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| May 14th, 2007 (May 14 2007) | Death | Mary Goldsmith, American ceramist (born in 1908) | |
| May 14th, 2007 (May 14 2007) | Death | Ulo Jogi, Estonian freedom fighter (born in 1921) | |
| May 14th, 2006 (May 14 2006) | Death | Lew Anderson, American actor and bandleader (born in 1922) | |
| May 14th, 2006 (May 14 2006) | Death | Stanley Kunitz, American poet (born in 1905) | |
| May 14th, 2006 (May 14 2006) | Death | Eva Norvind, Mexican actress (born in 1944) | |
| May 14th, 2005 (May 14 2005) | Event | Pope Benedict XVI observes his first beatification, elevating Blessed Marianne of Molokai on the road to canonization into sainthood. | |
| May 14th, 2005 (May 14 2005) | Event | The former USS America (CV-66), a decommissioned supercarrier of the United States Navy, is deliberately sunk in the Atlantic Ocean after four weeks of live-fire exercises. She is the largest ship ever to be disposed of as a target in a military exercise. | |
| May 14th, 2004 (May 14 2004) | Event | The Constitutional Court of South Korea overturns the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun. | |
| May 14th, 2004 (May 14 2004) | Event | The marriage of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark and Mary Donaldson takes place in Copenhagen. | |
| May 14th, 2004 (May 14 2004) | Death | Anna Lee, British actress (born in 1913) | |
| May 14th, 2003 (May 14 2003) | Death | Dave DeBusschere, American basketball player (born in 1940) | |
| May 14th, 2003 (May 14 2003) | Death | Wendy Hiller, British actress (born in 1912) | |
| May 14th, 2003 (May 14 2003) | Death | Robert Stack, American actor (born in 1919) | |
| May 14th, 2002 (May 14 2002) | Event | Ten members of the Darwin-based Network Against Prohibition invade the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory of Australia. | |
| May 14th, 2000 (May 14 2000) | Death | Obuchi Keizo, Prime Minister of Japan (born in 1937) | |
| May 14th, 1998 (May 14 1998) | Death | Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (born in 1915) | Frank Sinatra Quotes |
| May 14th, 1998 (May 14 1998) | Death | Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American conservationist (born in 1890) | |
| May 14th, 1997 (May 14 1997) | Death | Harry Blackstone Jr., American magician (born in 1934) | |
| May 14th, 1995 (May 14 1995) | Event | Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, proclaims six-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima as the eleventh reincarnation of the Panchen Lama. | Tenzin Gyatso Quotes |
| May 14th, 1995 (May 14 1995) | Death | Christian B. Anfinsen, American Nobel laureate (born in 1916) | |
| May 14th, 1993 (May 14 1993) | Birth | Miranda Cosgrove, American actress | |
| May 14th, 1993 (May 14 1993) | Death | Patrick Haemers, Belgian criminal (born in 1953) | |
| May 14th, 1993 (May 14 1993) | Death | William Randolph Hearst Jr., American newspaper magnate (born in 1908) | |
| May 14th, 1992 (May 14 1992) | Death | Lyle Alzado, American football player (born in 1949) | |
| May 14th, 1992 (May 14 1992) | Death | Nie Rongzhen, Chinese Communist military leader (born in 1899) | |
| May 14th, 1991 (May 14 1991) | Death | Jiang Qing, wife of Mao Zedong (born in 1914) | Mao Zedong Quotes |
| May 14th, 1990 (May 14 1990) | Birth | Emily Samuelson, American ice dancer | |
| May 14th, 1988 (May 14 1988) | Event | Carrollton bus collision: a drunk driver going the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky, United States hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. The crash and ensuing fire kill 27. | |
