May 14th, 1925

Born on May 14th, 1925

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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, 1925

66

Oona O'Neill

British actress (1925–1991)

*May 14th, 1925, Warwick Parish †September 27th, 1991, Corsier-sur-Vevey

91

Patrice Munsel

American soprano singer (1925-2016)

*May 14th, 1925, Spokane †August 4th, 2016, Schroon Lake

90

István Nemeskürty

Hungarian screenwriter, film producer (1925–2015)

*May 14th, 1925, Budapest †October 8th, 2015, Budapest

82

Tristram Cary

English composer

*May 14th, 1925, Oxford †April 24th, 2008, Adelaide

88

Al Porcino

American musician (1925-2013)

*May 14th, 1925, New York City †December 31st, 2013, Munich

87

Sophie Kurys

American baseball player (1925-2013)

*May 14th, 1925, Flint †February 17th, 2013, Scottsdale

86

Graciela Romero

Chilean journalist (1925-2011)

*May 14th, 1925, Chile †November 4th, 2011, Chile

74

Loleh Bellon

French actress

*May 14th, 1925, Bayonne †May 22nd, 1999, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre

60

Ninian Sanderson

British racing driver (1925-1985)

*May 14th, 1925, Glasgow †October 1st, 1985, Glasgow

54

Tatjana Iwanow

German actress and singer

*May 14th, 1925, Berlin †October 6th, 1979, Hamburg

72

Boris Parsadanian

American-Estonian composer

*May 14th, 1925, Kislovodsk †May 14th, 1997, Tallinn

76

Heinrich Popitz

German university teacher (1925-2002)

*May 14th, 1925, Berlin †April 1st, 2002, Freiburg im Breisgau

91

François Maistre

Actor (1925-2016)

*May 14th, 1925, Demigny †May 16th, 2016, Sevran

95

Ulfert Onken

German chemist

*May 14th, 1925, Darmstadt †April 22nd, 2021

93

Alvin Epstein

American actor (1925-2018)

*May 14th, 1925, The Bronx †December 10th, 2018, Newton

82

Gordon Gostelow

Actor (1925-2007)

*May 14th, 1925, Wellington †June 3rd, 2007, London

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85

Arve Opsahl

Norwegian actor

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

74

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

57

Irina Serova

Badminton player

*May 14th, 1966, Soviet Union

39

Mark Zuckerberg

American internet entrepreneur

*May 14th, 1984, White Plains

90

Siân Phillips

British actress (1933-)

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

79

George Lucas

American filmmaker (born 1944)

*May 14th, 1944, Modesto

58

Eric Morecambe

British comedian (1926-1984)

*May 14th, 1926, Morecambe †May 28th, 1984, Cheltenham General Hospital

62

Tim Roth

English actor (born 1961)

*May 14th, 1961, Dulwich

54

Cate Blanchett

Australian actor (born 1969)

*May 14th, 1969, Melbourne

67

Franz-Georg Rössler

German Esperantist

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

70

Norodom Sihamoni

King of Cambodia

*May 14th, 1953, Phnom Penh

96

Paule Emanuele

French actress

*May 14th, 1927, Fontenay-aux-Roses

63

Simonetta Sommaruga

Politician and former member of the Swiss Federal Council

*May 14th, 1960, Zug

86

Brian Macdonald

Canadian ballet dancer

*May 14th, 1928, Montreal †November 29th, 2014, Stratford

75

Troy Shondell

American singer (1940-2016)

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

64

Joly Braga Santos

Portuguese composer

*May 14th, 1924, Lisbon †July 18th, 1988, Lisbon

77

Franjo Tuđman

Croatian politician, soldier and president (1922-1999)

*May 14th, 1922, Veliko Trgovišće †December 10th, 1999, Zagreb

75

John Forgeham

British actor (1941-2017)

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

71

Robert Zemeckis

American filmmaker (born 1952)

*May 14th, 1952, Chicago

39

Nigel Reo-Coker

English association football player (born 1984)

*May 14th, 1984, Southwark

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73

Mel Tormé

American recording artist

*September 13th, 1925, Chicago †June 5th, 1999, Los Angeles

94

Asunción Balaguer

Spanish actress (1925-2019)

*November 8th, 1925, Manresa †November 23rd, 2019, Cercedilla

87

Margaret Thatcher

British stateswoman and prime minister (1925–2013)

*October 13th, 1925, Grantham †April 8th, 2013, The Ritz London

80

Pedro González González

American actor (1925-2006)

*May 24th, 1925, Aguilares †February 6th, 2006, Culver City

89

Hannes Hegen

German Illustrator and caricaturist (1925-2014)

*May 16th, 1925, Česká Kamenice †November 8th, 2014, Berlin

94

Olof Thunberg

Swedish actor (1925–2020)

*May 21st, 1925, Västerås domkyrkoförsamling †February 24th, 2020, Nacka

76

Hildegard Knef

German actress, singer and writer (1925-2002)

*December 28th, 1925, Ulm †February 1st, 2002, Berlin

92

Elena Verdugo

American actress (1925-2017)

*April 20th, 1925, Paso Robles †May 30th, 2017, Los Angeles

81

Georg Buschner

German association football player and manager (1925-2007)

*December 26th, 1925, Gera †February 12th, 2007, Jena

68

Mai Zetterling

Swedish actress (1925–1994)

*May 24th, 1925, Västerås †March 17th, 1994, London

83

Paul Newman

American actor and film director (1925–2008)

*January 26th, 1925, Shaker Heights †September 26th, 2008, Westport

80

Attilâ İlhan

Turkish poet and writer

*June 15th, 1925, Menemen †October 10th, 2005, Istanbul

58

Richard Burton

Welsh actor (1925–1984)

*November 10th, 1925, Pontrhydyfen †August 5th, 1984, Geneva

86

Dietmar Kienast

German historian of classical antiquity and university teacher (1925-2012)

*August 22nd, 1925, Berlin †February 13th, 2012, Olching

81

Günter Ebert

German journalist and writer (1925-2006)

*February 19th, 1925, Meerane †July 17th, 2006, Berlin

89

Rolf Henniger

German actor (1925-2015)

*August 30th, 1925, Erfurt †August 15th, 2015, Berlin

87

Zvi Yavetz

Israeli historian, professor

*April 26th, 1925, Chernivtsi †January 7th, 2013, Tel Aviv

98

Mahathir Mohamad

Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003 and 2018 to 2020

*July 10th, 1925, Alor Setar

88

Eddi Arent

German actor and comedian

*May 5th, 1925, Wrzeszcz †May 28th, 2013, Munich

54

Peter Sellers

British actor and comedian (1925–1980)

*September 8th, 1925, Southsea †July 24th, 1980, Middlesex Hospital

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No: With 365 days 1925 is a normal year and no leap year.

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