Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (135th in leap years). There are 231 days remaining. Table of contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England. 1509 - Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat Venitians. 1643 - Four year-old Louix XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII. 1787 - In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, delegates begin to meet to write a new Constitution for the United States. 1796 - Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination. 1804 - The Lewis and Clark Expedition departs from Camp Dubois and begin their historic journey by traveling up the Missouri River. 1889 - children's cruelty charity NSPCC launched in London 1900 - The 1900 Summer Olympics open in Paris, France 1913 - New York Governor William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation which begins operations with a $100,000,000 donation from John D. Rockefeller. 1914 - The Hellenic Holocaust starts, according to an official document from Talaat Bey (Minister of the Interior) to the prefect of Smyrna. 1927 - Cap Arcona's launching , Blohm & Voss shipyard, in Hamburg. 1935 - Filipinos ratify an independence agreement. 1940 - World War II: The Dutch city of Rotterdam is bombed by the German Luftwaffe. 1940 - World War II: The Netherlands surrender to Germany. 1948 - Israel declares itself to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. 1948 - The murder of a three-year-old girl in Blackburn, England leads to the fingerprinting of more than 40,000 men in the city in an attempt to find the murderer. 1955 - Cold War: Eight communist bloc countries including the Soviet Union sign a mutual-defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact. 1961 - American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders bus is fire-bombed near Anniston, Alabama and the civil rights protestors are beaten by an angry mob. 1973 - Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched. 1995 - The Dalai Lama proclaims 6-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima as the eleventh reincarnation of the Panchen Lama. 1998 - After nine years on the air, the series finale of the television sitcom Seinfeld aires on NBC. Births 1316 - Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor († 1378) 1727 - Thomas Gainsborough, artist († 1788) 1771 - Robert Owen, social reformer 1867 - Kurt Eisner, politician and publicist († 1919) 1869 - Friedrich Karl Kleine, physician († 1951) 1884 - Claude Dornier, aircraft designer († 1969) 1885 - Otto Klemperer, conductor († 1973) 1912 - Ben Hogan, golfer († 1997) 1917 - Lou Harrison, composer († 2003) 1922 - Franjo Tudjman, president of Croatia († 1999) 1929 - Gump Worsley, Hockey Hall of Famer 1931 - Alvin Lucier, composer 1934 - Siân Phillips, actress 1936 - Bobby Darin, singer († 1973) 1943 - Jack Bruce, bass guitarist 1943 - Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, president of Iceland 1944 - George Lucas, film director and producer 1952 - David Byrne, singer, songwriter, guitarist 1952 - Robert Zemeckis, director 1961 - Tim Roth, actor 1965 - Mick Foley, professional wrestler and author 1965 - Eoin Colfer, writer Deaths 1610 - King Henry IV of France 1847 - Fanny Mendelssohn, composer and pianist 1912 - August Strindberg, author 1925 - H. Rider Haggard, author 1931 - David Belasco, writer 1957 - Marie Vassilieff, artist 1969 - Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer 1987 - Rita Hayworth, actress 1997 - Harry Blackstone Jr, magician 1998 - Frank Sinatra, singer, actor 2000 - Obuchi Keizo, Japanese prime minister 2003 - Dave DeBusschere, NBA basketball player 2003 - Robert Stack, actor Holidays and observances Paraguay - Flag Day See Also: May 13 - May 15 - April 14 - June 14 -- listing of all days January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.