May 14th, 1959

Born on May 14th, 1959

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 1959

64

Patrick Bruel

French recording artist; actor and singer

*May 14th, 1959, Tlemcen

64

Heather Wheeler

British politician (born 1959)

*May 14th, 1959, Norwich

64

Arnold Turboust

French singer

*May 14th, 1959, Saint-Sever-Calvados

64

Frédérique Ries

Belgian politician

*May 14th, 1959, Balen

64

Robert Greene

American author

*May 14th, 1959, Los Angeles

64

Ruth Cadbury

British politician (born 1959)

*May 14th, 1959, Birmingham

64

Laurent Bénégui

French writer, film producer and film director

*May 14th, 1959, 15th arrondissement of Paris

64

Rick Vaive

Canadian ice hockey player

*May 14th, 1959, Ottawa

64

Bjørn Ousland

Illustrator and children's writer

*May 14th, 1959, Oslo

64

Stefano Malinverni

Italian sprinter

*May 14th, 1959, Cinisello Balsamo

64

Tony Ford

English footballer (born 1959)

*May 14th, 1959, Grimsby

64

Marcel Coraș

Romanian footballer

*May 14th, 1959, Arad

64

Sandro Bondi

Italian politician

*May 14th, 1959, Fivizzano

64

Stéphane Mertens

Belgian motorcycle racer

*May 14th, 1959, Paris

64

Brett Leonard

American film director

*May 14th, 1959, Toledo

64

Sherif Mounir

Egyptian actor

*May 14th, 1959, Mansoura

53

John Holt

American football player (1959-2013)

*May 14th, 1959, Lawton †February 13th, 2013, Tampa

54

Markus Büchel

9th Prime Minister of Liechtenstein (1959-2013)

*May 14th, 1959, Ruggell †July 9th, 2013, Ruggell

64

Nam Myung Ryul

South Korean actor

*May 14th, 1959, Daejeon

64

Mike Quick

American football player

*May 14th, 1959, Hamlet

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Who's birthday is on May 14th?

63

Simonetta Sommaruga

Politician and former member of the Swiss Federal Council

*May 14th, 1960, Zug

62

Tim Roth

English actor (born 1961)

*May 14th, 1961, Dulwich

57

Irina Serova

Badminton player

*May 14th, 1966, Soviet Union

85

Arve Opsahl

Norwegian actor

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

74

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

39

Mark Zuckerberg

American internet entrepreneur

*May 14th, 1984, White Plains

54

Cate Blanchett

Australian actor (born 1969)

*May 14th, 1969, Melbourne

70

Norodom Sihamoni

King of Cambodia

*May 14th, 1953, Phnom Penh

67

Franz-Georg Rössler

German Esperantist

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

79

George Lucas

American filmmaker (born 1944)

*May 14th, 1944, Modesto

67

Hazel Blears

British politician (born 1956)

*May 14th, 1956, Salford

71

Robert Zemeckis

American filmmaker (born 1952)

*May 14th, 1952, Chicago

62

Ulrike Folkerts

German actress

*May 14th, 1961, Kassel

39

Nigel Reo-Coker

English association football player (born 1984)

*May 14th, 1984, Southwark

63

Anne Clark

British poet and musician

*May 14th, 1960, Croydon

74

Klaus-Peter Thaler

German racing cyclist

*May 14th, 1949, Netphen

58

Bernd Fabritius

German politician

*May 14th, 1965, Agnita

90

Siân Phillips

British actress (1933-)

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

66

Marino Lejarreta

Spanish racing cyclist

*May 14th, 1957, Berriz

52

Sofia Coppola

American film director and screenwriter

*May 14th, 1971, New York City

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Born in 1959

64

Jim Kerr

Scottish singer

*July 9th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Andrew Eldritch

British singer

*May 15th, 1959, Ely

56

Nahed Hattar

Jordanian writer

*November 30th, 1959, Amman †September 25th, 2016, Amman

64

Wolfgang Rolff

German association football player and manager

*December 26th, 1959, Lamstedt

64

Mike Pence

Vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 7th, 1959, Columbus

64

Morten Andreas Meyer

Norwegian politician

*October 20th, 1959, Sarpsborg Municipality

64

Jon Fosse

Norwegian writer, theater writer and translator

*September 29th, 1959, Haugesund Municipality

64

Donna Strickland

Canadian physicist, 2018 Nobel laurate

*May 27th, 1959, Guelph

64

Dave Ball

English producer and electronic musician

*May 3rd, 1959, Blackpool

64

Charlie Burchill

Scottish musician and composer

*November 27th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Rolf Mützenich

German politician (SPD)

*June 25th, 1959, Cologne

64

Martin Atkins

English musician

*August 3rd, 1959, Coventry

64

Bryan Adams

Canadian guitarist

*November 5th, 1959, Kingston

64

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

64

Carla Antonelli

Spanish actress and activist

*July 12th, 1959, Güímar

64

Johannes Röring

German politician

*May 16th, 1959, Vreden

64

Peter Enders

German politician (1959–)

*May 10th, 1959, Eichen

64

Allison Janney

American actress

*November 19th, 1959, Boston

65

Luc Besson

French film director, writer, and producer

*March 18th, 1959, Paris

64

Stephen Harper

22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015

*April 30th, 1959, Toronto

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No: With 365 days 1959 is a normal year and no leap year.

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