Tuesday May 14, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

May 14: Day of the Week

May 14, 2024 is the 135th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 231 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mardi.

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Here’s the May calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

May 14 Historical Event(s)

1796
Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination.
1863
American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place.
1870
The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
1879
The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the ship .
1925
Virginia Woolf’s novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
1935
The Philippines ratifies an independence agreement.
1939
Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
1940
World War II: The Battle of the Netherlands ends with the Netherlands surrendering to Germany.
1955
Cold War: Eight communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
1970
The Red Army Faction is established in Germany.

Who were born on May 14?

1869
Arthur Rostron, Captain of the Titanic (d. 1940)
1899
Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist (d. 1993)
1904
Marcel Junod, Swiss physician (d. 1961)
1942
Byron Dorgan, American politician
1942
Tony Pérez, Cuban baseball player
1943
Jack Bruce, Scottish bassist (Cream)
1944
George Lucas, American film director
1958
Jan Ravens, English impressionist
1960
Ronan Tynan, Irish singer
1963
Pat Borders, American baseball player

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