Historical Events In May - 14

1955  On May - 14 a causeway is completed across the Strait of Canso between Cape Porcupine and Balache Point, Nova Scotia. This involved a 14 mile main line diversion for the rerouting of railway traffic linking directly Cape Breton Island with the mainland. Previous movements were by car ferry across the Strait of Canso.   

1955  On May - 14 the Warsaw Pact signed by Eastern bloc countries   

1955  US performs nuclear test in Pacific Ocean on this day in history.   

1955  On May - 14 warsaw Pact is signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland & Romania   

1955  On this day in history betty Ann Davies, dies at 44   

1956  2 RAR attacks communist terrorists near Sungei Siput, Malaya on this day in history.   

1959  Sidney Bechet, US jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/bandleader, dies at 62 on May - 14.   

1960  USSR launch first (unmanned) space capsule on May - 14.   

1961  On May - 14 bus with first group of Freedom Riders bombed & burned in Alabama   

1962  On May - 14 princess Sophia of Greece weds Don Juan Carlos of Spain   

1962  US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island on May - 14.   

1963  Kuwait is 111th member of the United Nations on this day in history.   

1964  On May - 14 underground America Day is first observed   

1965  On this day in history 2nd Chinese atom bomb explodes   

1965  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on May - 14.   

1965  On this day in history frances Perkins, US 1st female minister of Labor (1933-45), dies at 83   

1966  On this day in history georgia BD Camp Johnson, US poet/playwright, dies at 88   

1968  Beatles announce formation of Apple Corp on May - 14.   

1968  On May - 14 czechoslovakian Government announces liberalizing reforms under Alexander Dubcek   

1968  Red Army Faction -leader Andreas Baader sentenced to 3 years in West Berlin on this day in history.   

1968  On May - 14 husband Edward Kimmel, commandant US Ocean fleet WW II, dies at 86   

1969  On this day in history abortion & contraception legalized in Canada   

1969  Last Chevrolet Corsair built on May - 14.   

1969  On May - 14 enid Bennett, silent film actress (Skippy, Hairpins), dies at 75   

1970  On this day in history cops kill 2 students in racial disturbance (Jackson State University, Mississippi)   

1970  On this day in history harry A Blackmun appointed to the Supreme Court   

1970  On May - 14 in the Eastern Caucasus two quakes measuring 5.5 and 6.5 occurred occurred a few miles west of Machackala, a city of about 165,000 population and located on the Caspian Sea   

1970  On May - 14 nYC local newspaper "Our Town" begins publishing   

1970  Red Aarmy Faction -leader Andreas Baader freed after serving 2 years in West Berlin on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history billie Burke, comedienne (Glinda-Wizard of Oz), dies at 84   

1972  24th Emmy Awards All in the Family, Carrol O'Conner & Jean Stapleton on this day in history.   

1972  24th Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Carrol O'Conner & Jean Stapleton on May - 14.   

1973  On this day in history gold hits record $102.50 an ounce in London   

1973  On May - 14 rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, last airs on NBC-TV   

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1316  Charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78) was born on May - 14.   

1316  On May - 14 birth of charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378)   

1553  Margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615) was born on May - 14.   

1652  Johann Philipp Fortsch, composer was born on this day in history.   

1666  On this day in history birth of victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732)   

1679  On this day in history birth of peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer   

1686  Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24] was born on this day in history.   

1699  On this day in history birth of hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786)   

0347  On May - 14 pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies   

0649  On this day in history theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies   

0964  John XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies on May - 14.   

1470  On this day in history death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)   

1565  Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies on this day in history.   

1574  Death of Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479) on May - 14.   

1608  On May - 14 death of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543)   

1610  Death of Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56 on May - 14.