu by way of Nikkō.
- 1870The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
- 1879The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the ship .
- 1889The children’s charity National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is launched in London.
- 1913New York Governor William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100 million donation from John D. Rockefeller.
- 1925Virginia Woolf’s novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
- 1929Wilfred Rhodes takes his 4000th first-class wicket during a performance of 9 for 39 at Leyton; he is the only player in history to have reached that plateau.
- 1931Ådalen shootings: five people are killed in Ådalen, Sweden, as soldiers open fire on an unarmed trade union demonstration.
- 1935The Philippines ratifies an independence agreement.
- 1939Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
- 1940The Yermolayev Yer-2, a long-range Soviet medium bomber, has its first flight.
- 1940World War II: Rotterdam is bombed by the German Luftwaffe.
- 1940World War II: The Battle of the Netherlands ends with the Netherlands surrendering to Germany.
- 1943A Japanese submarine sinks Ship AHS off the coast of Queensland.
- 1948Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
- 1951Trains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.
- 1955Cold War: Eight communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
- 1961American civil rights movement: The Freedom Riders bus is fire-bombed near Anniston, Alabama, and the civil rights protesters are beaten by an angry mob.
- 1963Kuwait joins the United Nations.
- 1970The Red Army Faction is established in Germany.
- 1973Skylab, the United States’ first space station, is launched.
- 1988Carrollton bus collision: a drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky, United States hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. The crash and ensuing fire kill 27.
- 2004The Constitutional Court of South Korea overturns the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun.
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Who Were Born On May 14?
- 1316Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378)
- 1553Margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615)
- 1630Katakura Kagenaga (2nd) (d. 1681)
- 1666Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732)
- 1679Peder Horrebow, Danish astronomer (d. 1764)
- 1699Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786)
- 1701William Emerson, English mathematician (d. 1782)
- 1710King Adolf Frederick of Sweden (d. 1771)
- 1725Ludovico Manin, last Doge of the Republic of Venice (d. 1802)
- 1727Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (d. 1788)
- 1737George Mcartney, Irish-born British statesman (d. 1806)
- 1752Albrecht Thaer, German agronomist (d. 1828)
- 1752Timothy Dwight, American theologian (d. 1817)
- 1771Robert Owen, Welsh social reformer (d. 1858)
- 1781Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer, German historian (d. 1873)
- 1814Charles Beyer, German-British locomotive engineer (d. 1876)
- 1817Alexander Kaufmann, German poet (d. 1893)
- 1832Charles Peace, unusual English criminal
- 1832Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician (d. 1903)
- 1867Kurt Eisner, German politician (d. 1919)
- 1869Arthur Rostron, Captain of the Titanic (d. 1940)
- 1872Elia Dalla Costa, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1961)
- 1878James L. Wilkinson, American baseball executive (d. 1964)
- 1880Wilhelm List, German field marshal (d. 1971)
- 1881Ed Walsh, American baseball player (d. 1959)
- 1881G. Murray Hulbert, American politician (d. 1950)
- 1885Otto Klemperer, German-born conductor (d. 1973)
- 1890Alex Pompez, American baseball executive (d. 1974)
- 1893Louis Verneuil, French playwright (d. 1952)
- 1897Ed Ricketts, American marine biologist (d. 1948)
- 1897Sidney Bechet, American musician (d. 1959)
- 1899Earle Combs, American baseball player (d. 1976)
- 1899Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist (d. 1993)
- 1900Edgar Wind, German art historian (d. 1971)
- 1900Hal Borland, American author (d. 1978)
- 1900Leo Smit, Dutch composer (d. 1943)
- 1900Walter Rehberg, Swiss concert pianist, composer and writer (d. 1957)
- 1901Robert Ritter, German psychologist (d. 1951)
- 1903Billie Dove, American actress (d. 1997)
- 1904Hans Albert Einstein, Swiss-born American professor, son of Albert Einstein and Mileva Marić (d. 1973)
- 1904Marcel Junod, Swiss physician (d. 1961)
- 1905Herbert Morrison, American radio announcer (d. 1989)
