Historical Events In May - 14
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1955 On May - 14 a causeway is completed across the Strait of Canso between Cape Porcupine and Balache Point, Nova Scotia. This involved a 14 mile main line diversion for the rerouting of railway traffic linking directly Cape Breton Island with the mainland. Previous movements were by car ferry across the Strait of Canso.
1955 The Warsaw Pact signed by Eastern bloc countries on this day in history.
1955 On this day in history uS performs nuclear test in Pacific Ocean
1955 On this day in history warsaw Pact is signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland & Romania
1955 Betty Ann Davies, dies at 44 on this day in history.
1956 On this day in history 2 RAR attacks communist terrorists near Sungei Siput, Malaya
1959 On May - 14 sidney Bechet, US jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/bandleader, dies at 62
1960 USSR launch first (unmanned) space capsule on this day in history.
1961 On this day in history bus with first group of Freedom Riders bombed & burned in Alabama
1962 On this day in history princess Sophia of Greece weds Don Juan Carlos of Spain
1962 On May - 14 uS performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1963 Kuwait is 111th member of the United Nations on this day in history.
1964 On May - 14 underground America Day is first observed
1965 On this day in history 2nd Chinese atom bomb explodes
1965 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site on this day in history.
1965 On May - 14 frances Perkins, US 1st female minister of Labor (1933-45), dies at 83
1966 Georgia BD Camp Johnson, US poet/playwright, dies at 88 on May - 14.
1968 Beatles announce formation of Apple Corp on May - 14.
1968 On this day in history czechoslovakian Government announces liberalizing reforms under Alexander Dubcek
1968 On this day in history red Army Faction -leader Andreas Baader sentenced to 3 years in West Berlin
1968 On May - 14 husband Edward Kimmel, commandant US Ocean fleet WW II, dies at 86
1969 Abortion & contraception legalized in Canada on May - 14.
1969 On May - 14 last Chevrolet Corsair built
1969 On May - 14 enid Bennett, silent film actress (Skippy, Hairpins), dies at 75
1970 Cops kill 2 students in racial disturbance (Jackson State University, Mississippi) on this day in history.
1970 On this day in history harry A Blackmun appointed to the Supreme Court
1970 On May - 14 in the Eastern Caucasus two quakes measuring 5.5 and 6.5 occurred occurred a few miles west of Machackala, a city of about 165,000 population and located on the Caspian Sea
1970 NYC local newspaper "Our Town" begins publishing on this day in history.
1970 Red Aarmy Faction -leader Andreas Baader freed after serving 2 years in West Berlin on May - 14.
1970 Billie Burke, comedienne (Glinda-Wizard of Oz), dies at 84 on this day in history.
1972 24th Emmy Awards All in the Family, Carrol O'Conner & Jean Stapleton on May - 14.
1972 24th Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Carrol O'Conner & Jean Stapleton on this day in history.
1973 On May - 14 gold hits record $102.50 an ounce in London
1973 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, last airs on NBC-TV on May - 14.
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