Page 7: Historical Events In May - 14

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 this day in history.   

1955  On May - 14 betty Ann Davies, dies at 44   

1956  2 RAR attacks communist terrorists near Sungei Siput, Malaya on May - 14.   

1959  On this day in history sidney Bechet, US jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/bandleader, dies at 62   

1960  On May - 14 uSSR launch first (unmanned) space capsule   

1961  Bus with first group of Freedom Riders bombed & burned in Alabama on May - 14.   

1962  Princess Sophia of Greece weds Don Juan Carlos of Spain on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island   

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 May - 14.   

1965  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on May - 14.   

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

1966  Georgia BD Camp Johnson, US poet/playwright, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1968  Beatles announce formation of Apple Corp on this day in history.   

1968  On May - 14 czechoslovakian Government announces liberalizing reforms under Alexander Dubcek   

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 May - 14.   

1969  Abortion & contraception legalized in Canada on this day in history.   

1969  Last Chevrolet Corsair built on this day in history.   

1969  Enid Bennett, silent film actress (Skippy, Hairpins), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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

1970  On May - 14 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 165,000 population and located on the Caspian Sea on May - 14.   

1970  NYC local newspaper "Our Town" begins publishing on this day in history.   

1970  Red Aarmy Faction -leader Andreas Baader freed after serving 2 years in West Berlin on May - 14.   

1970  Billie Burke, comedienne (Glinda-Wizard of Oz), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1972  24th Emmy Awards All in the Family, Carrol O'Conner & Jean Stapleton on this day in history.   

1972  On May - 14 24th Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Carrol O'Conner & Jean Stapleton   

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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1316  On May - 14 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  On May - 14 birth of victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732)   

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

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

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 May - 14 death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)   

1565  Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies on this day in history.   

1574  On May - 14 death of guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479)   

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 this day in history.