- 1905Jean Daniélou, French cardinal (d. 1974)
- 1907Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan (d. 1974)
- 1907Hans von der Groeben, German diplomat (d. 2005)
- 1907Johnny Moss, American professional poker player (d. 1995)
- 1908Betty Jeffrey, Australian nurse, World War II Japanese prisoner (d. 2000)
- 1916Del Moore, American comedian (d. 1970)
- 1916Lance Dossor, British-born concert pianist (d. 2005)
- 1916Marco Zanuso, Italian architect (d. 2001)
- 1917Lou Harrison, American composer (d. 2003)
- 1919John Hope, American meteorologist (d. 2002)
- 1919Solange Chaput-Rolland, French-Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2001)
- 1921Arve Opsahl, Norwegian actor (d. 2007)
- 1921Richard Deacon, American actor (d. 1984)
- 1922Franjo Tuđman, Croatian politician (d. 1999)
- 1923Adnan Pachachi, Iraqi politician
- 1923Mrinal Sen, Indian film director
- 1925Al Porcino, American jazz trumpet player
- 1925Oona O'Neill, widow of Charlie Chaplin (d. 1991)
- 1925Patrice Munsel, American opera soprano
- 1925Sophie Kurys, American baseball player
- 1926Eric Morecambe, British comedian (d. 1984)
- 1927Herbert W. Franke, Austrian writer
- 1928Brian Macdonald, Canadian dancer
- 1928Frederik H. Kreuger, Dutch scientist and inventor
- 1928Will “Dub” Jones, American singer (The Coasters) (d. 2000)
- 1929Barbara Branden, Canadian writer and lecturer
- 1929Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
- 1929Henry McGee, British actor, straight man to Benny Hill (d. 2006)
- 1931Alvin Lucier, American composer
- 1932Robert Bechtle, American painter
- 1933Frank Harte, Irish singer and song collector
- 1933Michael Chevalier, German voice actor
- 1934Siân Phillips, Welsh actress
- 1935Rudi Šeligo, Slovenian writer and politician (d. 2004)
- 1936Bobby Darin, American singer (d. 1973)
- 1936Charlie Gracie, American singer
- 1936Waheeda Rehman, Indian actress
- 1940'H'. Jones, British Soldier, VC recipient (d. 1982)
- 1940Troy Shondell, American singer
- 1942Byron Dorgan, American politician
- 1942Prentis Hancock, British actor
- 1942Rüdiger Vogler, German actor
- 1942Tony Pérez, Cuban baseball player
- 1942Valeriy Brumel, Soviet high jumper (d. 2003)
- 1943Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland
- 1943Derek Leckenby, British musician (Herman’s Hermits) (d. 1994)
- 1943Elizabeth Ray, American sex scandal figure
- 1943Jack Bruce, Scottish bassist (Cream)
- 1944George Lucas, American film director
- 1945Francesca Annis, British actress
- 1945George Nicholls, British rugby league footballer
- 1945Yochanan Vollach, Israeli footballer and president of Maccabi Haifa
- 1947Tamara Dobson, American actress (d. 2006)
- 1948Bob Woolmer, English cricket coach (d. 2007)
- 1949Klaus-Peter Thaler, German cyclist
- 1949Walter Day, founder of Twin Galaxies
- 1950Adolfo Dominguez, Spanish fashion designer
- 1952David Byrne, Scottish-born American musician (Talking Heads)
- 1952Donald R. McMonagle, American astronaut
- 1952Robert Zemeckis, American film director
- 1952Scott Irwin, American wrestler (d. 1987)
- 1953John Rutsey, Canadian drummer (Rush) (d. 2008)
- 1953Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia
- 1953Tom Cochrane, Canadian musician (Red Rider)
- 1954Jens Sparschuh, German writer
- 1955Dennis Martínez, Nicaraguan baseball player
- 1955Peter Kirsten, South African cricketer
- 1957Big Van Vader (born Leon White), American professional wrestler
- 1958Christine Brennan, American sports columnist
- 1958Jan Ravens, English impressionist
- 1959Patrick Bruel, French singer
- 1959Rick Vaive, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1959Steve Hogarth, British singer (Marillion)
- 1960“Dr. Death” Steve Williams, American wrestler (d. 2009)
- 1960Anne Clark, English singer
- 1960Ronan Tynan, Irish singer
- 1961Alain Vigneault, Canadian ice hockey coach
- 1961David Quantick, writer
- 1961Jean Leclerc, French-Canadian singer and songwriter
- 1961Tim Roth, English actor
- 1961Ulrike Folkerts, German actress
- 1962C. C. DeVille, American musician (Poison)
- 1962Danny Huston, American actor
- 1962Ian Astbury, English singer (The Cult)
- 1963Pat Borders, American baseball player
- 1964Eric Peterson, American musician (Testament)
- 1964James M. Kelly, American astronaut
- 1964Suzy Kolber, American sportscaster
- 1965Eoin Colfer, Irish writer
- 1966Fabrice Morvan, French music artist (Milli Vanilli)
- 1966Marianne Denicourt, French actress
- 1966Mike Inez, American bassist (Alice in Chains, Black Label Society)
- 1966Raphael Saadiq, American vocalist and bassist (Tony! Toni! Toné!)