| May 14th, 1988 (May 14 1988) | Death | Willem Drees, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born in 1886) | |
| May 14th, 1987 (May 14 1987) | Birth | Franck Songo o, Cameroonian footballer | |
| May 14th, 1987 (May 14 1987) | Birth | Francois Steyn, South African rugby union footballer | |
| May 14th, 1987 (May 14 1987) | Death | Rita Hayworth, American actress (born in 1918) | |
| May 14th, 1986 (May 14 1986) | Birth | Camila Sodi, Mexican actress | |
| May 14th, 1985 (May 14 1985) | Birth | Sally Martin, American actress | |
| May 14th, 1985 (May 14 1985) | Death | Mei Ling Barbara Yung, Hong Kong actress (born in 1959) | |
| May 14th, 1984 (May 14 1984) | Birth | Gary Ablett, Jr., Australian rules footballer | |
| May 14th, 1984 (May 14 1984) | Birth | Michael Rensing, German footballer | |
| May 14th, 1984 (May 14 1984) | Birth | Nigel Reo-Coker, English footballer | |
| May 14th, 1984 (May 14 1984) | Birth | Mark Zuckerberg, American internet entrepreneur | |
| May 14th, 1984 (May 14 1984) | Death | Walter Rauff, German colonel (born in 1906) | |
| May 14th, 1983 (May 14 1983) | Birth | Anahi, Mexican actress and singer | |
| May 14th, 1983 (May 14 1983) | Birth | Uros Slokar, Slovenian basketball player | |
| May 14th, 1983 (May 14 1983) | Birth | Amber Tamblyn, American actress | |
| May 14th, 1983 (May 14 1983) | Birth | Tom Welham, British musician (Thirteen Senses) | |
| May 14th, 1983 (May 14 1983) | Death | Roger J. Traynor, American judge (born in 1900) | |
| May 14th, 1983 (May 14 1983) | Death | Miguel Aleman Valdes, President of Mexico (born in 1900) | |
| May 14th, 1982 (May 14 1982) | Birth | BeardyMan, English beatboxer | |
| May 14th, 1982 (May 14 1982) | Birth | Ai Shibata, Japanese swimmer | |
| May 14th, 1982 (May 14 1982) | Death | Hugh Beaumont, American actor (born in 1909) | |
| May 14th, 1981 (May 14 1981) | Birth | Sarbel, Greek-born singer | |
| May 14th, 1980 (May 14 1980) | Birth | Zdenek Grygera, Czech footballer | |
| May 14th, 1980 (May 14 1980) | Birth | Eugene Martineau, Dutch decathlete | |
| May 14th, 1980 (May 14 1980) | Birth | Julia Sebestyen, Hungarian figure skater | |
| May 14th, 1980 (May 14 1980) | Birth | Hugo Southwell, Scottish rugby union footballer | Hugo Ball Quotes |
| May 14th, 1980 (May 14 1980) | Death | Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (born in 1912) | |
| May 14th, 1979 (May 14 1979) | Birth | Clinton Morrison, English-born Irish footballer | |
| May 14th, 1979 (May 14 1979) | Birth | Carlos Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer | |
| May 14th, 1978 (May 14 1978) | Event | First round of the presidential elections in Upper Volta. | |
| May 14th, 1978 (May 14 1978) | Birth | Eddie House, American basketball player | |
| May 14th, 1978 (May 14 1978) | Birth | Brent Harvey, Australian footballer | |
| May 14th, 1978 (May 14 1978) | Birth | Andre Macanga, Angolan footballer | |
| May 14th, 1978 (May 14 1978) | Birth | Gustavo Varela, Uruguayan footballer | |
| May 14th, 1978 (May 14 1978) | Death | Robert Menzies, twelfth Prime Minister of Australia (born in 1894) | |
| May 14th, 1977 (May 14 1977) | Birth | Sophie Anderton, English model and television personality | |
| May 14th, 1977 (May 14 1977) | Birth | Roy Halladay, American baseball player | |
| May 14th, 1977 (May 14 1977) | Birth | Ada Nicodemou, Australian actress | |
| May 14th, 1976 (May 14 1976) | Birth | Hunter Burgan, American musician (AFI) | |
| May 14th, 1976 (May 14 1976) | Birth | Brian Lawrence, American baseball player | |
