May 14 in History

Ten people are killed in a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York.

China successfully lands Zhurong, the country's first Mars rover.

Agni Air Flight CHT crashes in Nepal after a failed go-around, killing 15 people.

Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on the STS-132 mission to deliver the first shuttle-launched Russian ISS component — Rassvet. This was originally slated to be the final launch of Atlantis, before Congress approved STS-135.

Battle of Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester city centre between Zenit supporters and Rangers supporters and the Greater Manchester Police; 39 policemen injured, one police dog injured and 39 arrested.

The Constitutional Court of South Korea overturns the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun.

Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Mary Donaldson are married at Copenhagen Cathedral.

Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4815 crashes into the Amazon rainforest during approach to Eduardo Gomes International Airport in Manaus, Brazil, killing 33 people.

Carrollton bus collision: A drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky, hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. Twenty-seven die in the crash and ensuing fire.

Fijian Prime Minister Timoci Bavadra is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Lieutenant colonel Sitiveni Rabuka.

Salvadoran Civil War: The Sumpul River massacre occurs in Chalatenango, El Salvador.

A Dan-Air Boeing 707 leased to IAS Cargo Airlines crashes on approach to Lusaka International Airport in Lusaka, Zambia, killing six people.

Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.

Andreas Baader is freed from custody by Ulrike Meinhof, Gudrun Ensslin and others, a pivotal moment in the formation of the Red Army Faction.

Civil rights movement: A white mob twice attacks a Freedom Riders bus near Anniston, Alabama, before fire-bombing the bus and attacking the civil rights protesters who flee the burning vehicle.

Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.

Approximately 7,100 brewery workers in Milwaukee perform a walkout, marking the start of the 1953 Milwaukee brewery strike.

Trains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.

Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.

World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks AHS Centaur off the coast of Queensland.

World War II: Rotterdam, Netherlands, is bombed by the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany despite a ceasefire, killing about 900 people and destroying the historic city center.

Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.

The Constitution of the Philippines is ratified by a popular vote.

Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.

Mrs Dalloway, one of Virginia Woolf's earliest and best-known novels, is published.

Cape Town Mayor, Sir Harry Hands, inaugurates the two-minute silence.

The May 14 Revolt takes place in Lisbon, Portugal.

Governor of New York William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100 million donation from John D. Rockefeller.

Opening of World Amateur championship at the Paris Exposition Universelle, also known as Olympic Games.

The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.

The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.

The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.

Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward.

American Civil War: During the Vicksburg campaign, Union forces drive Confederates under Joseph E. Johnston out of Jackson, Mississippi in the Battle of Jackson.

Mindon Min is crowned as King of Burma in Mandalay, Burma.

The first edition of The Illustrated London News, the world's first illustrated weekly news magazine, is published.

The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas.

The Battle of Stillman's Run, the first battle of the Black Hawk War, is fought.

Paraguay: Pedro Juan Caballero, Fulgencio Yegros and José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia start actions to depose the Spanish governor.

William Clark and 42 men depart from Camp Dubois to join Meriwether Lewis at St Charles, Missouri, marking the beginning of the Lewis and Clark Expedition's historic journey up the Missouri River.

The 6th United States Congress recesses, and the process of moving the Federal government of the United States from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C., begins the following day.

Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox inoculation.

War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre.

Henry IV of France is assassinated by Catholic zealot François Ravaillac, and Louis XIII ascends the throne.

The Protestant Union, a coalition of Protestant German states, is founded to defend the rights, land and safety of each member against the Catholic Church and Catholic German states.

English colonists establish "James Fort", which would become Jamestown, Virginia, the earliest permanent English settlement in the Americas.

Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Republic of Venice.

During the 1465 Moroccan revolution which overthrows the Marinid dynasty, the Jewish mellah is attacked by the population of Fez, though the extent of the massacre is debated.

A large Ottoman force begins the siege of Albanian rebel forces in Krujë, that ultimately will fail.

Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the effective ruler of England.