- 1967Tony Siragusa, American football player
- 1969Cate Blanchett, Australian actress
- 1969Danny Wood, American singer (New Kids on the Block)
- 1969Sabine Schmitz, German race driver and television personality
- 1971Nasha Aziz, Malaysian actress and model
- 1971Sofia Coppola, American director
- 1972Gabriel Mann, American actor
- 1972Mark Ruskell, England-born Scottish politician
- 1973Anais Granofsky, Canadian actress and director
- 1973Julian White, English rugby player
- 1973Natalie Appleton, Canadian-born singer
- 1973Shanice, American singer
- 1973Voshon Lenard, American basketball player
- 1974Jennifer Allan, American model
- 1974Krister Axel, American poet and songwriter
- 1975Nicki Sørensen, Danish road bicycle racer
- 1976Brian Lawrence, American baseball player
- 1976Hunter Burgan, American bassist (AFI)
- 1976Martine McCutcheon, British actress
- 1977Ada Nicodemou, Australian actress
- 1977Pusha T, American Rapper
- 1977Roy Halladay, American baseball player
- 1977Sophie Anderton, English model and television personality
- 1978André Macanga, Angolan footballer
- 1978Brent Harvey, Australian footballer
- 1978Eddie House, American basketball player
- 1978Gustavo Varela, Uruguayan footballer
- 1979Carlos Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1979Clinton Morrison, English-born Irish footballer
- 1979Edwige Lawson-Wade, French Basketball player
- 1980Eugene Martineau, Dutch decathlete
- 1980Hugo Southwell, Scottish rugby union player
- 1980Júlia Sebestyén, Hungarian figure skater
- 1980Zdeněk Grygera, Czech footballer
- 1982Ai Shibata, Japanese swimmer
- 1982BeardyMan, English beatboxer
- 1983Amber Tamblyn, American actress
- 1983Anahí, Mexican actress and singer (RBD)
- 1983Frank Gore, American football player
- 1983Keeley Donovan, English news and weather presenter
- 1983Tom Welham, British musician (Thirteen Senses)
- 1983Uroš Slokar, Slovenian basketball player
- 1984Gary Ablett, Jr., Australian rules footballer
- 1984Luke Gregerson, American baseball player
- 1984Mark Zuckerberg, American internet entrepreneur, co-founder of Facebook
- 1984Michael Rensing, German footballer
- 1984Nigel Reo-Coker, English footballer
- 1984Olly Murs, English singer
- 1985Sally Martin, New Zealand actress
- 1985Simona Peycheva, Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast
- 1985Zack Ryder, American professional wrestler
- 1986Alyosha, Ukrainian singer
- 1986Andrea Bovo, Italian footballer
- 1986Camila Sodi, Mexican actress
- 1986Sarbel, Greek-born singer
- 1987François Steyn, South African rugby union player
- 1987Franck Songo'o, Cameroonian footballer
- 1988Jayne Appel, American basketball player
- 1990Emily Samuelson, American ice dancer
- 1993Miranda Cosgrove, American actress and singer
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Who Died On May 14?