| May 14th, 1976 (May 14 1976) | Birth | Martine McCutcheon, British actress | |
| May 14th, 1976 (May 14 1976) | Death | Keith Relf, British singer and musician (The Yardbirds) (born in 1943) | |
| May 14th, 1975 (May 14 1975) | Birth | Salim Iles, Algerian swimmer | |
| May 14th, 1975 (May 14 1975) | Birth | Nicki Sorensen, Danish road bicycle racer | |
| May 14th, 1974 (May 14 1974) | Birth | Jennifer Allan, American model | |
| May 14th, 1973 (May 14 1973) | Event | Human Space Flight: Skylab, the United States first space station, is launchedied in It is the last launch of the Saturn V rocket. | |
| May 14th, 1973 (May 14 1973) | Birth | Voshon Lenard, American basketball player | Osho Quotes |
| May 14th, 1973 (May 14 1973) | Birth | Natalie Appleton, Canadian-born singer | |
| May 14th, 1973 (May 14 1973) | Birth | Anais Granofsky, Canadian actress and director | |
| May 14th, 1973 (May 14 1973) | Birth | Julian White, English rugby union footballer | Julian Quotes |
| May 14th, 1973 (May 14 1973) | Death | Jean Gebser, German-born author, linguist, and poet (born in 1905) | |
| May 14th, 1972 (May 14 1972) | Birth | Gabriel Mann, American actor | |
| May 14th, 1972 (May 14 1972) | Birth | Mark Ruskell, England-born Scottish politician | |
| May 14th, 1971 (May 14 1971) | Birth | Sofia Coppola, American director | |
| May 14th, 1970 (May 14 1970) | Event | The Red Army Faction is established in Germany. | |
| May 14th, 1970 (May 14 1970) | Event | Mississippi state police kill two black students at Jackson State University. | |
| May 14th, 1970 (May 14 1970) | Death | Billie Burke, American actress (born in 1884) | |
| May 14th, 1969 (May 14 1969) | Birth | Cate Blanchett, Australian actress | Cate Blanchett Quotes |
| May 14th, 1969 (May 14 1969) | Birth | Danny Wood, American singer (New Kids on the Block) | |
| May 14th, 1969 (May 14 1969) | Death | Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (born in 1888) | |
| May 14th, 1968 (May 14 1968) | Death | Husband E. Kimmel, American admiral (born in 1882) | |
| May 14th, 1967 (May 14 1967) | Birth | Tony Siragusa, American football player | |
| May 14th, 1966 (May 14 1966) | Birth | Marianne Denicourt, French actress | |
| May 14th, 1966 (May 14 1966) | Birth | Mike Inez, American bassist | |
| May 14th, 1966 (May 14 1966) | Birth | Fabrice Morvan, French music artist (Milli Vanilli) | |
| May 14th, 1966 (May 14 1966) | Birth | Raphael Saadiq, American musician (Tony! Toni! Tone!) | Saadi Quotes |
| May 14th, 1965 (May 14 1965) | Birth | Eoin Colfer, Irish writer | |
| May 14th, 1964 (May 14 1964) | Birth | James M. Kelly, American astronaut | |
| May 14th, 1964 (May 14 1964) | Birth | Eric Peterson, American musician (Testament) | |
| May 14th, 1964 (May 14 1964) | Birth | Suzy Kolber, American sportscaster | |
| May 14th, 1963 (May 14 1963) | Birth | Pat Borders, American baseball player | |
| May 14th, 1962 (May 14 1962) | Birth | Ian Astbury, English singer (The Cult) | |
| May 14th, 1962 (May 14 1962) | Birth | C. C. DeVille, American musician (Poison) | |
| May 14th, 1962 (May 14 1962) | Death | Florence Auer, American actress (born in 1880) | |
| May 14th, 1961 (May 14 1961) | Event | American civil rights movement: The Freedom Riders bus is fire-bombed near Anniston, Alabama, and the civil rights protesters are beaten by an angry mob. | |
| May 14th, 1961 (May 14 1961) | Event | Stirling Moss wins the 1961 Monaco Grand Prix. | |
| May 14th, 1961 (May 14 1961) | Birth | Ulrike Folkerts, German actress | |
| May 14th, 1961 (May 14 1961) | Birth | Jean Leclerc, French-Canadian singer and songwriter | |
