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 May - 14.   

1955  The Warsaw Pact signed by Eastern bloc countries on this day in history.   

1955  On May - 14 uS performs nuclear test in Pacific Ocean   

1955  Warsaw Pact is signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland & Romania on this day in history.   

1955  Betty Ann Davies, dies at 44 on May - 14.   

1956  2 RAR attacks communist terrorists near Sungei Siput, Malaya on this day in history.   

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  On May - 14 bus with first group of Freedom Riders bombed & burned in Alabama   

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 this day in history.   

1965  2nd Chinese atom bomb explodes on May - 14.   

1965  US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.   

1965  Frances Perkins, US 1st female minister of Labor (1933-45), dies at 83 on May - 14.   

1966  On May - 14 georgia BD Camp Johnson, US poet/playwright, dies at 88   

1968  On May - 14 beatles announce formation of Apple Corp   

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 May - 14.   

1968  On this day in history husband Edward Kimmel, commandant US Ocean fleet WW II, dies at 86   

1969  On May - 14 abortion & contraception legalized in Canada   

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 May - 14 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  NYC local newspaper "Our Town" begins publishing on May - 14.   

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

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

1973  On May - 14 gold hits record $102.50 an ounce in London   

1973  Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, last airs on NBC-TV on this day in history.   

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1316  Charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78) was born on this day in history.   

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

1553  On this day in history birth of margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615)   

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 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  Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786) was born on this day in history.   

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

0649  Theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies on May - 14.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1610  On this day in history death of henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56