- 964Pope John XII
- 1470Charles VIII of Sweden, king of Sweden and Norway (b. 1409)
- 1574Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479)
- 1608Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543)
- 1610King Henry IV of France (b. 1553)
- 1643King Louis XIII of France (b. 1601)
- 1649Friedrich Spanheim, Swiss theologian (b. 1600)
- 1669Georges de Scudéry, French writer (b. 1601)
- 1688Antoine Furetière, French writer (b. 1619)
- 1754Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (b. 1692)
- 1761Thomas Simpson, British mathematician (b. 1710)
- 1818Matthew Gregory Lewis, English novelist (b. 1775)
- 1847Fanny Mendelssohn, German composer and pianist (b. 1805)
- 1860Ludwig Bechstein, German writer (b. 1801)
- 1873Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and writer (b. 1797)
- 1878Ookubo Toshimichi, Japanese statesman, samurai, and one of the “three great nobles” who led the Meiji Restoration (b. 1830)
- 1887Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (b. 1808)
- 1889Volney E. Howard, American politician (b. 1809)
- 1893Ernst Kummer, German mathematician (b. 1810)
- 1906Carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (b. 1829)
- 1912August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist and essayist (b. 1849)
- 1912King Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)
- 1918James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American newspaper publisher (b. 1841)
- 1919Henry J. Heinz, German-American businessman, founder of the H. J. Heinz Company (b. 1844)
- 1923Charles de Freycinet, Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
- 1925H. Rider Haggard, English author (b. 1856)
- 1931David Belasco, American theatrical producer (b. 1853)
- 1931Denys Finch Hatton, English big-game hunter (b. 1887)
- 1934Lou Criger, American baseball player (b. 1872)
- 1936Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, British general (b. 1861)
- 1940Emma Goldman, Lithuanian-born anarchist (b. 1869)
- 1943Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1854)
- 1945Heber J. Grant, seventh president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1856)
- 1954Heinz Guderian, German General (b. 1888)
- 1956Joan Malleson, English physician (b. 1889)
- 1957Marie Vassilieff, Russian artist (b. 1884)
- 1959Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal, mother of Empress Zita of Austria (b. 1862)
- 1959Sidney Bechet, American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist (b. 1897)
- 1962Florence Auer, American actress (b. 1880)
- 1968Husband E. Kimmel, American admiral (b. 1882)
- 1969Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (b. 1888)
- 1970Billie Burke, American actress (b. 1884)
- 1973Jean Gebser, German-born author, linguist and poet (b. 1905)
- 1976Keith Relf, British singer and musician (The Yardbirds) (b. 1943)
- 1980Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (b. 1912)
- 1982Hugh Beaumont, American actor (b. 1909)
- 1982Lady of Ro, Greek patriot (b. 1890)
- 1983Miguel Alemán Valdés, President of Mexico (b. 1900)
- 1983Roger J. Traynor, American judge (b. 1900)
- 1984Walter Rauff, German colonel (b. 1906)
- 1985Barbara Yung Mei-ling, Hong Kong actress (b. 1959)
- 1987Rita Hayworth, American actress (b. 1918)
- 1987Vitomil Zupan, Slovenian writer (b. 1914)
- 1988Willem Drees, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1886)
- 1989Mary Lalopoulou, Greek actress (b. 1926)
- 1991Jiang Qing, widow of Mao Zedong (b. 1914)
- 1992Lyle Alzado, American football player (b. 1949)
- 1992Nie Rongzhen, Chinese Communist military leader (b. 1899)
- 1993Patrick Haemers, Belgian criminal (b. 1953)
- 1993William Randolph Hearst Jr., American newspaper magnate (b. 1908)
- 1995Christian B. Anfinsen, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1916)
- 1997Harry Blackstone, Jr., American stage magician (b. 1934)
- 1998Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (b. 1915)
- 1998Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American conservationist (b. 1890)
- 2000Obuchi Keizo, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1937)
- 2001Gil Langley, Australian cricketer, footballer and politician (b. 1919)
- 2003Dave DeBusschere, American basketball player (b. 1940)
- 2003Robert Stack, American actor (b. 1919)
- 2003Wendy Hiller, British actress (b. 1912)
- 2004Anna Lee, British actress (b. 1913)
- 2006Eva Norvind, Mexican actress (b. 1944)
- 2006Lew Anderson, American actor and bandleader (b. 1922)
- 2006Stanley Kunitz, American poet (b. 1905)
- 2007Ülo Jõgi, Estonian freedom fighter (b. 1921)
- 2007Mary Goldsmith, American ceramist (b. 1908)
- 2010Goh Keng Swee, former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (b. 1918)
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