Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
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. | |
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Born on May 14 |
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| 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. | |
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