| May 14th, 1961 (May 14 1961) | Birth | Tim Roth, English actor | |
| May 14th, 1961 (May 14 1961) | Birth | Alain Vigneault, Canadian ice hockey coach | |
| May 14th, 1960 (May 14 1960) | Birth | Anne Clark, English singer | |
| May 14th, 1960 (May 14 1960) | Birth | Steve Williams, American wrestler | |
| May 14th, 1959 (May 14 1959) | Birth | Patrick Bruel, French singer | |
| May 14th, 1959 (May 14 1959) | Birth | Steve Hogarth, British singer (Marillion) | |
| May 14th, 1959 (May 14 1959) | Birth | Rick Vaive, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| May 14th, 1959 (May 14 1959) | Death | Sidney Bechet, American musician (born in 1897) | |
| May 14th, 1958 (May 14 1958) | Birth | Christine Brennan, American sports columnist | |
| May 14th, 1957 (May 14 1957) | Birth | Leon White, American professional wrestler | |
| May 14th, 1957 (May 14 1957) | Death | Marie Vassilieff, Russian artist (born in 1884) | |
| May 14th, 1955 (May 14 1955) | Event | Cold War: Eight communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact. | |
| May 14th, 1955 (May 14 1955) | Birth | Dennis Martinez, Nicaraguan baseball player | |
| May 14th, 1954 (May 14 1954) | Birth | Jens Sparschuh, German writer | |
| May 14th, 1954 (May 14 1954) | Death | Heinz Guderian, German General (born in 1888) | Heinz Guderian Quotes |
| May 14th, 1953 (May 14 1953) | Birth | Tom Cochrane, Canadian musician (Red Rider) | |
| May 14th, 1953 (May 14 1953) | Birth | Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia | |
| May 14th, 1952 (May 14 1952) | Birth | David Byrne, Scottish-born American musician (Talking Heads) | David Byrne Quotes |
| May 14th, 1952 (May 14 1952) | Birth | Scott Irwin, American professional wrestler (died in 1987) | |
| May 14th, 1952 (May 14 1952) | Birth | Donald R. McMonagle, American astronaut | |
| May 14th, 1952 (May 14 1952) | Birth | Robert Zemeckis, American film director | |
| May 14th, 1950 (May 14 1950) | Birth | Adolfo Dominguez, Spanish fashion designer | |
| May 14th, 1949 (May 14 1949) | Birth | Klaus-Peter Thaler, German cyclist | |
| May 14th, 1948 (May 14 1948) | Event | Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is establishedied in Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. | |
| May 14th, 1948 (May 14 1948) | Birth | Bob Woolmer, English cricket coach (died in 2007) | |
| May 14th, 1947 (May 14 1947) | Birth | Tamara Dobson, American actress (died in 2006) | |
| May 14th, 1945 (May 14 1945) | Birth | Francesca Annis, British actress | |
| May 14th, 1945 (May 14 1945) | Birth | Yochanan Vollach, Israeli footballer and president of Maccabi Haifa | |
| May 14th, 1945 (May 14 1945) | Death | Heber J. Grant, seventh president of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born in 1856) | Jesus Christ Quotes |
| May 14th, 1944 (May 14 1944) | Birth | George Lucas, American film director | George Lucas Quotes |
| May 14th, 1943 (May 14 1943) | Event | Sinking of the Australian Hospital Ship Centaur off the coast of Queensland, by a Japanese submarine. | |
| May 14th, 1943 (May 14 1943) | Birth | Jack Bruce, Scottish bassist (Cream) | |
| May 14th, 1943 (May 14 1943) | Birth | Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, President of Iceland | |
| May 14th, 1943 (May 14 1943) | Birth | Derek Leckenby, British musician (Herman s Hermits) (died in 1994) | |
| May 14th, 1943 (May 14 1943) | Birth | Elizabeth Ray, American sex scandal figure | |
| May 14th, 1943 (May 14 1943) | Death | Henri La Fontaine, Belgian Nobel Peace Prize laureate (born in 1854) | |
