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 135^th 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, 28,594,080 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 ‘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.

May 14 Historical Events

• 1643 –
  Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.
• 1747 –
  War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre.
• 1889 –
  The children’s charity National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is launched in London.
• 1925 –
  Virginia Woolf’s novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
• 1935 –
  The Philippines ratifies an independence agreement.
• 1939 –
  Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
• 1940 –
  The Yermolayev Yer-2, a long-range Soviet medium bomber, has its first flight.
• 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.
• 1961 –
  American civil rights movement: The Freedom Riders bus is fire-bombed near Anniston, Alabama, and the civil rights protesters are beaten by an angry mob.

Who were born on May 14?

• 1752 –
  Timothy Dwight, American theologian (d. 1817)
• 1832 –
  Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician (d. 1903)
• 1899 –
  Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist (d. 1993)
• 1905 –
  Herbert Morrison, American radio announcer (d. 1989)
• 1942 –
  Rüdiger Vogler, German actor
• 1947 –
  Tamara Dobson, American actress (d. 2006)
• 1957 –
  Big Van Vader (born Leon White), American professional wrestler
• 1961 –
  Jean Leclerc, French-Canadian singer and songwriter
• 1975 –
  Nicki Sørensen, Danish road bicycle racer
• 1990 –
  Emily Samuelson, American ice dancer

Who died on May 14?

• 1761 –
  Thomas Simpson, British mathematician (b. 1710)
• 1847 –
  Fanny Mendelssohn, German composer and pianist (b. 1805)
• 1878 –
  Ookubo Toshimichi, Japanese statesman, samurai, and one of the “three great nobles” who led the Meiji Restoration (b. 1830)
• 1931 –
  David Belasco, American theatrical producer (b. 1853)
• 1959 –
  Sidney Bechet, American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist (b. 1897)
• 1968 –
  Husband E. Kimmel, American admiral (b. 1882)
• 1973 –
  Jean Gebser, German-born author, linguist and poet (b. 1905)
• 1998 –
  Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (b. 1915)
• 2007 –
  Ülo Jõgi, Estonian freedom fighter (b. 1921)
• 2007 –
  Mary Goldsmith, American ceramist (b. 1908)