May 14th, 1889

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Born on May 14th, 1889 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on May 14th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on May 14th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (May 1889)

Born on May 14th, 1889

Weekday

Tuesday

May 14th, 1889 was a Tuesday.

Age

134

People born on May 14th, 1889 will turn 135 this year (2024), in exactly 16 days .

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

April 21st, 1889 - May 21st, 1889

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 49,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 708 days, exactly on April 6th, 2026, people who were born on May 14th, 1889 will be 50,000 days old!

49,292 Days

7,041 Weeks

1,619 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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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

Born on May 14th, 1889

Louis Douglas

American dancer (1889-1939)

*May 14th, 1889, Philadelphia †May 19th, 1939, New York City

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

Arve Opsahl

Norwegian actor

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

Irina Serova

Badminton player

*May 14th, 1966, Soviet Union

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

Mark Zuckerberg

American internet entrepreneur

*May 14th, 1984, White Plains

George Lucas

American filmmaker (born 1944)

*May 14th, 1944, Modesto

Cate Blanchett

Australian actor (born 1969)

*May 14th, 1969, Melbourne

Tim Roth

English actor (born 1961)

*May 14th, 1961, Dulwich

Franz-Georg Rössler

German Esperantist

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

Siân Phillips

British actress (1933-)

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

Norodom Sihamoni

King of Cambodia

*May 14th, 1953, Phnom Penh

Simonetta Sommaruga

Politician and former member of the Swiss Federal Council

*May 14th, 1960, Zug

Bertie Charles Forbes

American journalist

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

Nigel Reo-Coker

English association football player (born 1984)

*May 14th, 1984, Southwark

Otto Klemperer

German conductor and composer

*May 14th, 1885, Wrocław †July 6th, 1973, Zürich

Sidney Bechet

American jazz musician

*May 14th, 1897, New Orleans †May 14th, 1959, Garches

Troy Shondell

American singer (1940-2016)

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

Robert Zemeckis

American filmmaker (born 1952)

*May 14th, 1952, Chicago

Felix Petyrek

Austrian composer

*May 14th, 1892, Brno †December 1st, 1951, Vienna

Beardyman

British musician and beatboxer

*May 14th, 1982, London

Klaus-Peter Thaler

German racing cyclist

*May 14th, 1949, Netphen

Same year
Born in 1889

Charlie Chaplin

British comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)

*April 16th, 1889, Walworth †December 25th, 1977, Corsier-sur-Vevey

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945

*April 20th, 1889, Adolf-Hitler-Geburtshaus †April 30th, 1945, Führerbunker

Jawaharlal Nehru

Prime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964

*November 14th, 1889, Prayagraj †May 27th, 1964, New Delhi

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Austrian philosopher and logician (1889–1951)

*April 26th, 1889, Neuwaldegg †April 29th, 1951, Cambridge

Gabriela Mistral

Chilean poet, diplomat and educator

*April 7th, 1889, Vicuña †January 10th, 1957, Hempstead

Lilly von Mallinckrodt-Schnitzler

*June 25th, 1889, Cologne †June 26th, 1981

Edwin Hubble

American astronomer

*November 20th, 1889, Marshfield †September 28th, 1953, San Marino

Olave Baden-Powell

World Chief Guide

*February 22nd, 1889, Chesterfield †June 25th, 1977, Bramley

Gabriel Marcel

French philosopher, playwright, music critic and leading Christian existentialist

*December 7th, 1889, 8th arrondissement of Paris †October 8th, 1973, 7th arrondissement of Paris

Adrian Boult

British conductor

*April 8th, 1889, Chester †February 22nd, 1983, London

António de Oliveira Salazar

Prime Minister of Portugal (1889-1970)

*April 28th, 1889, Vimieiro (Santa Comba Dão) †July 27th, 1970, Lisbon

Harry Clarke

Irish artist (1889–1931)

*March 17th, 1889, Dublin †January 6th, 1931, Chur

Eduardo Ciannelli

Italian actor (1889-1969)

*August 30th, 1889, Ischia †October 8th, 1969, Rome

Dietrich von Hildebrand

German Catholic philosopher and theologian

*October 12th, 1889, Florence †January 26th, 1977, New Rochelle

Ted Wilde

American film director, screenwriter (1889-1929)

*December 16th, 1889, New York City †December 17th, 1929, Hollywood

Martin Heidegger

German philosopher (1889–1976)

*September 26th, 1889, Messkirch †May 26th, 1976, Freiburg im Breisgau

Darcy Hadfield

New Zealand rower (1889–1964)

*December 1st, 1889, Meadowbank Homestead †September 15th, 1964, Auckland

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Danish film director (1889–1968)

*February 3rd, 1889, Copenhagen †March 20th, 1968, Copenhagen

Ruby Miller

British actress (1889–1976)

*January 17th, 1889, London †January 17th, 1976, Chichester

Warner Baxter

American actor (1889–1951)

*March 29th, 1889, Columbus †May 7th, 1951, Beverly Hills

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 14th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on May 14th.

Earliest day on which the first day of Sanja Matsuri can fall, while May 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third weekend of May. (Sensō-ji, Tokyo)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanja_Matsuri

Flag Day (Paraguay)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_Day

Hastings Banda's Birthday (Malawi)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Malawi

National Unification Day (Liberia)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Liberia

The first day of Izumo-taisha Shrine Grand Festival. (Izumo-taisha)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izumo-taisha

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XIV.V.MDCCCLXXXIX

14.5.1889

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

IX = 9

V = 5

IV = 4

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1889 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
May 1889

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May 14th, 1889

Born on May 14th, 1889

Weekday

Tuesday

Age

Zodiac

♉

Taurus (The Bull)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 49,000 days old!

49,292 Days

7,041 Weeks

1,619 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on May 14th?

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Mindon Min was crowned as King of Burma.

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

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.

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

Born on May 14th, 1889

American dancer (1889-1939)

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

Same year Born in 1889

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 14th

Boniface of Tarsus

Matthias the Apostle (Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion)

Michael Garicoïts

Mo Chutu of Lismore (Roman Catholic Church)

Victor and Corona

May 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Earliest day on which the first day of Sanja Matsuri can fall, while May 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third weekend of May. (Sensō-ji, Tokyo)

Flag Day (Paraguay)

Hastings Banda's Birthday (Malawi)

National Unification Day (Liberia)

The first day of Izumo-taisha Shrine Grand Festival. (Izumo-taisha)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

14.5.1889

Legend

Leap year

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May 1889

Date of birth

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 49,000 days old!

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

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

Same year
Born in 1889

Calendar
May 1889

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
18			1	2	3	4	5
19	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
20	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
21	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
22	27	28	29	30	31