408 Historic Events for May 14
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| 1904 |
Death |
Richard Hol, Dutch composer/organist/conductor, dies at 78
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| 1905 |
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2nd official intl soccer match, Neth beats Belg 4-0
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| 1906 |
Birth |
James Flavin, Portland Me, actor (Man With a Camera)
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| 1906 |
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Flagpole at the White Sox ballpark breaks during pennant-raising
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| 1906 |
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Hastings Kamuzu Banda, president of Malawi (1964-94)
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| 1907 |
Birth |
Mohammed Ayub Khan, general/premier/president (Pakistan)
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| 1907 |
Birth |
Dick Bentley, entertainer
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| 1908 |
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1st passenger flight in an airplane
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| 1909 |
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Vladimir Alatortsev, USSR, International Chess Master (1950)
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| 1910 |
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Canada authorizes issuing of silver dollar coins
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| 1911 |
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Hans Vogt, composer
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| 1911 |
Birth |
J Borremans, Belgian politician (communist)/MP
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| 1912 |
Death |
Frederik VIII C W K, King of Denmark (1906-12), dies at 68
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| 1912 |
Death |
August Strindberg, Swedish writer (Deaddans), dies at 63
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Marguerite Fawdry, museum curator
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| 1913 |
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French Hals museum opens in Harleem Netherlands
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| 1913 |
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Wash Senator Walter Johnson ends record scorless streak at 56 innings
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| 1914 |
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Chic Jim Scott no-hits Cleve, gives up 2 hits in 10th and loses 1-0
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Harry Joseph Chick Daugherty, trombonist (Spike Jones and City Slickers)
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Lou Harrison, Portland Oregon, composer (Rapunzel)
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Herta Ryder, literary agent
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| 1918 |
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Sunday baseball is made legal in Wash DC
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| 1918 |
Birth |
Arthur McIntyre, cricket wicket-keeper (England 3 times early 50's)
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| 1918 |
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Indians' Stan Coveleski sets club record for most innings pitched (19)
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| 1919 |
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Pope Benedictus XV publishes encyclical In hac tanta
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