The Siege of Nicaea begins during the First Crusade.

Robert II of France names his son Henry I as junior King of the Franks.

Zach Edey, Canadian basketball player

Jack Hughes, American hockey player

Rúben Dias, Portuguese footballer

Blake Brockington, American trans man and activist (died 2015)

Martin Garrix, Dutch DJ

Pokimane, Moroccan-Canadian internet personality

Rose Lavelle, American soccer player

Marquinhos, Brazilian footballer

Pernille Blume, Danish swimmer

Bronte Campbell, Malawian-Australian swimmer

Miranda Cosgrove, American actress and singer

Kyle Freeland, American baseball player

Kristina Mladenovic, French tennis player

Rob Gronkowski, American football player

François Steyn, South African rugby player

Clay Matthews III, American football player

Dustin Lynch, American singer-songwriter

Sam Perrett, New Zealand rugby league player

Zack Ryder, American wrestler

Gary Ablett, Jr., Australian footballer

Olly Murs, English singer-songwriter

Mark Zuckerberg, American computer programmer and businessman, co-founder of Facebook

Anahí, Mexican singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

Frank Gore, American football player

Tatenda Taibu, Zimbabwean cricketer

Amber Tamblyn, American actress, author, model, director

Pranav Mistry, Indian computer scientist, invented SixthSense

Júlia Sebestyén, Hungarian figure skater

Dan Auerbach, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Clinton Morrison, Irish international footballer

Brent Harvey, Australian footballer

Eddie House, American basketball player

Roy Halladay, American baseball player (died 2017)

Ada Nicodemou, Australian actress

Hunter Burgan, American multi-instrumentalist and bassist of rock band AFI

Martine McCutcheon, English actress and singer

Gulmurod Khalimov, Tajikistani police commander turned Islamic State mercenary outlaw

Nicki Sørensen, Danish cyclist

Natalie Appleton, Canadian singer and actress

Fraser Nelson, Scottish journalist

Ike Moriz, German-South African singer-songwriter, producer and actor

Kirstjen Nielsen, American attorney, 6th United States Secretary of Homeland Security

Sofia Coppola, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Martin Reim, Estonian footballer and manager

Peter Filandia, Australian footballer

Cate Blanchett, Australian actress

Sabine Schmitz, German race car driver and sportscaster (died 2021)

Greg Davies, Welsh actor, comedian, writer and presenter

Tony Siragusa, American football player and journalist (died 2022)

Mike Inez, American rock bass player and songwriter

Fab Morvan, French singer-songwriter, dancer and model

Raphael Saadiq, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Suzy Kolber, American sportscaster and producer

Alan McIndoe, Australian rugby league player

Pat Borders, American baseball player and coach

Ian Astbury, English-Canadian singer-songwriter

C.C. DeVille, American guitarist, songwriter, and actor

Danny Huston, Italian-American actor and director

Tim Roth, English actor and director

Alain Vigneault, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Anne Clark, English singer-songwriter and poet

Frank Nobilo, New Zealand golfer

Ronan Tynan, Irish tenor

Carlisle Best, Barbadian cricketer

Patrick Bruel, French actor, singer, and poker player

Robert Greene, American author and translator

Rick Vaive, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Heather Wheeler, English politician

Christine Brennan, American journalist and author

Rudy Pérez, Cuban-born American composer and music producer

Hazel Blears, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Steve Hogarth, English singer-songwriter and keyboardist

Zofija Mazej Kukovič, Slovenian electrical engineer and minister of health 2007–8

Dennis Martínez, Nicaraguan baseball player and coach

Big Van Vader, American wrestler and football player (died 2018)

Tom Cochrane, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

David Byrne, Scottish-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

Michael Fallon, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Defence

Donald R. McMonagle, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut

Robert Zemeckis, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Bob Woolmer, Indian-English cricketer and coach (died 2007)

Ana Martín, Mexican actress, singer, producer and former model (Miss Mexico 1963)

