May, 14th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Saturday 14, 2005:
Nintendo opens up its first retail store, Nintendo World, in Rockefeller Center in New York City. They celebrate the grand opening with a block party in Rockefeller Plaza.

Friday 14, 2004:
Insurgents or terrorists in Iraq detonate a 155 mm shell containing several liters of binary precursors for sarin. The shell was designed to mix the chemicals as it spun during flight and the explosion failed to mix them properly. Although it only resulted in a small release of sarin, two U.S. soldiers are treated for exposure after displaying the early symptoms.

Tuesday 14, 2002:
Ten members of the Darwin-based Network Against Prohibition invade the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory of Australia.

Thursday 14, 1998:
After nine years on the air, the series finale of the television sitcom Seinfeld airs on NBC.

Sunday 14, 1995:
Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama proclaims six-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima as the eleventh reincarnation of the Panchen Lama.

Tuesday 14, 1985:
Popular Hong Kong actress Barbara Yung Mei-ling was found unconscious from gas inhalation in her apartment at Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong. She was declared dead on arrival at a nearby hospital.

Sunday 14, 1978:
First round of the presidential elections in Upper Volta.

Monday 14, 1973:
Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched. It is the last launch of the Saturn V rocket.

Thursday 14, 1970:
The Red Army Faction is established in Germany.

Sunday 14, 1967:
Mickey Mantle becomes the sixth member of the 500 home run club with a home run at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York.

Sunday 14, 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.

Saturday 14, 1955:
Cold War: Eight communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defence treaty called the Warsaw Pact.

Friday 14, 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.

Tuesday 14, 1940:
World War II: The Netherlands surrender to Germany.

Sunday 14, 1939:
Lina Medina, becomes the world's youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.

Tuesday 14, 1935:
The Filipinos ratify an independence agreement.

Thursday 14, 1931:
Ådalen shootings, five people are killed in Ådalen, Sweden, as soldiers open fire on an unarmed trade union manifestation.

Tuesday 14, 1929:
Wilfred Rhodes takes his 4000th first-class wicket during a performance of 9 for 39 at Leyton.

Saturday 14, 1927:
Cap Arcona is launched at the Blohm + Voss shipyard in Hamburg.

Wednesday 14, 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.

Monday 14, 1900:
The 1900 Summer Olympics open in Paris.

Tuesday 14, 1889:
The children's charity the NSPCC is launched in London.

Saturday 14, 1870:
The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.

Thursday 14, 1863:
American Civil War: Battle of Jackson (MS).

Tuesday 14, 1861:
The Canellas meteorite, an 859-gram chondrite-type meteorite strikes the earth near Barcelona, Spain.

Tuesday 14, 1811:
Paraguay gains independence from Spain.

Monday 14, 1804:
The Lewis and Clark Expedition departs from Camp Dubois and begin their historic journey by traveling up the Missouri River.

Saturday 14, 1796:
Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination.

Monday 14, 1787:
In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, delegates begin to meet to write a new Constitution for the United States.

Sunday 14, 1747:
A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at first battle of Cape Finisterre.

Thursday 14, 1643:
Four year-old Louix XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.

Wednesday 14, 1608:
Protestant Union founded in Auhausen.

Friday 14, 1509:
Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Venetians.

Monday 14, 1483:
Coronation of Charles VIII of France ("Charles l'Affable").

Wednesday 14, 1264:
Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/14-may/on-this-day.html


People born on May 14

1983:
Amber Tamblyn, American actress (b: May 14, 1983) (Biography of Amber Tamblyn)

1981:
Sarbel, Greek-Arab singer (b: May 14, 1981) (Biography of Sarbel)

1977:
Ada Nicodemou, Australian actress (b: May 14, 1977) (Biography of Ada Nicodemou)
Roy Halladay, baseball player (b: May 14, 1977) (Biography of Roy Halladay)

1971:
Sofia Coppola, American film director, producer, writer, and actress (b: May 14, 1971) (Biography of Sofia Coppola)

1969:
Cate Blanchett, Australian actress (b: May 14, 1969) (Biography of Cate Blanchett)

1967:
Tony Siragusa, American football player (b: May 14, 1967) (Biography of Tony Siragusa)

1966:
Raphael Saadiq, American music artist (b: May 14, 1966) (Biography of Raphael Saadiq)

1965:
Eoin Colfer, Irish writer (b: May 14, 1965) (Biography of Eoin Colfer)

1962:
Ian Astbury, English singer (The Cult) (b: May 14, 1962) (Biography of Ian Astbury)

