Page 5: Historical Events In May - 14

1911  Hans Vogt, composer on this day in history.   

1912  Marguerite Fawdry, museum curator on this day in history.   

1912  On May - 14 august Strindberg, Swedish writer (Deaddans), dies at 63   

1913  French Hals museum opens in Harleem Netherlands on this day in history.   

1914  Chic Jim Scott no-hits Cleve, gives up 2 hits in 10th & loses 1-0 on this day in history.   

1915  On May - 14 harry Joseph Chick Daugherty, trombonist (Spike Jones & City Slickers)   

1917  On this day in history herta Ryder, literary agent   

1918  On May - 14 sunday baseball is made legal in Wash DC   

1918  Arthur McIntyre, cricket wicket-keeper (England 3 times early 50's) on May - 14.   

1919  45th Preakness: Johnny Loftus aboard Sir Barton wins in 1:53 on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history heloise Bowles, columnist Heloise's mother (Hints from Heloise)   

1920  Wash Senator Walter Johnson wins his 300th game vs Detroit on this day in history.   

1921  On this day in history florence Allen is first woman judge to sentence a man to death   

1921  On May - 14 mussolini's fascists obtains 29 parliament seats   

1921  Florence Allen is 1st woman judge to sentence a man to death on this day in history.   

1922  Agha Hasan Abedi, banker on this day in history.   

1923  Diane Arbus, [Nemerov], NYC, photographer (Vogue/Harper's Bazaar) on this day in history.   

1924  Joly Braga Santos, composer on May - 14.   

1925  On May - 14 virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.   

1925  Patrice Munsel, Spokane Wash, soprano (Patrice Munsel Show) on this day in history.   

1925  Henry Rider Haggard, English writer (Dawn, She), dies on this day in history.   

1926  On May - 14 cestmir Gregor, composer   

1927  On this day in history "Ain't She Sweet?" hits #1 on the pop singles chart by Ben Bernie   

1927  Shirley Spork, LPGA golfer on May - 14.   

1928  John McGraw is knocked down by a taxicab & suffers a broken leg on this day in history.   

1931  On May - 14 Ã…dalen shootings: five people are killed in Ã…dalen, Sweden, as soldiers open fire on an unarmed trade union demonstration.   

1932  "We Want Beer!" parade in New York on this day in history.   

1932  On May - 14 "We Want Beer!" parade in NY   

1935  On May - 14 los Angeles' Griffith Planetarium opens, 3rd in US   

1935  Plebiscite in the Philippines ratifies independence agreement on May - 14.   

1935  On May - 14 griffith Planetarium opens in LA   

1936  Edmond HH Allenby, English fieldmarshal in Egypt, dies at 74 on May - 14.   

1938  On May - 14 english soccer team beats Nazi-Germany, 6-3   

1938  On this day in history 64th Preakness: Maurice Peters aboard Dauber wins in 1:59.8   

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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  On May - 14 birth of margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615)   

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 May - 14 birth of peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer   

1686  On this day in history birth of daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24]   

1699  On this day in history birth of hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786)   

0347  On May - 14 pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies   

0649  On May - 14 theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies   

0964  On this day in history john XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies   

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

1565  Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies on May - 14.   

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

1608  On this day in history death of charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543)   

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