Jon Landau, American music critic and record producer

Francesca Annis, English actress

Yochanan Vollach, Israeli footballer

Gene Cornish, Canadian-American guitarist

George Lucas, American director, producer, and screenwriter, founded Lucasfilm

David Kelly, Welsh scientist (died 2003)

Jack Bruce, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2014)

Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Icelandic academic and politician, 5th President of Iceland

Eddie Low, New Zealand country singer and musician (died 2024)

Byron Dorgan, American lawyer and politician

Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green, English businessman and politician (died 2014)

Tony Pérez, Cuban-American baseball player and manager

H. Jones, English colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1982)

Vic Flick, English guitarist (died 2024)

Bobby Darin, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 1973)

Dick Howser, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1987)

Ethel Johnson, American professional wrestler (died 2018)

Siân Phillips, Welsh actress and singer

Alvin Lucier, American composer and academic (died 2021)

William James, Australian general and physician (died 2015)

Barbara Branden, Canadian-American author (died 2013)

Henry McGee, English actor and singer (died 2006)

Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2007)

Frederik H. Kreuger, Dutch engineer, author, and academic (died 2015)

Herbert W. Franke, Austrian scientist and author (died 2022)

Eric Morecambe, English comedian and actor (died 1984)

Sophie Kurys, American baseball player (died 2013)

Patrice Munsel, American soprano and actress (died 2016)

Oona O'Neill, British actress (died 1991)

Josette Molland, artist, French Resistance member, and Holocaust survivor (died 2019)

Adnan Pachachi, Iraqi politician, Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 2019)

Mrinal Sen, Bangladeshi-Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2018)

Franjo Tuđman, Croatian historian and politician, 1st President of Croatia (died 1999)

Richard Deacon, American actor (died 1984)

Lou Harrison, American composer and critic (died 2003)

Robert F. Christy, Canadian-American physicist and astronomer (died 2012)

Marco Zanuso, Italian architect and designer (died 2001)

Gul Khan Nasir, Pakistani journalist, poet, and politician (died 1983)

William Tutte, British codebreaker and mathematician (died 2002)

Ne Win, Burmese army general and politician, 4th President of Burma (died 2002)

Ayub Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 2nd President of Pakistan (died 1974)

Johnny Moss, gambler and professional poker player, first winner of the World Series of Poker (died 1995)

Jean Daniélou, French cardinal and theologian (died 1974)

Herbert Morrison, American journalist (died 1989)

Antonio Berni, Argentinian painter, illustrator, and engraver (died 1981)

Hans Albert Einstein, Swiss-American engineer and educator (died 1973)

Marcel Junod, Swiss physician and anesthesiologist (died 1961)

Billie Dove, American actress (died 1997)

Robert Ritter, German psychologist and physician (died 1951)

Hal Borland, American journalist and author (died 1978)

Walter Rehberg, Swiss pianist and composer (died 1957)

Cai Chang, Chinese first leader of All-China Women's Federation (died 1990)

Leo Smit, Dutch pianist and composer (died 1943)

Edgar Wind, German-English historian, author, and academic (died 1971)

Charlotte Auerbach, German-Scottish folklorist, geneticist, and zoologist (died 1994)

Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist and academic (died 1993)

Earle Combs, American baseball player and coach (died 1976)

Sidney Bechet, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (died 1959)

Ed Ricketts, American biologist and ecologist (died 1948)

Louis Verneuil, French actor and playwright (died 1952)

Archie Alexander, American mathematician and engineer (died 1958)

Ants Kurvits, Estonian general and politician, 10th Estonian Minister of War (died 1943)

Otto Klemperer, German composer and conductor (died 1973)

Lionel Hill, Australian politician, 30th Premier of South Australia (died 1963)

George Murray Hulbert, American judge and politician (died 1950)

Wilhelm List, German field marshal (died 1971)

Fred Englehardt, American jumper (died 1942)

J. L. Wilkinson, American baseball player and manager (died 1964)

Elia Dalla Costa, Italian cardinal (died 1961)

