May 14th, 1955

Born on May 14th, 1955

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What happened on May 14th, 1955?

May 14th, 1955

Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_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, 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, 1955

68

Alasdair Fraser

Scottish fiddler

*May 14th, 1955, Clackmannan

68

Jens Sparschuh

German writer

*May 14th, 1955, Chemnitz

68

Wilhelm Molterer

Austrian politician, minister of finance

*May 14th, 1955, Steyr

68

Arturo Aiello

Italian priest

*May 14th, 1955, Vico Equense

68

Ulrike Höfken

German politician

*May 14th, 1955, Düsseldorf

68

Amke Dietert

German politician

*May 14th, 1955, Brake

63

Leon Allen White

American professional wrestler (1955–2018)

*May 14th, 1955, Lynwood †June 18th, 2018, Denver

68

Rob Tapert

American film producer

*May 14th, 1955, Royal Oak

68

Marie Chouinard

Canadian dancer and choreographer

*May 14th, 1955, Quebec City

68

Peter Kirsten

South African cricketer and rugby union footballer

*May 14th, 1955, Pietermaritzburg

68

Dennis Martínez

Baseball player

*May 14th, 1955, Granada

68

Winifred Hervey

Television producer, screenwriter

*May 14th, 1955, Lompoc

68

Hannes Britschgi

Swiss television presenter and journalist

*May 14th, 1955, Sarnen

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74

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

70

Norodom Sihamoni

King of Cambodia

*May 14th, 1953, Phnom Penh

57

Irina Serova

Badminton player

*May 14th, 1966, Soviet Union

85

Arve Opsahl

Norwegian actor

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

62

Tim Roth

English actor (born 1961)

*May 14th, 1961, Dulwich

67

Hazel Blears

British politician (born 1956)

*May 14th, 1956, Salford

63

Simonetta Sommaruga

Politician and former member of the Swiss Federal Council

*May 14th, 1960, Zug

39

Mark Zuckerberg

American internet entrepreneur

*May 14th, 1984, White Plains

67

Franz-Georg Rössler

German Esperantist

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

54

Cate Blanchett

Australian actor (born 1969)

*May 14th, 1969, Melbourne

71

Robert Zemeckis

American filmmaker (born 1952)

*May 14th, 1952, Chicago

79

George Lucas

American filmmaker (born 1944)

*May 14th, 1944, Modesto

74

Klaus-Peter Thaler

German racing cyclist

*May 14th, 1949, Netphen

90

Siân Phillips

British actress (1933-)

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

39

Nigel Reo-Coker

English association football player (born 1984)

*May 14th, 1984, Southwark

66

Marino Lejarreta

Spanish racing cyclist

*May 14th, 1957, Berriz

71

David Byrne

Scottish-American musician

*May 14th, 1952, Dumbarton

69

Karl-Markus Gauß

Austrian writer

*May 14th, 1954, Salzburg

75

Troy Shondell

American singer (1940-2016)

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

64

Patrick Bruel

French recording artist; actor and singer

*May 14th, 1959, Tlemcen

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63

Pete Shelley

British singer-songwriter (1955–2018)

*April 17th, 1955, Leigh †December 6th, 2018, Tallinn

68

Adolf Sauerland

German politician

*June 4th, 1955, Duisburg

68

Bill Gates

American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)

*October 28th, 1955, Seattle

68

Guillermo Lasso

47th president of Ecuador

*November 16th, 1955, Guayaquil

68

Tim Berners-Lee

English computer scientist, inventor of the World Wide Web (born 1955)

*June 8th, 1955, London

68

Lars Brygmann

Danish actor

*November 30th, 1955, Copenhagen

56

Steve Jobs

American entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc. (1955–2011)

*February 24th, 1955, San Francisco †October 5th, 2011, Palo Alto

69

Lasse Lindtner

Norwegian actor

*March 7th, 1955, Bergen

68

Steve Jones

English guitarist

*September 3rd, 1955, Shepherd's Bush

69

Nicolas Sarkozy

President of France from 2007 to 2012

*January 28th, 1955, Paris

61

Bill Paxton

American actor and filmmaker (1955–2017)

*May 17th, 1955, Fort Worth †February 25th, 2017, Los Angeles

68

Caroline Loeb

French actress and singer

*October 5th, 1955, Neuilly-sur-Seine

68

Saw Swee Leong

Badminton player

*July 16th, 1955, Penang

69

Uwe Reinders

German association football player and manager

*January 19th, 1955, Essen

61

Jimmy LaFave

American musician

*July 12th, 1955, Wills Point †May 21st, 2017, Austin

69

Steve Mann

British chemist

*April 1st, 1955, Leeds

69

Jair Bolsonaro

President of Brazil from 2019 to 2022

*March 21st, 1955, Glicério

43

Gerhard Gundermann

German musician

*February 21st, 1955, Weimar †June 21st, 1998, Spreetal

69

Martin Jehne

German historian of classical antiquity

*January 27th, 1955, Hamburg

68

Isabelle Adjani

French actress

*June 27th, 1955, 17th arrondissement of Paris

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No: With 365 days 1955 is a normal year and no leap year.

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