May 14th, 1951

Born on May 14th, 1951

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What happened on May 14th, 1951?

May 14th, 1951

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

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talyllyn_Railway

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talyllyn_Railway

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, 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.

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

Born on May 14th, 1951

72

Jürgen Werth

German journalist and author

*May 14th, 1951, Lüdenscheid

72

Jay Beckenstein

American musician

*May 14th, 1951, Brooklyn

72

Gaby Dietzen

German television presenter and journalist

*May 14th, 1951, Trier

49

Horacio Ranieri

Argentinian actor

*May 14th, 1951, Buenos Aires †October 17th, 2000, Buenos Aires

72

Taaffe O'Connell

American actress

*May 14th, 1951, Providence

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Who's birthday is on May 14th?

74

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

67

Franz-Georg Rössler

German Esperantist

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

85

Arve Opsahl

Norwegian actor

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

70

Norodom Sihamoni

King of Cambodia

*May 14th, 1953, Phnom Penh

71

Robert Zemeckis

American filmmaker (born 1952)

*May 14th, 1952, Chicago

57

Irina Serova

Badminton player

*May 14th, 1966, Soviet Union

79

George Lucas

American filmmaker (born 1944)

*May 14th, 1944, Modesto

62

Tim Roth

English actor (born 1961)

*May 14th, 1961, Dulwich

39

Mark Zuckerberg

American internet entrepreneur

*May 14th, 1984, White Plains

74

Klaus-Peter Thaler

German racing cyclist

*May 14th, 1949, Netphen

63

Simonetta Sommaruga

Politician and former member of the Swiss Federal Council

*May 14th, 1960, Zug

54

Cate Blanchett

Australian actor (born 1969)

*May 14th, 1969, Melbourne

73

Adolfo Domínguez

Spanish fashion designer

*May 14th, 1950, A Pobra de Trives

71

David Byrne

Scottish-American musician

*May 14th, 1952, Dumbarton

73

Maurice Le Guilloux

Cyclist

*May 14th, 1950, Plédran

67

Hazel Blears

British politician (born 1956)

*May 14th, 1956, Salford

90

Siân Phillips

British actress (1933-)

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

75

Troy Shondell

American singer (1940-2016)

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

59

Carlos María Abascal Carranza

Mexican lawyer and politician

*May 14th, 1949, Mexico City †December 2nd, 2008, Mexico City

78

Yochanan Vollach

Israeli footballer

*May 14th, 1945, Kiryat Bialik

Same year
Born in 1951

72

John McDonnell

British Labour politician (born 1951)

*September 8th, 1951, Liverpool

72

Jesse Ventura

American professional wrestler and 38th governor of Minnesota (born 1951)

*July 15th, 1951, Minneapolis

72

Ellen Foley

American singer and actress

*June 5th, 1951, St. Louis

72

Agathe Fontain

Greenlandic politician

*June 9th, 1951, Sisimiut

63

Robin Williams

American actor and comedian (1951–2014)

*July 21st, 1951, Chicago †August 11th, 2014, Tiburon

65

Gilbert Baker

American artist and gay rights activist

*June 2nd, 1951, Chanute †March 31st, 2017, New York City

73

Daniel Miller

British music producer and founder of Mute Records

*February 14th, 1951, London

65

Kaci Kullmann Five

Norwegian politician (1951-2017)

*April 13th, 1951, Oslo †February 19th, 2017, Oslo

72

Imelda Wiguna

Badminton player

*October 12th, 1951, Slawi

73

Horst Hrubesch

German association football player and manager

*April 17th, 1951, Hamm

71

Joachim Streich

German association football player and manager

*April 13th, 1951, Wismar †April 16th, 2022, Leipzig

72

Volker Bouffier

German politician (CDU), Minister President of Hesse

*December 18th, 1951, Giessen

73

Cajus Julius Caesar

German politician

*January 22nd, 1951, Rinteln

70

Hans-Jürgen Dörner

East German football player and long-term coach of national junior football teams (1951–2022)

*January 25th, 1951, Görlitz †January 19th, 2022, Dresden

72

Sven-Åke Nilsson

Road racing cyclist

*September 13th, 1951, Malmö

73

Raphaële Billetdoux

French novelist

*January 1st, 1951, Paris

72

Andrea Tidona

Italian actor

*November 30th, 1951, Modica

72

Geoffrey Rush

Australian actor (born 1951)

*July 6th, 1951, Toowoomba

72

Juan Manuel Santos

Former president of Colombia

*August 10th, 1951, Bogotá

65

Věra Špinarová

Czech singer

*December 22nd, 1951, Pohořelice †March 26th, 2017, Prague

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No: With 365 days 1951 is a normal year and no leap year.

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