Arthur Rostron, English mariner, captain of the rescue ship Carpathia during the Titanic disaster (died 1940)

Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (died 1935)

Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Bavaria (died 1919)

John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (died 1932)

Henri Julien, Canadian illustrator (died 1908)

Anna Laurens Dawes, American author and anti-suffragist (died 1938)

Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (died 1903)

Antonio Annetto Caruana, Maltese archaeologist and author (died 1905)

James Martin, Irish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of New South Wales (died 1886)

Alexander Kaufmann, German poet and educator (died 1893)

Charles Beyer, German-English engineer, co-founded Beyer, Peacock & Company (died 1876)

Fanny Imlay, daughter of British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft (died 1816)

Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer, German historian and academic (died 1873)

Robert Owen, Welsh businessman and social reformer (died 1858)

Thomas Wedgwood, English photographer (died 1805)

Samuel Dexter, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of War, 3rd United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 1816)

Timothy Dwight IV, American minister, theologian, and academic (died 1817)

Albrecht Thaer, German agronomist and author (died 1828)

George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, Irish-English politician and diplomat, Governor of Grenada (died 1806)

Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (died 1788)

Ludovico Manin, the last Doge of Venice (died 1802)

Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (died 1771)

William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (died 1782)

Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian general (died 1786)

Peder Horrebow, Danish astronomer and mathematician (died 1764)

Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (died 1732)

Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, Indian(Maratha) emperor (died 1689)

Johann Philipp Förtsch, German composer (died 1732)

Katakura Kagenaga, Japanese samurai (died 1681)

Alice Barnham, wife of statesman Francis Bacon (died 1650)

Francesco Rasi, Italian singer-songwriter, theorbo player, and poet (died 1621)

Margaret of Valois, Queen of France (died 1615)

Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1378)

Hans van Houwelingen, Dutch mathematician and professor emeritus of medical statistics (born 1945)

Don Perlin, American comic book artist, writer, and editor (born 1929)

Netiporn Sanesangkhom, Thai political activist (born 1995)

Doyle Brunson, American poker player (born 1933)

Tim Conway, American actor, writer, and comedian (born 1933)

Grumpy Cat, American cat and internet meme celebrity (born 2012)

Tom Wolfe, American author (born 1931)

Powers Boothe, American actor (born 1948)

Darwyn Cooke, American comic book writer and artist (born 1962)

B.B. King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1925)

Micheál O'Brien, Irish footballer and hurler (born 1923)

Stanton J. Peale, American astrophysicist and academic (born 1937)

Franz Wright, Austrian-American poet and translator (born 1953)

Jeffrey Kruger, English-American businessman (born 1931)

Emanuel Raymond Lewis, American librarian and author (born 1928)

Morvin Simon, New Zealand historian, composer, and conductor (born 1944)

Wayne Brown, American accountant and politician, 14th Mayor of Mesa (born 1936)

Arsen Chilingaryan, Armenian footballer and manager (born 1962)

Asghar Ali Engineer, Indian author and activist (born 1939)

Ray Guy, Canadian journalist (born 1939)

Ernst Hinterberger, Austrian author and screenwriter (born 1931)

Mario Trejo, Argentinian poet, playwright, and journalist (born 1926)

Frank J. Dodd, American businessman and politician, president of the New Jersey Senate (born 1938)

Norman Hand, American football player (born 1972)

Goh Keng Swee, Singaporean soldier and politician, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (born 1918)

Mary Scheier, American sculptor and educator (born 1908)

Ülo Jõgi, Estonian historian and author (born 1921)

Lew Anderson, American actor and saxophonist (born 1922)

Stanley Kunitz, American poet and translator (born 1905)

Eva Norvind, Mexican actress, director, and producer (born 1944)

Jimmy Martin, American musician (born 1927)

Anna Lee, English-American actress (born 1913)

Dave DeBusschere, American basketball player and coach (born 1940)

Wendy Hiller, English actress (born 1912)

Robert Stack, American actor and producer (born 1919)

