Page 5: Historical Events In May - 14

1911  On this day in history hans Vogt, composer   

1912  Marguerite Fawdry, museum curator on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history august Strindberg, Swedish writer (Deaddans), dies at 63   

1913  French Hals museum opens in Harleem Netherlands on this day in history.   

1914  Chic Jim Scott no-hits Cleve, gives up 2 hits in 10th & loses 1-0 on May - 14.   

1915  On May - 14 harry Joseph Chick Daugherty, trombonist (Spike Jones & City Slickers)   

1917  Herta Ryder, literary agent on May - 14.   

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

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

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  On May - 14 mussolini's fascists obtains 29 parliament seats   

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

1922  On May - 14 agha Hasan Abedi, banker   

1923  On May - 14 diane Arbus, [Nemerov], NYC, photographer (Vogue/Harper's Bazaar)   

1924  On this day in history joly Braga Santos, composer   

1925  Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published on May - 14.   

1925  On this day in history patrice Munsel, Spokane Wash, soprano (Patrice Munsel Show)   

1925  Henry Rider Haggard, English writer (Dawn, She), dies on this day in history.   

1926  On this day in history cestmir Gregor, composer   

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

1927  On May - 14 shirley Spork, LPGA golfer   

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

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

1932  On May - 14 "We Want Beer!" parade in New York   

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

1935  Los Angeles' Griffith Planetarium opens, 3rd in US on May - 14.   

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

1935  On May - 14 griffith Planetarium opens in LA   

1936  On May - 14 edmond HH Allenby, English fieldmarshal in Egypt, dies at 74   

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

1938  On this day in history 64th Preakness: Maurice Peters aboard Dauber wins in 1:59.8   

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

1316  On this day in history birth of charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378)   

1553  On May - 14 birth of margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615)   

1652  On this day in history birth of johann Philipp Fortsch, composer   

1666  Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732) was born on May - 14.   

1679  On May - 14 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  On May - 14 john XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies   

1470  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on May - 14.   

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

1610  On this day in history death of henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56