Historical Events In May - 14
Thursday, 28 March 2024
1955 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 on this day in history.
1955 The Warsaw Pact signed by Eastern bloc countries on May - 14.
1955 US performs nuclear test in Pacific Ocean on May - 14.
1955 On this day in history warsaw Pact is signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland & Romania
1955 On May - 14 betty Ann Davies, dies at 44
1956 2 RAR attacks communist terrorists near Sungei Siput, Malaya on this day in history.
1959 On this day in history sidney Bechet, US jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/bandleader, dies at 62
1960 USSR launch first (unmanned) space capsule on May - 14.
1961 Bus with first group of Freedom Riders bombed & burned in Alabama on this day in history.
1962 Princess Sophia of Greece weds Don Juan Carlos of Spain on this day in history.
1962 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island on May - 14.
1963 On this day in history kuwait is 111th member of the United Nations
1964 On this day in history underground America Day is first observed
1965 On May - 14 2nd Chinese atom bomb explodes
1965 On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1965 Frances Perkins, US 1st female minister of Labor (1933-45), dies at 83 on May - 14.
1966 On May - 14 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 On this day in history red Army Faction -leader Andreas Baader sentenced to 3 years in West Berlin
1968 On this day in history husband Edward Kimmel, commandant US Ocean fleet WW II, dies at 86
1969 Abortion & contraception legalized in Canada on this day in history.
1969 On this day in history last Chevrolet Corsair built
1969 Enid Bennett, silent film actress (Skippy, Hairpins), dies at 75 on May - 14.
1970 Cops kill 2 students in racial disturbance (Jackson State University, Mississippi) on May - 14.
1970 On May - 14 harry A Blackmun appointed to the Supreme Court
1970 On this day in history 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 NYC local newspaper "Our Town" begins publishing on May - 14.
1970 Red Aarmy Faction -leader Andreas Baader freed after serving 2 years in West Berlin on May - 14.
1970 On this day in history billie Burke, comedienne (Glinda-Wizard of Oz), dies at 84
1972 On May - 14 24th Emmy Awards All in the Family, Carrol O'Conner & Jean Stapleton
1972 24th Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Carrol O'Conner & Jean Stapleton on this day in history.
1973 Gold hits record $102.50 an ounce in London on May - 14.
1973 On this day in history rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, last airs on NBC-TV
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