1961:
Tim Roth, English actor (b: May 14, 1961) (Biography of Tim Roth)

1960:
Steve Williams, American professional wrestler (b: May 14, 1960) (Biography of Steve Williams (wrestler))

1959:
Patrick Bruel, French singer (b: May 14, 1959) (Biography of Patrick Bruel)

1953:
Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia (b: May 14, 1953) (Biography of Norodom Sihamoni)
Tom Cochrane, Canadian singer, songwriter and guitarist (Red Rider) (b: May 14, 1953) (Biography of Tom Cochrane)

1952:
David Byrne, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist (Talking Heads) (b: May 14, 1952) (Biography of David Byrne)
Robert Zemeckis, American film director (b: May 14, 1952) (Biography of Robert Zemeckis)

1948:
Bob Woolmer, Indian-born cricket coach (b: May 14, 1948) (Biography of Bob Woolmer)

1946:
Eric Peterson, Canadian actor (b: May 14, 1946) (Biography of Eric Peterson)

1944:
George Lucas, American film director and producer (b: May 14, 1944) (Biography of George Lucas)

1943:
Jack Bruce, singer, songwriter and bassist (Cream, Manfred Mann) (b: May 14, 1943) (Biography of Jack Bruce)
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland (b: May 14, 1943) (Biography of Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson)

1942:
Byron Dorgan, U.S. Senator (b: May 14, 1942) (Biography of Byron Dorgan)
Tony Perez, baseball player (b: May 14, 1942) (Biography of Tony Perez)

1936:
Bobby Darin, American singer (b: May 14, 1936 ; d: December 20, 1973) (Biography of Bobby Darin)

1934:
Siân Phillips, Welsh actress (b: May 14, 1934) (Biography of Sian Phillips)

1931:
Alvin Lucier, American composer (b: May 14, 1931) (Biography of Alvin Lucier)

1929:
Gump Worsley, Canadian hockey player (b: May 14, 1929) (Biography of Gump Worsley)

1922:
Franjo Tuđman, President of Croatia (b: May 14, 1922 ; d: December 10, 1999) (Biography of Franjo Tudjman)

1921:
Richard Deacon, actor (b: May 14, 1921) (Biography of Richard Deacon (actor))

1917:
Lou Harrison, American composer (b: May 14, 1917 ; d: February 2, 2003) (Biography of Lou Harrison)

1907:
Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan (b: May 14, 1907 ; d: April 19, 1974) (Biography of Ayub Khan)

1904:
Hans Albert Einstein, American professor (b: May 14, 1904) (Biography of Hans Albert Einstein)

1897:
Sidney Bechet, American musician (b: May 14, 1897 ; d: May 14, 1959) (Biography of Sidney Bechet)

1885:
Otto Klemperer, German-born conductor (b: May 14, 1885 ; d: July 6, 1973) (Biography of Otto Klemperer)

1867:
Kurt Eisner, German politician and publicist (b: May 14, 1867) (Biography of Kurt Eisner)

1832:
Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician (b: May 14, 1832 ; d: October 7, 1903) (Biography of Rudolf Lipschitz)

1771:
Robert Owen, Welsh social reformer (b: May 14, 1771) (Biography of Robert Owen)

1727:
Thomas Gainsborough, English artist (b: May 14, 1727 ; d: August 2, 1788) (Biography of Thomas Gainsborough)

1710:
King Adolf Frederick of Sweden (b: May 14, 1710 ; d: February 12, 1771) (Biography of Adolf Frederick of Sweden)

1703:
David Brearly, delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention (b: May 14, 1703 ; d: October 4, 1785) (Biography of David Brearly)

1701:
William Emerson, English mathematician (b: May 14, 1701 ; d: May 20, 1782) (Biography of William Emerson)

1699:
Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (b: May 14, 1699) (Biography of Hans Joachim von Zieten)

1666:
Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (b: May 14, 1666) (Biography of Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia)

1553:
Margaret of Valois, queen of Henry IV of France (b: May 14, 1553 ; d: March 27, 1615) (Biography of Margaret of Valois)

1316:
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b: May 14, 1316 ; d: November 29, 1378) (Biography of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/14-may/births.html

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People who died on May 14

2003:
Robert Stack, American actor (b: January 13, 1919 ; d: May 14, 2003) (Biography of Robert Stack)
Dave DeBusschere, American basketball player (b: October 16, 1940 ; d: May 14, 2003) (Biography of Dave DeBusschere)
Dame Wendy Hiller, English actress (b: August 15, 1912 ; d: May 14, 2003) (Biography of Wendy Hiller)

2000:
Obuchi Keizo (d: May 14, 2000) (Biography of Obuchi Keizo)

1998:
Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (b: December 12, 1915 ; d: May 14, 1998) (Biography of Frank Sinatra)

1997:
Harry Blackstone Jr., American magician (b: June 30, 1934 ; d: May 14, 1997) (Biography of Harry Blackstone Jr.)

