Year 1796
James Philip, an eight-year-old boy from Berkeley, Gloucester, England, vaccinated against the world’s first goddess.
MAY 14
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14 May: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 14 May.
Observances & Special Days
Flag Day (Paraguay)
National Unification Day (Liberia)
Year 1940
WWII – Holland surrendered to Germany.
Year 1953
Y. N. Sukthankar was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1957
Year 1954
President issues an order extending the application of the Indian Constitution to Kashmir with the concurrence of the State government.
Year 1955
A 20-year Warsaw Pact was signed in Warsaw, Poland by the communist nations of Soviet Russia, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and East Germany.
Year 1960
The first plane of India flew up to New York.
Year 1963
Kuwait joined the United Nations.
Year 1972
Fighting between Indian and Pakistani forces along the Kashmir border was reported.
Year 1976
Pakistan and India agree to resume diplomatic ties.
Year 1982
All India Radio was renamed 'Akashwani' but its Urdu service yet announces that it was All India Radio.
Year 1992
LTTE banned in India.
Year 1993
Bombay High Court upholds Goa C.M. Ravi Naik's disqualification by speaker under the anti-defection bill.
Year 1993
Justice V. Ramaswamy decides to resign.
Year 1994
RBI announces tight monetary policy.
Year 1996
H.D. Deve Gowda was elected leader of the third front as its prime ministerial candidate.
Year 1998
India will not sign CTBT unconditionally, says the Prime Minister.
Year 2000
L. K. Advani, Union Home Minister, announces the extension of the ban on the LTTE by two more years.
Born 1657
Dharmavir Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj was born on Purandar fort.
Born 1883
Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer, an Indian lawyer and member of the Constituent Assembly of India.
Born 1907
Muhammad Ayub Khan, the Pakistani president, was born.
Born 1914
Ekanath Dattatreya Kulkarni, educationist and writer, was born at Bhaloni, Tal Pandharpur.
Born 1923
Mrinal Sen, an Indian film director.
Born 1965
Sachin Khedekar, an Indian actor and director.
Born 1981
Pranav Mistry, an Indian computer scientist, and inventor.
Born 1984
Mark Zuckerberg, an American internet entrepreneur. He is a co-founder and CEO of Facebook.
Born 1997
Manushi Chhillar, an Indian actress, model, and the winner of Miss World 2017.
Died 1601
Louis XIII, King of France.
Died 1923
Narayan Ganesh Chandavarkar, one of the founder members of the Indian Congress and a social reformer, passed away.
Died 1963
Dr Raghuvir, a famous linguist and President of Jansangh passed away.
Died 1978
Jagdish Chandra Mathur, a modern Hindi playwright, passed away.
Died 1998
Frank Sinatra, an American singer, actor, and producer.
Died 2013
Asghar Ali Engineer, an Indian reformist-writer and social activist.