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 135th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 231 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 1, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 476,568 hours 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 ‘hectatriacontapentagon’ day.
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 260 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 4,162 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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May 14 Historical Events
- 1483 –Coronation of Charles VIII of France (Charles l'Affable).
- 1509 –Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Venetians.
- 1608 –The Protestant Union is founded in Auhausen.
- 1610 –Henry IV of France is assassinated bringing Louis XIII to the throne.
- 1868 –Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward to Aizu by way of Nikkō.
- 1925 –Virginia Woolf’s novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
- 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.
- 1955 –Cold War: Eight communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
- 1963 –Kuwait joins the United Nations.
- 1973 –Skylab, the United States’ first space station, is launched.
Who were born on May 14?
- 1897 –Sidney Bechet, American musician (d. 1959)
- 1916 –Lance Dossor, British-born concert pianist (d. 2005)
- 1932 –Robert Bechtle, American painter
- 1936 –Bobby Darin, American singer (d. 1973)
- 1943 –Derek Leckenby, British musician (Herman’s Hermits) (d. 1994)
- 1949 –Walter Day, founder of Twin Galaxies
- 1955 –Peter Kirsten, South African cricketer
- 1961 –Tim Roth, English actor
- 1967 –Tony Siragusa, American football player
- 1971 –Nasha Aziz, Malaysian actress and model
Who died on May 14?
- 1574 –Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479)
- 1608 –Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543)
- 1754 –Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (b. 1692)
- 1860 –Ludwig Bechstein, German writer (b. 1801)
- 1957 –Marie Vassilieff, Russian artist (b. 1884)
- 1976 –Keith Relf, British singer and musician (The Yardbirds) (b. 1943)
- 1989 –Mary Lalopoulou, Greek actress (b. 1926)
- 1993 –Patrick Haemers, Belgian criminal (b. 1953)
- 1997 –Harry Blackstone, Jr., American stage magician (b. 1934)
- 1998 –Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American conservationist (b. 1890)
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