What are the important events that happened on May 14? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
May 14: Facts & Myths About This Day
May 14 is the 134th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 231 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 1, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 29,119,680 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectatriacontatetragon’ day.
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Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 279 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,527 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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May 14 Historical Events
- 1608 –The Protestant Union is founded in Auhausen.
- 1643 –Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.
- 1796 –Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination.
- 1811 –Paraguay: Pedro Juan Caballero, Fulgencio Yegros and José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia start actions to depose the Spanish governor
- 1836 –The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas.
- 1929 –Wilfred Rhodes takes his 4000th first-class wicket during a performance of 9 for 39 at Leyton; he is the only player in history to have reached that plateau.
- 1935 –The Philippines ratifies an independence agreement.
- 1940 –World War II: Rotterdam is bombed by the German Luftwaffe.
- 1948 –Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
- 1970 –The Red Army Faction is established in Germany.
Who were born on May 14?
- 1832 –Charles Peace, unusual English criminal
- 1897 –Sidney Bechet, American musician (d. 1959)
- 1905 –Herbert Morrison, American radio announcer (d. 1989)
- 1936 –Bobby Darin, American singer (d. 1973)
- 1952 –Donald R. McMonagle, American astronaut
- 1960 –Anne Clark, English singer
- 1974 –Jennifer Allan, American model
- 1979 –Edwige Lawson-Wade, French Basketball player
- 1984 –Mark Zuckerberg, American internet entrepreneur, co-founder of Facebook
- 1985 –Sally Martin, New Zealand actress
Who died on May 14?
- 1934 –Lou Criger, American baseball player (b. 1872)
- 1957 –Marie Vassilieff, Russian artist (b. 1884)
- 1970 –Billie Burke, American actress (b. 1884)
- 1973 –Jean Gebser, German-born author, linguist and poet (b. 1905)
- 1983 –Miguel Alemán Valdés, President of Mexico (b. 1900)
- 1984 –Walter Rauff, German colonel (b. 1906)
- 1989 –Mary Lalopoulou, Greek actress (b. 1926)
- 1993 –Patrick Haemers, Belgian criminal (b. 1953)
- 1998 –Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (b. 1915)
- 2004 –Anna Lee, British actress (b. 1913)
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