| May 14th, 1942 (May 14 1942) | Birth | Valeriy Brumel, Soviet athlete (died in 2003) | |
| May 14th, 1942 (May 14 1942) | Birth | Byron Dorgan, American politician | |
| May 14th, 1942 (May 14 1942) | Birth | Prentis Hancock, British actor | |
| May 14th, 1942 (May 14 1942) | Birth | Tony Perez, Cuban baseball player | |
| May 14th, 1942 (May 14 1942) | Birth | Rudiger Vogler, German actor | |
| May 14th, 1940 (May 14 1940) | Event | World War II: Rotterdam is bombed by the German Luftwaffe. | |
| May 14th, 1940 (May 14 1940) | Event | World War II: The Netherlands surrenders to Germany. | |
| May 14th, 1940 (May 14 1940) | Birth | Troy Shondell, American singer | |
| May 14th, 1940 (May 14 1940) | Birth | H . Jones, British Soldier (VC recipient) (died in 1982) | |
| May 14th, 1940 (May 14 1940) | Death | Emma Goldman, Lithuanian-born anarchist (born in 1869) | Emma Goldman Quotes |
| May 14th, 1939 (May 14 1939) | Event | Lina Medina becomes the world s youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five. | |
| May 14th, 1936 (May 14 1936) | Birth | Bobby Darin, American singer (died in 1973) | |
| May 14th, 1936 (May 14 1936) | Birth | Charlie Gracie, American singer | |
| May 14th, 1936 (May 14 1936) | Birth | Waheeda Rehman, Indian actress | |
| May 14th, 1936 (May 14 1936) | Death | Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, British general (born in 1861) | |
| May 14th, 1935 (May 14 1935) | Event | The Philippines ratifies an independence agreement. | |
| May 14th, 1935 (May 14 1935) | Event | Northamptonshire County Cricket Club gains (over Somerset at Taunton by 48 runs) what proved to be their last victory for 99 matches, a record in the County Championship. Their next Championship win was not until May 29, 1939. | |
| May 14th, 1934 (May 14 1934) | Birth | Sian Phillips, Welsh actress | |
| May 14th, 1934 (May 14 1934) | Death | Lou Criger, American baseball player (born in 1872) | |
| May 14th, 1933 (May 14 1933) | Birth | Frank Harte, Irish singer and song collector | |
| May 14th, 1933 (May 14 1933) | Birth | Michael Chevalier, German voice actor | |
| May 14th, 1932 (May 14 1932) | Birth | Robert Bechtle, American painter | |
| May 14th, 1931 (May 14 1931) | Event | Adalen shootings: five people are killed in Adalen, Sweden, as soldiers open fire on an unarmed trade union demonstration. | |
| May 14th, 1931 (May 14 1931) | Birth | Alvin Lucier, American composer | |
| May 14th, 1931 (May 14 1931) | Death | David Belasco, American theatrical producer (born in 1853) | |
| May 14th, 1931 (May 14 1931) | Death | Denys Finch Hatton, English big-game hunter (born in 1887) | |
| May 14th, 1929 (May 14 1929) | Event | Wilfred Rhodes takes his 4000th first-class wicket during a performance of 9 for 39 at Leyton. | |
| May 14th, 1929 (May 14 1929) | Birth | Henry McGee, British actor (died in 2006) | |
| May 14th, 1929 (May 14 1929) | Birth | Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player (died in 2007) | |
| May 14th, 1929 (May 14 1929) | Birth | Barbara Branden, Canadian writer and lecturer | |
| May 14th, 1928 (May 14 1928) | Birth | Che Guevara, Argentine Marxist revolutionary (died in 1967) | |
| May 14th, 1928 (May 14 1928) | Birth | Will "Dub Jones, American singer (The Coasters) (died in 2000) | |
| May 14th, 1928 (May 14 1928) | Birth | Frederik H. Kreuger, Dutch scientist and inventor | |
| May 14th, 1927 (May 14 1927) | Event | Cap Arcona is launched at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg. | |
| May 14th, 1927 (May 14 1927) | Event | The University of Chicago s local collegiate organization, Phi Sigma, becomes incorporated under Illinois law as Eta Sigma Phi, the National Honorary Classical Fraternity. | |
