Historical Events In May - 14

1911  On this day in history hans Vogt, composer   

1912  On this day in history marguerite Fawdry, museum curator   

1912  August Strindberg, Swedish writer (Deaddans), dies at 63 on May - 14.   

1913  On this day in history french Hals museum opens in Harleem Netherlands   

1914  Chic Jim Scott no-hits Cleve, gives up 2 hits in 10th & loses 1-0 on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history harry Joseph Chick Daugherty, trombonist (Spike Jones & City Slickers)   

1917  Herta Ryder, literary agent on this day in history.   

1918  Sunday baseball is made legal in Wash DC on this day in history.   

1918  Arthur McIntyre, cricket wicket-keeper (England 3 times early 50's) on this day in history.   

1919  45th Preakness: Johnny Loftus aboard Sir Barton wins in 1:53 on this day in history.   

1919  On May - 14 heloise Bowles, columnist Heloise's mother (Hints from Heloise)   

1920  Wash Senator Walter Johnson wins his 300th game vs Detroit on this day in history.   

1921  Florence Allen is first woman judge to sentence a man to death on May - 14.   

1921  Mussolini's fascists obtains 29 parliament seats on May - 14.   

1921  On this day in history florence Allen is 1st woman judge to sentence a man to death   

1922  On this day in history agha Hasan Abedi, banker   

1923  Diane Arbus, [Nemerov], NYC, photographer (Vogue/Harper's Bazaar) on this day in history.   

1924  On this day in history joly Braga Santos, composer   

1925  Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published on this day in history.   

1925  Patrice Munsel, Spokane Wash, soprano (Patrice Munsel Show) on this day in history.   

1925  On this day in history henry Rider Haggard, English writer (Dawn, She), dies   

1926  Cestmir Gregor, composer on May - 14.   

1927  On this day in history "Ain't She Sweet?" hits #1 on the pop singles chart by Ben Bernie   

1927  On this day in history shirley Spork, LPGA golfer   

1928  John McGraw is knocked down by a taxicab & suffers a broken leg on this day in history.   

1931  On May - 14 Ã…dalen shootings: five people are killed in Ã…dalen, Sweden, as soldiers open fire on an unarmed trade union demonstration.   

1932  "We Want Beer!" parade in New York on this day in history.   

1932  "We Want Beer!" parade in NY on this day in history.   

1935  On May - 14 los Angeles' Griffith Planetarium opens, 3rd in US   

1935  On this day in history plebiscite in the Philippines ratifies independence agreement   

1935  Griffith Planetarium opens in LA on this day in history.   

1936  Edmond HH Allenby, English fieldmarshal in Egypt, dies at 74 on May - 14.   

1938  On this day in history english soccer team beats Nazi-Germany, 6-3   

1938  64th Preakness: Maurice Peters aboard Dauber wins in 1:59.8 on May - 14.   

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1316  On this day in history birth of charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78)   

1316  Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378) was born on this day in history.   

1553  Margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615) was born on this day in history.   

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

1666  On May - 14 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 May - 14.   

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 May - 14 theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies   

0964  John XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies on this day in history.   

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

1565  On this day in history nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies   

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

1608  Death of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543) on May - 14.   

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