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05/14/1904
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Richard Hol, Dutch composer/organist/conductor, dies at 78
Type: Death
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05/14/1905
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2nd official intl soccer match, Neth beats Belg 4-0
Type: Event
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05/14/1906
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James Flavin, Portland Me, actor (Man With a Camera)
Type: Birth
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05/14/1906
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Flagpole at the White Sox ballpark breaks during pennant-raising
Type: Event
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05/14/1906
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Hastings Kamuzu Banda, president of Malawi (1964-94)
Type: Birth
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05/14/1907
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Mohammed Ayub Khan, general/premier/president (Pakistan)
Type: Birth
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05/14/1907
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Dick Bentley, entertainer
Type: Birth
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05/14/1908
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1st passenger flight in an airplane
Type: Event
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05/14/1909
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Vladimir Alatortsev, USSR, International Chess Master (1950)
Type: Birth
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05/14/1910
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Canada authorizes issuing of silver dollar coins
Type: Event
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05/14/1911
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Hans Vogt, composer
Type: Birth
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05/14/1911
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J Borremans, Belgian politician (communist)/MP
Type: Birth
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05/14/1912
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Frederik VIII C W K, King of Denmark (1906-12), dies at 68
Type: Death
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05/14/1912
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August Strindberg, Swedish writer (Deaddans), dies at 63
Type: Death
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05/14/1912
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Marguerite Fawdry, museum curator
Type: Birth
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05/14/1913
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French Hals museum opens in Harleem Netherlands
Type: Event
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05/14/1913
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Wash Senator Walter Johnson ends record scorless streak at 56 innings
Type: Event
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05/14/1914
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Chic Jim Scott no-hits Cleve, gives up 2 hits in 10th and loses 1-0
Type: Event
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05/14/1915
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Harry Joseph Chick Daugherty, trombonist (Spike Jones and City Slickers)
Type: Birth
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05/14/1917
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Lou Harrison, Portland Oregon, composer (Rapunzel)
Type: Birth
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05/14/1917
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Herta Ryder, literary agent
Type: Birth
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05/14/1918
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Sunday baseball is made legal in Wash DC
Type: Event
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05/14/1918
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Arthur McIntyre, cricket wicket-keeper (England 3 times early 50's)
Type: Birth
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05/14/1918
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Indians' Stan Coveleski sets club record for most innings pitched (19)
Type: Event
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05/14/1919
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Pope Benedictus XV publishes encyclical In hac tanta
Type: Event
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05/14/1919
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Heloise, columnist (Heloise and her helpful hints) [or Apr 15, 1921?]
Type: Birth
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05/14/1919
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45th Preakness: Johnny Loftus aboard Sir Barton wins in 1:53
Type: Event
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05/14/1919
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Maarten Vrolijk, Dutch soc-dem party minister (CRM 1965-66)
Type: Birth
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05/14/1920
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Wash Senator Walter Johnson wins his 300th game vs Detroit
Type: Event
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05/14/1920
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Giants inform Yankees that the lease allowing them to play in the Polo Grounds will not be renewed at end of 1920 season
Type: Event
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05/14/1921
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Mussolini's fascists obtains 29 parliament seats
Type: Event
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05/14/1921
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Florence Allen is 1st woman judge to sentence a man to death
Type: Event
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05/14/1922
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Agha Hasan Abedi, banker
Type: Birth
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05/14/1922
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Richard Deacon, actor (Mel Cooley-Dick Van Dyke Show)
Type: Birth
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05/14/1923
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Diane Arbus, [Nemerov], NYC, photographer (Vogue/Harper's Bazaar)
Type: Birth
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05/14/1924
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Joly Braga Santos, composer
Type: Birth
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05/14/1925
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Henry Rider Haggard, English writer (Dawn, She), dies
Type: Death
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05/14/1925
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Tristram Ogilvie Cary, composer
Type: Birth
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05/14/1925
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Patrice Munsel, Spokane Wash, soprano (Patrice Munsel Show)
Type: Birth
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05/14/1926
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Cestmir Gregor, composer
Type: Birth
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05/14/1926
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Eric Morecambe, London, comedian (Morecambe and Wise, Picadilly Palace)
Type: Birth
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05/14/1927
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Shirley Spork, LPGA golfer
Type: Birth
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05/14/1927
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"Ain't She Sweet?" hits #1 on the pop singles chart by Ben Bernie
Type: Event
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05/14/1927
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53rd Kentucky Derby: Linus McAtee aboard Whiskery wins in 2:06
Type: Event
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05/14/1928
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John McGraw is knocked down by a taxicab and suffers a broken leg
Type: Event
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05/14/1929
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Vladimir Antoshin, USSR, International Chess Grandmaster (1964)
Type: Birth
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05/14/1930
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Phillipo Seed, social work academic
Type: Birth
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05/14/1930
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Edward V "Ned" Regan, Planfield NJ, (Controller-R-NY, 1978- )
Type: Birth
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05/14/1931
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Alvin Augustus Lucier Jr, composer
Type: Birth
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05/14/1932
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"We Want Beer!" parade in NY
Type: Event
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