14 Mey

The **14t o Mey** is the 134t day o the year (135t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 231 days ti come.

## Events

* 1610 - Henry IV o Fraunce is assassinatit.
* 1643 - Louis XIII o Fraunce dies, an the 72-year reign o Louis XIV o Fraunce stairts.
* 1796 - Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox inoculation.
* 1870 - The first rugby gemme in New Zealand takes place.
* 1900 - The 1900 Simmer Olympics in Paris stairt.
* 1912 - Christian X o Denmark becomes King.
* 1930 - The Carlsbad Caverns Naitional Pairk is creatit.
* 1940 - Warld War II: The German Luftwaffe bombs Rotterdam.
* 1948 - The state o Israel is foondit.
* 1955 - Cauld War: The Warsaw Pact is foondit.
* 1963 - Kuwait jyns the Unitit Naitions.
* 1973 - Skylab, the Unitit States' first space station, is launched.
* 1989 - Carlos Menem is electit Preses o Argentinae.
* 2005 - Pape Benedict XVI sichtit owre his frist beatification, heezin Blessed Marianne of Molokai on the gate tae canonization intil sauntheid.
* 2008 - Rangers F.C. loses the UEFA Cup Final in Manchester tae Zenit Saint Petersburg.
* 2011 - Ell & Nikki o Azerbaijan win the Eurovision Sang Contest in Düsseldorf, Germany.
* 2016 - Jamala wins the Eurovision Sang Contest for Ukraine wi the sang "1944", in Stockholm, Swaden.
* 2017 - Emmanuel Macron becomes the youngest-ever Preses o Fraunce at the age o 39.
* 2018 - The Unitit States Embassy in Jerusalem opens on the 70t anniversary o the declararion o the State o Israel; On the semme day, at least 58 Palestinians are kilt bi Israeli troops in Gaza.

## Births

* 1316 - Charles IV, Haly Roman Emperor (d. 1378)
* 1553 - Marguerite o Fraunce (d. 1615)
* 1727 - Thomas Gainsborough, Inglis penter (d. 1788)
* 1771 - Robert Owen, Welsh social reformer (d. 1858)
* 1836 - Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrick-American chess player (d. 1900)
* 1934 - Eric Caldow, Scots fitbawer (d. 2019)
* 1940 - Tommy Lawrence, Scots fitbawer (d. 2018)
* 1943 - Jack Bruce, Scots muisicker (d. 2014)
* 1943 - Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, 5t Preses o Iceland
* 1944 - Alan Gordon, Scots fitbawer
* 1944 - George Lucas, American director, producer an screenwriter
* 1950 - Jill Stein, American politeecian
* 1952 - Michael Fallon, Scots-Inglis politeecian
* 1952 - Robert Zemeckis, American filmmaker an screenwriter
* 1953 - Hywel Williams, Welsh politeecian
* 1953 - Norodom Sihamoni, King o Cambodie
* 1954 - Joe Craig, Scots fitbawer
* 1961 - Tim Roth, Inglis actor an director
* 1961 - Ian Blackford, Scots politeecian
* 1964 - Rosen Plevneliev, umwhile Preses o Bulgarie
* 1965 - Eoin Colfer, Erse owthor
* 1969 - Cate Blanchett, Australie actress
* 1971 - Sofia Coppola, American actress, director an producer
* 1972 - Mark Ruskell, Scots politeecian
* 1978 - Lee McCulloch, Scots fitbawer
* 1980 - Hugo Southwell, Scots rugby union player
* 1984 - Olly Murs, Inglis sangster
* 1984 - Mark Zuckerberg, founder o Facebook
* 1993 - Kristina Mladenovic, French tennis player
* 1993 - Miranda Cosgrove, American actress an sangster
* 1996 - Martin Garrix (Martijn Garritsen), Dutch DJ an record producer (* Amstelveen)

## Daiths
* 649 - Pape Theodore I
* 964 - Pape John XII
* 1610 - Henry IV o Fraunce (b. 1553)
* 1643 - Louis XIII o Fraunce (b. 1601)
* 1912 - Frederick VIII o Denmark (b. 1843)
* 1912 - August Strindberg, Swadish playwricht, novelist an poet (b. 1849)
* 1940 - Emma Goldman, Lithuanie-American writer an activist (b. 1869)
* 1943 - Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer (b. 1854)
* 1987 - Rita Hayworth, American actress (b. 1918)
* 1988 - Willem Drees, Prime meenister o the Netherlands (b. 1886)
* 1998 - Frank Sinatra, American sangster (b. 1915)
* 2015 - B.B. King, American muisicker (b. 1925)
* 2016 - John Coyle, Scots fitbawer (b. 1932)
* 2019 - Tim Conway, American actor an comedian (b. 1933)

## Halidays
* Hastings Banda's Birthday (Malawi)