May 14th, 1868

Born on May 14th, 1868

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What happened on May 14th, 1868?

May 14th, 1868

Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boshin_War

May 14th, 1868

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

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boshin_War

What else 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, 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.

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

Born on May 14th, 1868

67

Magnus Hirschfeld

German physician and sexologist (1868–1935)

*May 14th, 1868, Kołobrzeg †May 14th, 1935, Nice

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85

Arve Opsahl

Norwegian actor

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

51

Kurt Eisner

German politician and journalist (1867-1919)

*May 14th, 1867, Berlin †February 21st, 1919, Munich

84

Adam Stefan Sapieha

Catholic cardinal (1867–1951)

*May 14th, 1867, Krasiczyn †July 21st, 1951, Kraków

57

Irina Serova

Badminton player

*May 14th, 1966, Soviet Union

39

Mark Zuckerberg

American internet entrepreneur

*May 14th, 1984, White Plains

74

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

54

Cate Blanchett

Australian actor (born 1969)

*May 14th, 1969, Melbourne

81

Friedrich Karl Kleine

German pharmacologist

*May 14th, 1869, Stralsund †March 22nd, 1951, Johannesburg

79

George Lucas

American filmmaker (born 1944)

*May 14th, 1944, Modesto

62

Tim Roth

English actor (born 1961)

*May 14th, 1961, Dulwich

67

Franz-Georg Rössler

German Esperantist

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

69

John Charles Fields

Canadian mathematician (1863–1932)

*May 14th, 1863, Hamilton †August 9th, 1932, Toronto

70

Norodom Sihamoni

King of Cambodia

*May 14th, 1953, Phnom Penh

90

Siân Phillips

British actress (1933-)

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

63

Simonetta Sommaruga

Politician and former member of the Swiss Federal Council

*May 14th, 1960, Zug

54

Edgar Jaffé

German economist and politician (1866–1921)

*May 14th, 1866, Hamburg †April 29th, 1921, Munich

73

Bertie Charles Forbes

American journalist

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

39

Nigel Reo-Coker

English association football player (born 1984)

*May 14th, 1984, Southwark

77

Max Herrmann

German theatrologist

*May 14th, 1865, Berlin †November 17th, 1942, Theresienstadt concentration camp

71

Robert Zemeckis

American filmmaker (born 1952)

*May 14th, 1952, Chicago

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72

Eduard Norden

German classical philologist and historian (1868–1941)

*September 21st, 1868, Emden †July 13th, 1941, Zürich

80

Eustace Miles

British real tennis player

*September 22nd, 1868, Hampstead †December 20th, 1948, London

55

Emanuel Hegenbarth

German painter (1868-1923)

*January 14th, 1868, Česká Kamenice †July 18th, 1923, Dresden

95

W. E. B. Du Bois

American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)

*February 23rd, 1868, Great Barrington †August 27th, 1963, Accra

58

Gaston Leroux

French author and journalist

*May 6th, 1868, Paris †April 15th, 1927, Nice

86

Paul Claudel

French diplomat, poet and playwright (1868-1955)

*August 6th, 1868, Villeneuve-sur-Fère †February 23rd, 1955, Paris

77

George Arliss

English actor, author, playwright and filmmaker (1868–1946)

*April 10th, 1868, London †February 5th, 1946, London

50

Edmond Rostand

French poet and dramatist (1868–1918)

*April 1st, 1868, Marseille †December 2nd, 1918, Paris

50

Nicholas II of Russia

Emperor of Russia from 1894 to 1917

*May 6th, 1868, Pushkin †July 17th, 1918, Yekaterinburg

62

Jean Schopfer

French writer and tennis player

*May 28th, 1868, Morges †January 9th, 1931, 7th arrondissement of Paris

51

Eleanor H. Porter

American novelist

*December 19th, 1868, Littleton †May 21st, 1920, Cambridge

65

Albrecht von Graefe

German politician (1868-1933)

*January 1st, 1868, Berlin †April 18th, 1933, Goldebee

65

Fritz Haber

German chemist and receiver of the Nobel prize

*December 9th, 1868, Wrocław †January 29th, 1934, Basel

43

Robert Falcon Scott

Royal Navy officer and explorer

*June 6th, 1868, Plymouth †March 29th, 1912, Ross Ice Shelf

77

Heinrich Reineke

German politician (1868–1945)

*August 2nd, 1868, Pivitsheide V. L. †October 1st, 1945, Groß Nemerow

75

Karl Landsteiner

Austrian biologist, physician and Nobel Prize laureate

*June 14th, 1868, Vienna †June 26th, 1943, New York City

49

Scott Joplin

American composer, musician, and pianist

*March 31st, 1868, Texarkana †April 1st, 1917, New York City

68

Maxim Gorky

Russian writer (1868–1936)

*March 16th, 1868, Nizhny Novgorod †June 18th, 1936, Gorki-10

76

Paul Otlet

Belgian author, librarian and anti-colonial thinker

*August 23rd, 1868, City of Brussels †December 10th, 1944, City of Brussels

98

John Nance Garner

Vice president of the United States from 1933 to 1941

*November 22nd, 1868, Red River County †November 7th, 1967, Uvalde

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Leap year

Yes: 1868 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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