| May 14th, 1927 (May 14 1927) | Birth | Herbert W. Franke, Austrian writer | |
| May 14th, 1926 (May 14 1926) | Birth | Eric Morecambe, British comedian (died in 1984) | |
| May 14th, 1925 (May 14 1925) | Event | Virginia Woolf s novel Mrs Dalloway is published. | Virginia Woolf Quotes |
| May 14th, 1925 (May 14 1925) | Birth | Patrice Munsel, American opera soprano | |
| May 14th, 1925 (May 14 1925) | Birth | Al Porcino, American jazz trumpet player | |
| May 14th, 1925 (May 14 1925) | Death | H. Rider Haggard, English author (born in 1856) | |
| May 14th, 1923 (May 14 1923) | Birth | Adnan Pachachi, Iraqi politician | |
| May 14th, 1923 (May 14 1923) | Birth | Mrinal Sen, Indian film director | |
| May 14th, 1923 (May 14 1923) | Death | Charles de Freycinet, French prime minister (born in 1828) | |
| May 14th, 1922 (May 14 1922) | Birth | Franjo Tudman, Croatian politician (died in 1999) | |
| May 14th, 1921 (May 14 1921) | Birth | Richard Deacon, American actor (died in 1984) | |
| May 14th, 1921 (May 14 1921) | Birth | Arve Opsahl, Norwegian actor (died in 2007) | |
| May 14th, 1919 (May 14 1919) | Birth | Solange Chaput-Rolland, French-Canadian journalist and politician (died in 2001) | |
| May 14th, 1919 (May 14 1919) | Birth | John Hope, American meteorologist (died in 2002) | |
| May 14th, 1919 (May 14 1919) | Death | Henry John Heinz, founder of the H. J. Heinz Company (born in 1844) | |
| May 14th, 1918 (May 14 1918) | Death | James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American newspaper publisher (born in 1841) | |
| May 14th, 1917 (May 14 1917) | Birth | Lou Harrison, American composer (died in 2003) | |
| May 14th, 1916 (May 14 1916) | Birth | Lance Dossor, British-born concert pianist (died in 2005) | |
| May 14th, 1916 (May 14 1916) | Birth | Del Moore, American comedian (died in 1970) | |
| May 14th, 1916 (May 14 1916) | Birth | Marco Zanuso, Italian architect | |
| May 14th, 1913 (May 14 1913) | Event | New York Governor William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100 million donation from John D. Rockefeller. | John D. Rockefeller Quotes |
| May 14th, 1912 (May 14 1912) | Death | Frederick VIII of Denmark (born in 1843) | |
| May 14th, 1912 (May 14 1912) | Death | August Strindberg, Swedish author (born in 1849) | |
| May 14th, 1907 (May 14 1907) | Birth | Hans von der Groeben, German diplomat (died in 2005) | |
| May 14th, 1907 (May 14 1907) | Birth | Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan (died in 1974) | |
| May 14th, 1907 (May 14 1907) | Birth | Johnny Moss, American poker player (died in 1995) | |
| May 14th, 1906 (May 14 1906) | Death | Carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (born in 1829) | |
| May 14th, 1905 (May 14 1905) | Birth | Jean Danielou, French cardinal (died in 1974) | |
| May 14th, 1905 (May 14 1905) | Birth | Herbert Morrison, American radio announcer (died in 1989) | |
| May 14th, 1904 (May 14 1904) | Birth | Hans Albert Einstein, American professor (died in 1973) | Albert Einstein Quotes |
| May 14th, 1904 (May 14 1904) | Birth | Marcel Junod, Swiss physician (died in 1961) | |
| May 14th, 1903 (May 14 1903) | Birth | Billie Dove, American actress (died in 1997) | |
| May 14th, 1901 (May 14 1901) | Birth | Robert Ritter, German psychologist (died in 1951) | |
| May 14th, 1900 (May 14 1900) | Birth | Hal Borland, American author (died in 1978) | Hal Borland Quotes |
| May 14th, 1900 (May 14 1900) | Birth | Leo Smit, Dutch composer (died in 1943) | |
