HistoryNet mastheadHistoryNetShop Summer Catalog

Today in History: May 14


Previous Day | Next Day

Today in History  | 0 comments  | Print This Post  | Email This Post

Today in History
May 14

1264   King Henry III is captured by his brother-in-law, Simon de Montfort, at the Battle of Lewes.
1509   At the Battle of Agnadello, the French defeat the Venitians in Northern Italy.
1610   French King Henri IV (Henri de Navarre) is assassinated by François Ravillac, a fanatical monk.
1796   English physician Edward Jenner gives the first successful smallpox vaccination.
1804   Explorer William Clark sets off from St. Louis, Missouri.
1853   Gail Borden applies for a patent for condensed milk.
1863   Union General Nathanial Banks heads towards Port Hudson along the Mississippi River.
1897   Guglielmo Marconi sends first communication by wireless telegraph.
1897   "Stars and Stripes Forever" by John Phillip Sousa is performed for the first time in Philadelphia.
1935   A plebiscite in the Philippines ratifies an independence agreement.
1940   Holland surrenders to Germany.
1942   The British Army, in retreat from Burma, reach India.
1948   Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion establishes the State of Israel.
1961   A bus carrying black and white civil rights activists is bombed and burned in Alabama.
1969   Three companies of the 101st Airborne Division fail to push North Vietnamese forces off Hill 937 in South Vietnam.
1973   The U.S. space station Skylab is launched.
1991   In South Africa, Winnie Mandela is sentenced to six years in prison for her part in the kidnapping and beating of three black youths and the death of a fourth.

Born on May 14
1533   Margaret of Valois, queen consort of Navarre.
1686   Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit, German physicist, instrument maker, inventor of the thermometer.
1727   Thomas Gainsborough, painter ("Blue Boy").
1771   Thomas Wedgwood, English physicist, photography pioneer.
1897   Sidney Bechet, jazz clarinetist and soprano saxaphone player.
1933   Richard P. Brickner, novelist (The Broken Year).
1944   George Lucas, film director and producer (Star Wars).
1946   Robert Jarvik, American physician.

Tags:

HistoryNet.com Subject Locator

Post a Comment

Please note that HistoryNet Staff cannot respond to requests for research of any type. Please visit our research forum to post research questions. If you have a question about our magazines, please use the contact us form.

Related Articles



SPONSORED SITES







HistoryNet Article Archives Historynet Spacer

OPINION POLL

Which of these World War I aircraft was the best fighter plane?

View Results

Loading ... Loading ...

See previous polls

STAY CONNECTED WITH US

RSS Feed
 
Get Our Daily HistoryNet Email
  
 


What is HistoryNet?

The HistoryNet.com is brought to you by the Weider History Group, the world's largest publisher of history magazines. HistoryNet.com contains daily features, photo galleries and over 5,000 articles originally published in our various magazines.

If you are interested in a specific history subject, try searching our archives, you are bound to find something to pique your interest.

 Get our RSS!
 Newsletter Signup

From Our Magazines

Weider History Group

Weider History Network:  HistoryNet | Armchair General | Great History | Achtung Panzer!

Terms of Use | Copyright © 2009 Weider History Group. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.
Contact Us|Advertise With Us|Subscription Help