May 14th, 1981

Born on May 14th, 1981

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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, 1981

42

Júlia Sebestyén

Hungarian figure skater

*May 14th, 1981, Miskolc

42

Antti Aarnio

Finnish ice hockey player

*May 14th, 1981, Oulu

42

Pranav Mistry

Indian computer scientist

*May 14th, 1981, Palanpur

42

Björn Andrae

German volleyball player

*May 14th, 1981, Berlin

42

Sarbel

Greek singer

*May 14th, 1981, London

42

Mohamed Diop

Senegalese basketball player

*May 14th, 1981, Dakar

42

Simon Eckert

German actor

*May 14th, 1981, Berlin

42

Philippe Reinhardt

Swiss actor

*May 14th, 1981, Zürich

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Who's birthday is on May 14th?

39

Mark Zuckerberg

American internet entrepreneur

*May 14th, 1984, White Plains

41

Beardyman

British musician and beatboxer

*May 14th, 1982, London

57

Irina Serova

Badminton player

*May 14th, 1966, Soviet Union

39

Nigel Reo-Coker

English association football player (born 1984)

*May 14th, 1984, Southwark

85

Arve Opsahl

Norwegian actor

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

54

Cate Blanchett

Australian actor (born 1969)

*May 14th, 1969, Melbourne

74

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

62

Tim Roth

English actor (born 1961)

*May 14th, 1961, Dulwich

38

Bleona

Albanian and American singer, actress, model and entrepreneur

*May 14th, 1985, Korçë

48

Nicki Sørensen

Danish cyclist, born 1975

*May 14th, 1975, Hillerød

40

Tatenda Taibu

Former Zimbabwean cricketer

*May 14th, 1983, Harare

63

Simonetta Sommaruga

Politician and former member of the Swiss Federal Council

*May 14th, 1960, Zug

32

Muhammed Ildiz

Austrian association football player

*May 14th, 1991, Vienna

79

George Lucas

American filmmaker (born 1944)

*May 14th, 1944, Modesto

30

Miranda Cosgrove

American actress and singer (born 1993)

*May 14th, 1993, Los Angeles

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

52

Sofia Coppola

American film director and screenwriter

*May 14th, 1971, New York City

43

Eugène Martineau

Dutch decathlete

*May 14th, 1980, Heerlen

37

Marco Motta

Italian footballer

*May 14th, 1986, Merate

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Born in 1981

42

MS Dhoni

Indian cricket player

*July 7th, 1981, Ranchi

42

Taufik Hidayat

Indonesian badminton player

*August 10th, 1981, Bandung City

43

Vita Marissa

Indonesian badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Jakarta

43

Alistair Casey

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1981, Glasgow

42

Martin de Jonge

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1981, Rotterdam

42

Roger Federer

Swiss tennis player

*August 8th, 1981, Basel

43

Mattias Tesfaye

Danish politician

*March 31st, 1981, Aarhus

42

Beau Bokan

American singer

*November 30th, 1981, Huntington Beach

42

Beyoncé

American singer (born 1981)

*September 4th, 1981, Houston

43

Zhang Jiewen

Badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Guangzhou

42

Gavin Shuker

British politician (born 1981)

*October 10th, 1981, Luton

43

Gong Ruina

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1981, Anhua County

42

Dorian James

Badminton player

*June 19th, 1981, Cape Town

42

Juliette Ah-Wan

Badminton player

*April 29th, 1981, Victoria

42

Anna Carina

Peruvian musician

*August 14th, 1981, Lima

43

Tom Starke

German association football player

*March 18th, 1981, Dresden

43

Björn Joppien

Badminton player

*January 30th, 1981, Langenfeld

43

Jürgen Wouters

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1981, Gilze en Rijen

42

Miyo Akao

Badminton player

*August 29th, 1981, Hita

42

Marco Vorbeck

German association football player and manager

*June 24th, 1981, Kühlungsborn

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1981 is a normal year and no leap year.

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