Page 7: Historical Events In May - 14

1955  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 on this day in history.   

1955  On May - 14 the Warsaw Pact signed by Eastern bloc countries   

1955  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test in Pacific Ocean   

1955  Warsaw Pact is signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland & Romania on this day in history.   

1955  On May - 14 betty Ann Davies, dies at 44   

1956  2 RAR attacks communist terrorists near Sungei Siput, Malaya on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history sidney Bechet, US jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/bandleader, dies at 62   

1960  On May - 14 uSSR launch first (unmanned) space capsule   

1961  On this day in history bus with first group of Freedom Riders bombed & burned in Alabama   

1962  Princess Sophia of Greece weds Don Juan Carlos of Spain on May - 14.   

1962  US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island on May - 14.   

1963  On May - 14 kuwait is 111th member of the United Nations   

1964  On this day in history underground America Day is first observed   

1965  2nd Chinese atom bomb explodes on May - 14.   

1965  On this day in history uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site   

1965  Frances Perkins, US 1st female minister of Labor (1933-45), dies at 83 on May - 14.   

1966  On this day in history georgia BD Camp Johnson, US poet/playwright, dies at 88   

1968  On this day in history beatles announce formation of Apple Corp   

1968  On this day in history czechoslovakian Government announces liberalizing reforms under Alexander Dubcek   

1968  Red Army Faction -leader Andreas Baader sentenced to 3 years in West Berlin on May - 14.   

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 May - 14.   

1970  Harry A Blackmun appointed to the Supreme Court on this day in history.   

1970  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 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1972  24th Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Carrol O'Conner & Jean Stapleton on May - 14.   

1973  Gold hits record $102.50 an ounce in London on this day in history.   

1973  Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, last airs on NBC-TV on May - 14.   

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1316  Charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78) was born on May - 14.   

1316  On this day in history birth of charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378)   

1553  Margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615) was born on May - 14.   

1652  On May - 14 birth of johann Philipp Fortsch, composer   

1666  Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732) was born on May - 14.   

1679  On this day in history birth of peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer   

1686  Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24] was born on May - 14.   

1699  Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786) was born on this day in history.   

0347  Pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies on this day in history.   

0649  Theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies on May - 14.   

0964  John XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies on May - 14.   

1470  Death of Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409) on May - 14.   

1565  Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies on this day in history.   

1574  Death of Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (b. 1479) on this day in history.   

1608  Death of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1543) on this day in history.   

1610  Death of Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56 on May - 14.