May 14th, 1961

Born on May 14th, 1961

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What happened on May 14th, 1961?

May 14th, 1961

Civil rights movement: A white mob twice attacks a Freedom Riders bus near Anniston, Alabama, before fire-bombing the bus and attacking the civil rights protesters who flee the burning vehicle.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_rights_movement

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, 1961

62

Tim Roth

English actor (born 1961)

*May 14th, 1961, Dulwich

62

Urban Priol

German cabaret artist

*May 14th, 1961, Aschaffenburg

62

David Quantick

British journalist

*May 14th, 1961, Wortley

62

Ulrike Folkerts

German actress

*May 14th, 1961, Kassel

62

Jean Leloup

Canadian singer-songwriter from Quebec

*May 14th, 1961, Quebec City

54

Tommy Rogers

American professional wrestler

*May 14th, 1961, St. Petersburg †June 1st, 2015, Honolulu

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

54

Cate Blanchett

Australian actor (born 1969)

*May 14th, 1969, Melbourne

63

Simonetta Sommaruga

Politician and former member of the Swiss Federal Council

*May 14th, 1960, Zug

61

Danny Huston

American actor, director

*May 14th, 1962, Rome

85

Arve Opsahl

Norwegian actor

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

39

Nigel Reo-Coker

English association football player (born 1984)

*May 14th, 1984, Southwark

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

79

George Lucas

American filmmaker (born 1944)

*May 14th, 1944, Modesto

64

Patrick Bruel

French recording artist; actor and singer

*May 14th, 1959, Tlemcen

58

Eoin Colfer

Irish author of children's books

*May 14th, 1965, Wexford

71

Robert Zemeckis

American filmmaker (born 1952)

*May 14th, 1952, Chicago

57

Marianne Denicourt

French actress, film director and screenwriter

*May 14th, 1966, Paris

63

Anne Clark

British poet and musician

*May 14th, 1960, Croydon

52

Sofia Coppola

American film director and screenwriter

*May 14th, 1971, New York City

55

Jennifer Niven

American novelist

*May 14th, 1968, Charlotte

55

Greg Davies

Welsh stand-up comedian and actor

*May 14th, 1968, St Asaph

90

Siân Phillips

British actress (1933-)

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

61

Kiara

Venezuelan actor and singer

*May 14th, 1962, Barquisimeto

38

Matt Cardona

American professional wrestler

*May 14th, 1985, Merrick

73

Miguel Ángel Solá

Argentinian actor

*May 14th, 1950, Buenos Aires

Same year
Born in 1961

62

Barack Obama

President of the United States from 2009 to 2017

*August 4th, 1961, Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children

62

Erna Solberg

Norwegian politician and the 35th Prime Minister of Norway

*February 24th, 1961, Bergen

61

Joe Lando

American actor

*December 9th, 1961, Prairie View

62

Dirk Heidenblut

German politician

*April 21st, 1961, Essen

62

Hans-Georg von der Marwitz

German politician

*April 8th, 1961, Heidelberg

62

Lothar Matthäus

German football player, manager and pundit (born 1961)

*March 21st, 1961, Erlangen

62

Kristin Krohn Devold

Norwegian politician

*August 12th, 1961, Ålesund Municipality

62

Steven Weber

American actor

*March 4th, 1961, Briarwood

62

Knut Nærum

Norwegian comedian and author

*March 3rd, 1961, Arendal

51

James Gandolfini

American actor (1961–2013)

*September 18th, 1961, Westwood †June 19th, 2013, Rome

62

Michael J. Fox

Canadian-American actor, comedian, author, film producer, and activist with a film and television career

*June 9th, 1961, Edmonton

62

Yolanda Adams

American gospel singer

*August 27th, 1961, Houston

62

Jens Geier

German politician

*June 22nd, 1961, Frankfurt

62

Armin Schuster

German politician

*May 20th, 1961, Andernach

61

LaChanze

American actress, singer, and dancer

*December 16th, 1961, St. Augustine

62

Linda Eder

American actress and musician

*February 3rd, 1961, Tucson

62

Jon Secada

American singer

*October 4th, 1961, Havana

62

Lisa Kron

American actress and playwright

*May 20th, 1961, Ann Arbor

62

Steve Albini

American record engineer and rock musician

*July 22nd, 1961, Pasadena

62

Julia Gillard

Prime Minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013

*September 29th, 1961, Barry

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No: With 365 days 1961 is a normal year and no leap year.

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