14 May
Notable Births
Zach Edey
b. 2002
Canadian basketball player (born 2002)
Jack Hughes
b. 2001
American ice hockey player (born 2001)
Rúben Dias
b. 1997
Portuguese footballer (born 1997)
Blake Brockington
b. 1996
American transgender activist (1996–2015)
Martin Garrix
b. 1996
Dutch DJ and music producer (born 1996)
Pokimane
b. 1996
Moroccan and Canadian influencer (born 1996)
Rose Lavelle
b. 1995
American soccer player (born 1995)
Marquinhos
b. 1994
Brazilian footballer (born 1994)
Pernille Blume
b. 1994
Danish swimmer (born 1994)
Bronte Campbell
b. 1994
Australian swimmer (born 1994)
Miranda Cosgrove
b. 1993
American actress and producer (born 1993)
Kyle Freeland
b. 1993
American baseball player (born 1993)
Kristina Mladenovic
b. 1993
French tennis player (born 1993)
Rob Gronkowski
b. 1989
American football player (born 1989)
François Steyn
b. 1987
South African rugby union player
Clay Matthews III
b. 1986
American football player (born 1986)
Dustin Lynch
b. 1985
American country music singer
Amber Tamblyn
b. 1983
American actress and author (born 1983)
Cate Blanchett
b. 1969
Australian actor (born 1969)
Marcel Junod
b. 1904
Swiss medical doctor
Notable Deaths
Don Perlin
d. 2024
American comic book artist and writer (1929–2024)
Doyle Brunson
d. 2023
American poker player (1933–2023)
Tim Conway
d. 2019
American actor and comedian (1933–2019)
Grumpy Cat
d. 2019
Cat and internet meme celebrity (2012–2019)
Tom Wolfe
d. 2018
American author and journalist (1930–2018)
Powers Boothe
d. 2017
American actor (1948–2017)
Darwyn Cooke
d. 2016
Canadian cartoonist (1962–2016)
B. B. King
d. 2015
American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter (1925–2015)
Emanuel Raymond Lewis
d. 2014
American historian
Morvin Simon
d. 2014
New Zealand composer and historian (1944–2014)
Asghar Ali Engineer
d. 2013
Indian activist (1939–2013)
Mario Trejo (writer)
d. 2012
Argentine poet, playwright, screenwriter and journalist
Goh Keng Swee
d. 2010
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
Mary Scheier
d. 2007
American artist (1908–2007)
Stanley Kunitz
d. 2006
American poet (1905–2006)
Eva Norvind
d. 2006
Mexican actress, writer and filmmaker
Jimmy Martin
d. 2005
American bluegrass singer and musician (1927–2005)
Anna Lee
d. 2004
British and American actress (1913–2004)
Dave DeBusschere
d. 2003
American athlete (1940–2003)
August Strindberg
d. 1912
Swedish writer and painter (1849–1912)
On This Day in History
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2022
Ten people are killed in a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York.
2022 Buffalo shooting
2021
China successfully lands Zhurong, the country's first Mars rover.
Zhurong (rover)
2012
Agni Air Flight CHT crashes in Nepal after a failed go-around, killing 15 people.
Agni Air Flight CHT
2010
Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on the STS-132 mission to deliver the first shuttle-launched Russian ISS component — Rassvet. This was originally slated to be the final launch of Atlantis, before Congress approved STS-135.
Space Shuttle Atlantis
2008
Battle of Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester city centre between Zenit supporters and Rangers supporters and the Greater Manchester Police; 39 policemen injured, one police dog injured and 39 arrested.
2008 UEFA Cup final riots
2004
The Constitutional Court of South Korea overturns the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun.
Constitutional Court of Korea
2004
Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Mary Donaldson are married at Copenhagen Cathedral.
Frederik X
2004
Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4815 crashes into the Amazon rainforest during approach to Eduardo Gomes International Airport in Manaus, Brazil, killing 33 people.
Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4815
1988
Carrollton bus collision: A drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky, hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. Twenty-seven die in the crash and ensuing fire.
Carrollton bus collision
1987
Fijian Prime Minister Timoci Bavadra is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Lieutenant colonel Sitiveni Rabuka.
Timoci Bavadra
1980
Salvadoran Civil War: The Sumpul River massacre occurs in Chalatenango, El Salvador.
Salvadoran Civil War
1977
A Dan-Air Boeing 707 leased to IAS Cargo Airlines crashes on approach to Lusaka International Airport in Lusaka, Zambia, killing six people.
Dan-Air
1973
Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.
Skylab
1970
Andreas Baader is freed from custody by Ulrike Meinhof, Gudrun Ensslin and others, a pivotal moment in the formation of the Red Army Faction.
Red Army Faction
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.
Civil rights movement
1955
Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
Cold War
1953
Approximately 7,100 brewery workers in Milwaukee perform a walkout, marking the start of the 1953 Milwaukee brewery strike.
Milwaukee
1951
Trains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.
Talyllyn Railway
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.
Israeli Declaration of Independence
1943
World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks AHS Centaur off the coast of Queensland.
AHS Centaur