| May 14th, 1900 (May 14 1900) | Birth | Edgar Wind, German art historian (died in 1971) | |
| May 14th, 1899 (May 14 1899) | Birth | Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist (died in 1993) | |
| May 14th, 1899 (May 14 1899) | Birth | Earle Combs, American baseball player (died in 1976) | |
| May 14th, 1897 (May 14 1897) | Birth | Sidney Bechet, American musician (died in 1959) | |
| May 14th, 1897 (May 14 1897) | Birth | Ed Ricketts, American marine biologist (died in 1948) | |
| May 14th, 1893 (May 14 1893) | Birth | Louis Verneuil, French playwright (died in 1952) | |
| May 14th, 1893 (May 14 1893) | Death | Ernst Kummer, German mathematician (born in 1810) | |
| May 14th, 1890 (May 14 1890) | Birth | Alex Pompez, American baseball executive (died in 1974) | |
| May 14th, 1889 (May 14 1889) | Event | The children s charity the NSPCC is launched in London. | |
| May 14th, 1889 (May 14 1889) | Death | Volney E. Howard, American politician (born in 1809) | |
| May 14th, 1887 (May 14 1887) | Death | Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (born in 1808) | Philo Quotes |
| May 14th, 1885 (May 14 1885) | Birth | Otto Klemperer, German-born conductor (died in 1973) | |
| May 14th, 1881 (May 14 1881) | Birth | G. Murray Hulbert, American politician (died in 1950) | |
| May 14th, 1881 (May 14 1881) | Birth | Ed Walsh, American baseball player (died in 1959) | |
| May 14th, 1880 (May 14 1880) | Birth | Wilhelm List, German field marshal (died in 1971) | |
| May 14th, 1879 (May 14 1879) | Event | The first group of 463 Indian indentured labourers arrive in Fiji aboard the Leonidas. | |
| May 14th, 1878 (May 14 1878) | Birth | James L. Wilkinson, American baseball executive (died in 1964) | |
| May 14th, 1878 (May 14 1878) | Death | Ookubo Toshimichi, Japanese statesman, samurai, and one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration (born in 1830) | |
| May 14th, 1873 (May 14 1873) | Death | Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and writer (born in 1797) | |
| May 14th, 1872 (May 14 1872) | Birth | Elia Dalla Costa, Italian cardinals (died in 1961) | |
| May 14th, 1870 (May 14 1870) | Event | The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club. | |
| May 14th, 1868 (May 14 1868) | Event | Japanese Boshin War: end of the Battle of Utsunomiya Castle, former Shogunate forces withdraw northward to Aizu by way of Nikko. | |
| May 14th, 1867 (May 14 1867) | Birth | Kurt Eisner, German politician (died in 1919) | |
| May 14th, 1863 (May 14 1863) | Event | American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place. | |
| May 14th, 1861 (May 14 1861) | Event | The Canellas meteorite, an 859-gram chondrite-type meteorite, strikes the earth near Barcelona, Spain. | |
| May 14th, 1860 (May 14 1860) | Death | Ludwig Bechstein, German writer (born in 1801) | |
| May 14th, 1847 (May 14 1847) | Death | Fanny Mendelssohn, German composer and pianist (born in 1805) | |
| May 14th, 1832 (May 14 1832) | Birth | Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician (died in 1903) | |
| May 14th, 1818 (May 14 1818) | Death | Matthew Gregory Lewis, English novelist (born in 1775) | |
| May 14th, 1817 (May 14 1817) | Birth | Alexander Kaufmann, German poet (died in 1893) | |
| May 14th, 1814 (May 14 1814) | Birth | Charles Beyer, German-British locomotive engineer (died in 1876) | |
| May 14th, 1811 (May 14 1811) | Event | Paraguay gains independence from Spain. | |
| May 14th, 1804 (May 14 1804) | Event | The Lewis and Clark Expedition departs from Camp Dubois and begins its historic journey by traveling up the Missouri River. | |
