Page 5: Historical Events In May - 14

1911  Hans Vogt, composer on this day in history.   

1912  Marguerite Fawdry, museum curator on May - 14.   

1912  August Strindberg, Swedish writer (Deaddans), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1913  On May - 14 french Hals museum opens in Harleem Netherlands   

1914  On May - 14 chic Jim Scott no-hits Cleve, gives up 2 hits in 10th & loses 1-0   

1915  Harry Joseph Chick Daugherty, trombonist (Spike Jones & City Slickers) on this day in history.   

1917  On May - 14 herta Ryder, literary agent   

1918  Sunday baseball is made legal in Wash DC on May - 14.   

1918  On this day in history arthur McIntyre, cricket wicket-keeper (England 3 times early 50's)   

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

1919  On May - 14 heloise Bowles, columnist Heloise's mother (Hints from Heloise)   

1920  On May - 14 wash Senator Walter Johnson wins his 300th game vs Detroit   

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

1921  Mussolini's fascists obtains 29 parliament seats on May - 14.   

1921  Florence Allen is 1st woman judge to sentence a man to death on May - 14.   

1922  On this day in history agha Hasan Abedi, banker   

1923  On May - 14 diane Arbus, [Nemerov], NYC, photographer (Vogue/Harper's Bazaar)   

1924  On this day in history joly Braga Santos, composer   

1925  Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published on May - 14.   

1925  Patrice Munsel, Spokane Wash, soprano (Patrice Munsel Show) on May - 14.   

1925  On May - 14 henry Rider Haggard, English writer (Dawn, She), dies   

1926  Cestmir Gregor, composer on this day in history.   

1927  On May - 14 "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 May - 14.   

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 May - 14.   

1932  On this day in history "We Want Beer!" parade in NY   

1935  On this day in history los Angeles' Griffith Planetarium opens, 3rd in US   

1935  On this day in history plebiscite in the Philippines ratifies independence agreement   

1935  Griffith Planetarium opens in LA on May - 14.   

1936  Edmond HH Allenby, English fieldmarshal in Egypt, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1938  On this day in history english soccer team beats Nazi-Germany, 6-3   

1938  64th Preakness: Maurice Peters aboard Dauber wins in 1:59.8 on May - 14.   

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1316  On May - 14 birth of charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78)   

1316  Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378) was born on May - 14.   

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

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  Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786) was born on May - 14.   

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

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 this day in history death of charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)   

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  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.