May 14th, 1406

Born on May 14th, 1406

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on May 14th?

May 14th, 2008

On the day of the UEFA Cup Final, violence erupted between football hooligan supporters of both teams and the Greater Manchester Police, resulting in 39 arrests and 39 injured officers.

May 14th, 1980

Salvadoran Civil War: Refugees trying to flee El Salvador across the Sumpul River to Honduras were attacked by both Salvadoran and Honduran forces, resulting in at least 300 deaths.

May 14th, 1951

Trains ran on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since its preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.

May 14th, 1948

David Ben-Gurion publicly read the Israeli Declaration of Independence at Independence Hall in Tel Aviv.

May 14th, 1943

Second World War: Australian Hospital Ship Centaur was attacked and sunk by a Japanese submarine off the coast of Queensland, killing 268 people aboard.

May 14th, 1940

World War II: The bulk of Dutch forces surrendered to the German Wehrmacht, ending the Battle of the Netherlands.

May 14th, 1939

In Lima, Peru, Lina Medina became the youngest confirmed mother in history, giving birth at the age of five years, seven months and twenty-one days.

May 14th, 1931

Five people were killed in Ådalen, Sweden, as soldiers opened fire on an unarmed trade union demonstration.

May 14th, 1878

The last witchcraft trial in the United States opened in Salem, Massachusetts.

May 14th, 1868

Boshin War: Troops of the Tokugawa shogunate withdrew from the Battle of Utsunomiya Castle and retreated north towards Nikkō and Aizu.

May 14th, 1863

American Civil War: Union troops captured Jackson, the capital of Mississippi.

May 14th, 1857

Mindon Min was crowned as King of Burma.

May 14th, 1856

Major Henry C. Wayne arrived in Indianola, Texas, with 34 camels to form the short-lived United States Camel Corps (pictured).

May 14th, 1804

Led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, the Corps of Discovery left Camp Dubois near present-day Hartford, Illinois, to begin the first overland expedition to the West Coast of the United States and back.

May 14th, 1264

Second Barons' War: King Henry III was defeated at the Battle of Lewes (monument pictured) and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 14th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 14th?

85

Arve Opsahl

Norwegian actor

*May 14th, 1921, Christiania †April 29th, 2007, Oslo

40

Mark Zuckerberg

American internet entrepreneur

*May 14th, 1984, White Plains

58

Irina Serova

Badminton player

*May 14th, 1966, Soviet Union

75

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

55

Cate Blanchett

Australian actor (born 1969)

*May 14th, 1969, Melbourne

63

Tim Roth

English actor (born 1961)

*May 14th, 1961, Dulwich

80

George Lucas

American filmmaker (born 1944)

*May 14th, 1944, Modesto

35

Iza Lach

Polish singer

*May 14th, 1989, Łódź

67

Franz-Georg Rössler

German Esperantist

*May 14th, 1949, Ruppertsberg †March 17th, 2017, Dudenhofen

71

Norodom Sihamoni

King of Cambodia

*May 14th, 1953, Phnom Penh

64

Simonetta Sommaruga

Politician and former member of the Swiss Federal Council

*May 14th, 1960, Zug

40

Nigel Reo-Coker

English association football player (born 1984)

*May 14th, 1984, Southwark

91

Siân Phillips

British actress (1933-)

*May 14th, 1933, Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen

42

Beardyman

British musician and beatboxer

*May 14th, 1982, London

87

Robert Owen

British textile manufacturer and social reformer, 1771–1858

*May 14th, 1771, Newtown †November 17th, 1858, Newtown

31

Miranda Cosgrove

American actress and singer (born 1993)

*May 14th, 1993, Los Angeles

72

Robert Zemeckis

American screenwriter, film producer and director (born 1952)

*May 14th, 1952, Chicago

62

Charles IV

Holy Roman Emperor

*May 14th, 1316, Prague †November 29th, 1378, Prague

33

Muhammed Ildiz

Austrian association football player

*May 14th, 1991, Vienna

75

Troy Shondell

American singer (1940-2016)

*May 14th, 1940, Fort Wayne †January 7th, 2016, Picayune

49

Nicki Sørensen

Danish cyclist, born 1975

*May 14th, 1975, Hillerød

39

Bleona

Albanian and American singer, actress, model and entrepreneur

*May 14th, 1985, Korçë

75

Klaus-Peter Thaler

German racing cyclist

*May 14th, 1949, Netphen

53

Sofia Coppola

American film director and screenwriter

*May 14th, 1971, New York City

75

John Forgeham

British actor (1941-2017)

*May 14th, 1941, Kidderminster †March 10th, 2017, Worthing

68

Hazel Blears

British politician (born 1956)

*May 14th, 1956, Salford

36

Francis I, Duke of Brittany

Duke of Brittany

*May 14th, 1414, Vannes †July 17th, 1450, Nantes

48

Johann von Dalberg

Roman Catholic bishop

*May 14th, 1455, Oppenheim †July 27th, 1503, Heidelberg

43

Júlia Sebestyén

Hungarian figure skater

*May 14th, 1981, Miskolc

28

Martin Garrix

Dutch DJ and record producer

*May 14th, 1996, Amstelveen

59

Bernd Fabritius

German politician

*May 14th, 1965, Agnita

31

Kristina Mladenovic

French tennis player

*May 14th, 1993, Saint-Pol-sur-Mer

34

Thomas Wedgwood

British photographic experimentor

*May 14th, 1771, Staffordshire †July 10th, 1805, Dorset

79

Yochanan Vollach

Israeli footballer

*May 14th, 1945, Kiryat Bialik

30

Bronte Campbell

Australian swimmer, Olympic athlete, world champion, former world record-holder

*May 14th, 1994, Blantyre

37

Bobby Darin

American singer and actor (1936–1973)

*May 14th, 1936, The Bronx †December 20th, 1973, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

86

Waheeda Rehman

Indian actress

*May 14th, 1938, Chengalpattu

73

Bertie Charles Forbes

American journalist

*May 14th, 1880, New Deer †May 6th, 1954, New York City

63

Salomon Munk

German-born Jewish-French Orientalist (1803–1867)

*May 14th, 1803, Głogów †February 5th, 1867, Paris

27

Rúben Dias

Portuguese association football player

*May 14th, 1997, Amadora

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Public holidays on May 14th

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1406 is a normal year and no leap year.

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