| May 14th, 1796 (May 14 1796) | Event | Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination. | |
| May 14th, 1781 (May 14 1781) | Birth | Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer, German historian (died in 1873) | |
| May 14th, 1771 (May 14 1771) | Birth | Robert Owen, Welsh social reformer (died in 1858) | |
| May 14th, 1761 (May 14 1761) | Death | Thomas Simpson, British mathematician (born in 1710) | |
| May 14th, 1754 (May 14 1754) | Death | Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussee, French writer (born in 1692) | |
| May 14th, 1752 (May 14 1752) | Birth | Timothy Dwight, American theologian (died in 1817) | |
| May 14th, 1752 (May 14 1752) | Birth | Albrecht Thaer, German agronomist (died in 1828) | |
| May 14th, 1747 (May 14 1747) | Event | A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at first battle of Cape Finisterre. | |
| May 14th, 1737 (May 14 1737) | Birth | George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, British statesman (died in 1806) | |
| May 14th, 1727 (May 14 1727) | Birth | Thomas Gainsborough, English artist (died in 1788) | |
| May 14th, 1725 (May 14 1725) | Birth | Ludovico Manin, last Doge of Venice (died in 1802) | |
| May 14th, 1710 (May 14 1710) | Birth | King Adolf Frederick of Sweden (died in 1771) | |
| May 14th, 1701 (May 14 1701) | Birth | William Emerson, English mathematician (died in 1782) | |
| May 14th, 1699 (May 14 1699) | Birth | Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (died in 1786) | |
| May 14th, 1688 (May 14 1688) | Death | Antoine Furetiere, French writer (born in 1619) | |
| May 14th, 1679 (May 14 1679) | Birth | Peder Horrebow, Danish astronomer (died in 1764) | |
| May 14th, 1669 (May 14 1669) | Death | Georges de Scudery, French writer (born in 1601) | |
| May 14th, 1666 (May 14 1666) | Birth | Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (died in 1732) | |
| May 14th, 1649 (May 14 1649) | Death | Friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian (born in 1600) | |
| May 14th, 1643 (May 14 1643) | Event | Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII. | |
| May 14th, 1643 (May 14 1643) | Death | Louis XIII of France (born in 1601) | |
| May 14th, 1610 (May 14 1610) | Event | Assassination of Henri IV of France, bringing Louis XIII to the throne. | |
| May 14th, 1610 (May 14 1610) | Death | Henry IV of France (born in 1553) | |
| May 14th, 1608 (May 14 1608) | Event | The Protestant Union is founded in Auhausen. | |
| May 14th, 1608 (May 14 1608) | Death | Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (born in 1543) | |
| May 14th, 1607 (May 14 1607) | Event | Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony. | |
| May 14th, 1574 (May 14 1574) | Death | Guru Amar Das, third Sikh Guru (born in 1479) | |
| May 14th, 1553 (May 14 1553) | Birth | Margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (died in 1615) | |
| May 14th, 1509 (May 14 1509) | Event | Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Venetians. | |
| May 14th, 1483 (May 14 1483) | Event | Coronation of Charles VIII of France ("Charles l Affable"). | |
| May 14th, 1470 (May 14 1470) | Death | Charles VIII of Sweden (born in 1409) | |
| May 14th, 1316 (May 14 1316) | Birth | Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (died in 1378) | |
| May 14th, 1265 (May 14 1265) | Birth | Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (died in 1321) | |
| May 14th, 1264 (May 14 1264) | Event | Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England. | |
| May 14th, 0964 (May 14 0964) | Death | Pope John XII | |
