Page 9: Historical Events In May - 14

1987  Rita Hayworth, actress (Gilda), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 68 on this day in history.   

1988  Willem Drees, PM of Netherland (1948-58), dies at 101 on this day in history.   

1989  On May - 14 "Moonlighting", TV Crime Drama last airs on ABC   

1989  On May - 14 demonstration for democratic reforms in Beijing's Tiananmen square continue   

1989  On this day in history final TV episode of "Family Ties" airs   

1989  On May - 14 matt Gilliam was born!   

1990  Dow Jones average hits a record 2,821.53 on this day in history.   

1990  Andre Ameller, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1991  42 die in a train collision is Japan on May - 14.   

1991  Angry truckers blockade Parliament Hill; say they can't compete due to higher Canadian taxes than US on this day in history.   

1991  On May - 14 robert M Gates becomes head of CIA   

1991  On May - 14 winnie Mandela sentenced to 6 years for complicity in kidnapping & beating of four youths, one of whom died, She is freed pending appeal   

1991  World's Largest Burrito created at 1,126 lbs on this day in history.   

1991  Ast Fonteyne, Flemish lecture artist, dies on May - 14.   

1992  On this day in history lyle Alzado, NFL defense linesman (Raiders), dies of cancer at 43   

1993  Patrick Haemers, Belgian criminal, commits suicide at 40 on this day in history.   

1994  FA cup final at Wembley Stadium London on May - 14.   

1994  Mayflower Madame Sydney Biddle Barrows (42) weds Darnay Hoffman (46) on May - 14.   

1994  On May - 14 leonard Teale, Australian actor/reciter (Homicide), dies   

1995  Dalai Lama proclaims 6-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima 11th reincarnation of Panchen Lama, Tibet's 2nd most senior spiritual leader on this day in history.   

1995  Maezumi Hakuyu Taizan Koun, teacher (Zen Buddhism), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1996  Edqard John Gurney, politician, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1998  On this day in history last episode of Seinfeld on NBC (commercials are $2 million for 30 seconds)   

1998  On this day in history microsoft agrees to delay shipping Windows 98 for several days while it negotiates with federal government and 20 states in attempt to forestall antitrust lawsuits.   

2007  On May - 14 senatorial Elections in the Philippines was held.   

2012  On May - 14 1,500 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons agree to end mass hunger strike   

2013  On May - 14 brazil becomes the 15th country to legalize same-sex marriage   

2018  On May - 14 successful memory transfer in snails achieved by scientists from University of California published in journal "eNeuro"   

2018  On this day in history melania Trump , wife of US President Trump, is treated in hospital for a benign kidney condition   

2018  On May - 14 indian politician Shashi Tharoor is charged by police with driving his wife to commit suicide   

2018  On this day in history chinese mountain climber and double amputee Xia Boyu reaches the summit of Mt Everest   

2018  On this day in history boulder City Council in Colorado votes to ban assault weapons   

2018  US Supreme Court strikes down federal law banning sports gambling in most states on May - 14.   

2018  Arsenal finish EPL season in 6th place on 63 points; fail to qualify for the UEFA Champions League for the first time since 1997 on May - 14.   

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1316  Charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78) was born on May - 14.   

1316  Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378) was born on this day in history.   

1553  Margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615) was born on May - 14.   

1652  Johann Philipp Fortsch, composer was born on May - 14.   

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

1679  On this day in history birth of peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer   

1686  Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24] was born on May - 14.   

1699  On May - 14 birth of hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786)   

0347  Pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies on May - 14.   

0649  On this day in history theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies   

0964  John XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies on May - 14.   

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

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

1574  Death of Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479) on May - 14.   

1608  Death of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543) on May - 14.   

1610  On May - 14 death of henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56