1988:
Willem Drees, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b: July 5, 1886 ; d: May 14, 1988) (Biography of Willem Drees)

1987:
Rita Hayworth, American actress (b: October 17, 1918 ; d: May 14, 1987) (Biography of Rita Hayworth)

1980:
Roger J. Traynor, American judge (b: February 12, 1900 ; d: May 14, 1980) (Biography of Roger J. Traynor)

1978:
Sir Robert Menzies, twelfth Prime Minister of Australia (b: December 20, 1894 ; d: May 14, 1978) (Biography of Robert Menzies)

1976:
Keith Relf, British musician (The Yardbirds) (b: March 22, 1943 ; d: May 14, 1976) (Biography of Keith Relf)

1973:
Jean Gebser, German-born author, linguist, and poet (b: August 20, 1905 ; d: May 14, 1973) (Biography of Jean Gebser)

1969:
Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (b: February 2, 1888 ; d: May 14, 1969) (Biography of Frederick Lane)

1968:
Husband E. Kimmel, American admiral (b: February 26, 1882 ; d: May 14, 1968) (Biography of Husband E. Kimmel)

1959:
Sidney Bechet, American musician (b: May 14, 1897 ; d: May 14, 1959) (Biography of Sidney Bechet)

1957:
Marie Vassilieff, Russian artist (b: February 12, 1884 ; d: May 14, 1957) (Biography of Marie Vassilieff)

1945:
Heber J. Grant, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b: November 22, 1856 ; d: May 14, 1945) (Biography of Heber J. Grant)

1940:
Emma Goldman, Lithuanian-born anarchist and feminist (b: June 27, 1869 ; d: May 14, 1940) (Biography of Emma Goldman)

1936:
Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, British general (b: April 23, 1861 ; d: May 14, 1936) (Biography of Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby)

1931:
David Belasco (d: May 14, 1931) (Biography of David Belasco)

1925:
H. Rider Haggard, English author (b: June 22, 1856 ; d: May 14, 1925) (Biography of H. Rider Haggard)

1923:
Charles de Freycinet (d: May 14, 1923) (Biography of Charles de Freycinet)

1912:
August Strindberg, Swedish writer (b: January 22, 1849 ; d: May 14, 1912) (Biography of August Strindberg)
Frederick VIII of Denmark (d: May 14, 1912) (Biography of Frederick VIII of Denmark)

1906:
Carl Schurz, German revolutionary and American statesman (b: March 2, 1829 ; d: May 14, 1906) (Biography of Carl Schurz)

1889:
Volney E. Howard, American politician (b: October 22, 1809 ; d: May 14, 1889) (Biography of Volney E. Howard)

1887:
Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (b: January 19, 1808 ; d: May 14, 1887) (Biography of Lysander Spooner)

1860:
Ludwig Bechstein, German narrator and poet (b: November 24, 1801 ; d: May 14, 1860) (Biography of Ludwig Bechstein)

1847:
Fanny Mendelssohn, German composer and pianist (b: November 14, 1805 ; d: May 14, 1847) (Biography of Fanny Mendelssohn)

1818:
Matthew Lewis, English novelist (b: July 9, 1775 ; d: May 14, 1818) (Biography of Matthew Gregory Lewis)

1754:
Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (b: February 14, 1692 ; d: May 14, 1754) (Biography of Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée)

1688:
Antoine Furetière, French writer (b: December 28, 1619 ; d: May 14, 1688) (Biography of Antoine Furetière)

1669:
Georges de Scudéry, French writer (b: August 22, 1601 ; d: May 14, 1669) (Biography of Georges de Scudéry)

1649:
Friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian (b: January 1, 1600 ; d: May 14, 1649) (Biography of Friedrich Spanheim)

1643:
King Louis XIII of France (b: September 27, 1601 ; d: May 14, 1643) (Biography of Louis XIII of France)

1610:
King Henry IV of France (b: December 13, 1553 ; d: May 14, 1610) (Biography of Henry IV of France)

1608:
Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (b: February 15, 1543 ; d: May 14, 1608) (Biography of Charles II, Duke of Lorraine)

964:
Pope John XII (d: May 14, 964) (Biography of Pope John XII)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/14-may/deaths.html