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05/14/1835
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Charles Darwin reaches Coquimbo in Northern Chile
Type: Event
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05/14/1836
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James Patrick Major, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877
Type: Birth
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05/14/1842
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1st edition of London Illustrated News
Type: Event
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05/14/1845
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Utrecht-Arnhem Railway opens
Type: Event
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05/14/1846
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Pieter W A Cort van de Linden, Dutch premier (1913-18)
Type: Birth
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05/14/1846
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Arnold Kerdijk, Dutch lib politician/founder (Social Weekly newspaper)
Type: Birth
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05/14/1847
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Fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer, dies at 41
Type: Death
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05/14/1853
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Gail Borden patents her process for condensed milk
Type: Event
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05/14/1862
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Adolphe Nicole of Switzerland patents chronograph
Type: Event
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05/14/1863
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Battle of Jackson, MS
Type: Event
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05/14/1863
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Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, composer, dies at 46
Type: Death
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05/14/1864
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Battle of Reseca, GA -Atlanta-
Type: Event
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05/14/1864
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William N Green Jr, Union brig-general, dies
Type: Death
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05/14/1864
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Eleanor Everest Freer, composer
Type: Birth
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05/14/1867
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Kurt Eisner, German premier of revolutionary Bavaria (1918-19)
Type: Birth
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05/14/1870
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Ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer, dies at 69
Type: Death
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05/14/1870
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Zygmunt Denis Antoni Stojowski, composer
Type: Birth
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05/14/1874
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1st admission charge at a football game, Harvard beats McGill 3-0
Type: Event
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05/14/1874
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Harvard beats U of McGill (Montreal) in football, 3-0
Type: Event
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05/14/1877
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John Roberts, composer, dies at 54
Type: Death
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05/14/1878
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Vaseline is 1st sold (registered trademark for petroleum jelly)
Type: Event
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05/14/1881
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Ed Walsh, pitcher, lowest lifetime ERA (1.82)
Type: Birth
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05/14/1883
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Julian Eltinge, Mass, vaudeville star/greatest female impersonator
Type: Birth
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05/14/1883
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Jan Olieslagers, Belgian aviation pioneer (Antwerp Devil)
Type: Birth
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05/14/1884
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Anti-Monopoly party forms in US
Type: Event
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05/14/1885
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11th Kentucky Derby: Babe Henderson aboard Joe Cotton wins in 2:37¬
Type: Event
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05/14/1885
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Otto Klemperer, Breslau Germany, conductor/composer (Das Ziel)
Type: Birth
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05/14/1886
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12th Kentucky Derby: Paul Duffy aboard Ben Ali wins in 2:36«
Type: Event
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05/14/1888
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14th Kentucky Derby: George Covington aboard MacBeth II wins in 2:38¬
Type: Event
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05/14/1888
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Miles Mander, Wolverhampton England, actor (Tower of London)
Type: Birth
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05/14/1890
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16th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Riley wins in 2:45
Type: Event
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05/14/1891
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Egon Kornauth, composer
Type: Birth
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05/14/1892
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Vitesse 1892 soccer team forms in Arnhem
Type: Event
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05/14/1892
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Felix Petyrek, composer
Type: Birth
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05/14/1892
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Arthur Vincent Lourie, composer
Type: Birth
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05/14/1893
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Johan T Buys, Dutch lawyer, dies at 65
Type: Death
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05/14/1893
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Ivan Alexandrovich Vishnegradsky, composer
Type: Birth
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05/14/1893
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Earnest E Kummer, German mathematician (surface of Kummer), dies at 83
Type: Death
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05/14/1894
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Fire in Boston bleachers spreads to 170 adjoining buildings
Type: Event
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05/14/1895
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Renato Lunelli, composer
Type: Birth
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05/14/1895
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Lew Lehr, Phila, comedian (Stop Me if I heard this One)
Type: Birth
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05/14/1896
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Lowest US temperature in May recorded (-10øF-Climax, Colo)
Type: Event
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05/14/1897
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Sidney Bechet, US, jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/band leader
Type: Birth
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05/14/1897
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Great-Britain signs treaty with emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia
Type: Event
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05/14/1898
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Bonifacio Gil Garcia, composer
Type: Birth
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05/14/1898
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Zutty Singleton, US jazz drummer
Type: Birth
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05/14/1900
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Leo Smit, composer
Type: Birth
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05/14/1900
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Billie Dove, [Lilian Bohny], NYC, actress (Black Pirate, Stolen Bride)
Type: Birth
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05/14/1903
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President Theodore Roosevelt visits SF
Type: Event
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05/14/1904
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1st Olympics in US are held (St Louis)
Type: Event
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