Page 7: Historical Events In May - 14

1955  On this day in history 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.   

1955  On this day in history the Warsaw Pact signed by Eastern bloc countries   

1955  US performs nuclear test in Pacific Ocean on May - 14.   

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  On May - 14 2 RAR attacks communist terrorists near Sungei Siput, Malaya   

1959  Sidney Bechet, US jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/bandleader, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1960  USSR launch first (unmanned) space capsule on this day in history.   

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

1962  On May - 14 princess Sophia of Greece weds Don Juan Carlos of Spain   

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

1963  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1968  Beatles announce formation of Apple Corp on May - 14.   

1968  Czechoslovakian Government announces liberalizing reforms under Alexander Dubcek on this day in history.   

1968  Red Army Faction -leader Andreas Baader sentenced to 3 years in West Berlin on this day in history.   

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

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

1969  Last Chevrolet Corsair built on May - 14.   

1969  On this day in history enid Bennett, silent film actress (Skippy, Hairpins), dies at 75   

1970  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history red Aarmy Faction -leader Andreas Baader freed after serving 2 years in West Berlin   

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

1972  On this day in history 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 this day in history gold hits record $102.50 an ounce in London   

1973  Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, last airs on NBC-TV on May - 14.   

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

1316  On May - 14 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  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 this day in history.   

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  Theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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