Page 7: Historical Events In May - 14

1956  2 RAR attacks communist terrorists near Sungei Siput, Malaya   

1959  Sidney Bechet, US jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/bandleader, dies at 62   

1960  USSR launch inaugural (unmanned) space capsule.   

1961  Bus with inaugural group of Freedom Riders bombed and burned in Alabama   

1962  Princess Sophia of Greece weds Don Juan Carlos of Spain.   

1962  US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island   

1963  Kuwait is 111th member of the United Nations   

1964  Underground America Day is inaugural observed   

1965  2nd Chinese atom bomb explodes   

1965  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1965  Frances Perkins, US 1st female minister of Labor (1933-45), dies at 83.   

1966  Georgia BD Camp Johnson, US poet/playwright, dies at 88   

1968  Beatles announce formation of Apple Corp   

1968  Czechoslovakian Government announces liberalizing reforms under Alexander Dubcek   

1968  Red Army Faction -leader Andreas Baader sentenced to 3 years in West Berlin   

1968  Husband Edward Kimmel, commandant US Ocean fleet WW II, dies at 86   

1969  Abortion and contraception legalized in Canada   

1969  Last Chevrolet Corsair built   

1969  Enid Bennett, silent film actress (Skippy, Hairpins), dies at 75   

1970  Cops kill 2 students in racial disturbance (Jackson State University, Mississippi).   

1970  Harry A Blackmun appointed to the Supreme Court   

1970  In the Eastern Caucasus two quakes measuring 5.5 and 6.5 occurred occurred a few miles west of Machackala, a city of about 165000 population and located on the Caspian Sea   

1970  NYC local newspaper "Our Town" begins publishing.   

1970  Red Aarmy Faction -leader Andreas Baader freed after serving 2 years in West Berlin   

1970  Billie Burke, comedienne (Glinda-Wizard of Oz), dies at 84   

1972  24th Emmy Awards All in the Family, Carrol O'Conner and Jean Stapleton.   

1972  24th Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Carrol O'Conner and Jean Stapleton   

1973  Gold hits record $102.50 an ounce in London.   

1973  Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, last airs on NBC-TV   

1973  Skylab launched, the inaugural Space Station.   

1973  The United States launch the Skylab 1 space station.   

1973  US Supreme court approves equal rights to females in military   

1974  Symbionese Liberation Army destroyed in shoot-out, 6 killed   

1975  In this year, Dynamo Kiev claims 15th Europe Cup II.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1652  On May - 14 birth of johann Philipp Fortsch, composer   

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

1679  Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer was born on May - 14.   

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  Pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies on this day in history.   

0649  Theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies on this day in history.   

0964  On May - 14 john XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies   

1470  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on this day in history.   

1565  On May - 14 nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies   

1574  Death of Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479) on this day in history.   

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.