May 14th in History
May 14th in History
- 1610: Henry IV of France assassinated
- 1940: Rotterdam, in Holland, captured by German forces during WW2
- 1948: Jewish provisional government formed as British Mandate for Palestine ends
- 1955: The Warsaw Pact signed by Eastern bloc countries
- 1973: The United States launch the Skylab 1 space station
May 14th birthdays
- 1686: Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit, German inventor of mercury thermometer
- 1727: Thomas Gainsborough, British artist
- 1944: George Lucas, Creator of the Star Wars films
