Page 7: Historical Events In May - 14
Saturday, 28 June 2025
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 On this day in history the Warsaw Pact signed by Eastern bloc countries
1955 US performs nuclear test in Pacific Ocean on this day in history.
1955 Warsaw Pact is signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland & Romania on May - 14.
1955 Betty Ann Davies, dies at 44 on this day in history.
1956 On this day in history 2 RAR attacks communist terrorists near Sungei Siput, Malaya
1959 On May - 14 sidney Bechet, US jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/bandleader, dies at 62
1960 USSR launch first (unmanned) space capsule on this day in history.
1961 Bus with first group of Freedom Riders bombed & burned in Alabama on May - 14.
1962 On May - 14 princess Sophia of Greece weds Don Juan Carlos of Spain
1962 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island on this day in history.
1963 On May - 14 kuwait is 111th member of the United Nations
1964 Underground America Day is first observed on May - 14.
1965 2nd Chinese atom bomb explodes on this day in history.
1965 On May - 14 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 Georgia BD Camp Johnson, US poet/playwright, dies at 88 on May - 14.
1968 Beatles announce formation of Apple Corp on May - 14.
1968 Czechoslovakian Government announces liberalizing reforms under Alexander Dubcek on May - 14.
1968 Red Army Faction -leader Andreas Baader sentenced to 3 years in West Berlin on this day in history.
1968 Husband Edward Kimmel, commandant US Ocean fleet WW II, dies at 86 on this day in history.
1969 Abortion & contraception legalized in Canada on this day in history.
1969 On May - 14 last Chevrolet Corsair built
1969 Enid Bennett, silent film actress (Skippy, Hairpins), dies at 75 on this day in history.
1970 On May - 14 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 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 On this day in history nYC local newspaper "Our Town" begins publishing
1970 Red Aarmy Faction -leader Andreas Baader freed after serving 2 years in West Berlin on May - 14.
1970 On May - 14 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 Gold hits record $102.50 an ounce in London on this day in history.
1973 On May - 14 rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, last airs on NBC-TV
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