Paul Bénichou, French writer, intellectual, critic, and literary historian (born 1908)

Gil Langley, Australian cricketer, footballer, and politician (born 1919)

Keizō Obuchi, Japanese politician, 84th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1937)

Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American journalist and environmentalist (born 1890)

Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (born 1915)

Harry Blackstone Jr., American magician and author (born 1934)

Boris Parsadanian, Armenian-Estonian violinist and composer (born 1925)

Christian B. Anfinsen, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916)

Cihat Arman, Turkish footballer and manager (born 1915)

W. Graham Claytor Jr., American businessman, lieutenant, and politician, 15th United States Secretary of the Navy (born 1914)

William Randolph Hearst, Jr., American journalist and publisher (born 1908)

Nie Rongzhen, Chinese general and politician, Mayor of Beijing (born 1899)

Aladár Gerevich, Hungarian fencer (born 1910)

Jiang Qing, Chinese revolutionary, actress, and politician, member of the Gang of Four (born 1914)

Willem Drees, Dutch politician and historian, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948–1958) (born 1886)

Rita Hayworth, American actress and dancer (born 1918)

Vitomil Zupan, Slovenian poet and playwright (born 1914)

Ted Hicks, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand (born 1910)

Walter Rauff, German SS officer (born 1906)

Roger J. Traynor, American academic and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of California (born 1900)

Miguel Alemán Valdés, Mexican politician, 46th President of Mexico (born 1900)

Hugh Beaumont, American actor (born 1909)

Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (born 1912)

Jean Rhys, Dominican-English novelist (born 1890)

Keith Relf, English singer-songwriter, harmonica player, and producer (born 1943)

Jean Gebser, German linguist, philosopher, and poet (born 1905)

Billie Burke, American actress and singer (born 1884)

Enid Bennett, Australian-American actress (born 1893)

Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (born 1888)

Husband E. Kimmel, American admiral (born 1882)

Frances Perkins, American workers-rights advocate, U.S. Secretary of Labor (born 1880)

Florence Auer, American actress and screenwriter (born 1880)

Lucrezia Bori, Spanish soprano and actress (born 1887)

Sidney Bechet, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (born 1897)

Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal (born 1862)

Marie Vassilieff, Russian-French painter (born 1884)

Joan Malleson, English physician (born 1889)

Heinz Guderian, Prussian-German general (born 1888)

Yasuo Kuniyoshi, American painter and photographer (born 1893)

Heber J. Grant, American religious leader, 7th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1856)

Wolfgang Lüth, Latvian-German captain (born 1913)

Isis Pogson, English astronomer and meteorologist (born 1852)

Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1854)

Emma Goldman, Lithuanian author and activist (born 1869)

Menno ter Braak, Dutch author (born 1902)

Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, English field marshal and diplomat, British High Commissioner in Egypt (born 1861)

Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and sexologist (born 1868)

Lou Criger, American baseball player and manager (born 1872)

David Belasco, American director, producer, and playwright (born 1853)

N. G. Chandavarkar, Indian jurist and politician (born 1855)

Charles de Freycinet, French engineer and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of France (born 1828)

Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (born 1844)

James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American journalist and publisher (born 1841)

Frederik VIII of Denmark (born 1843)

August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (born 1849)

Carl Schurz, German-American general, journalist, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior (born 1829)

Ernst Kummer, German mathematician and academic (born 1810)

Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (born 1809)

Mary Seacole, Jamaican-English nurse and author (born 1805)

Ōkubo Toshimichi, Japanese samurai and politician (born 1830)

Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and author (born 1797)

Ludwig Bechstein, German author (born 1801)

Fanny Hensel, German pianist and composer (born 1805)

Thomas Simpson, English mathematician and academic (born 1710)

Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French playwright and producer (born 1692)

Antoine Furetière, French scholar, lexicographer, and author (born 1619)

Georges de Scudéry, French author, poet, and playwright (born 1601)

Friedrich Spanheim, Swiss theologian and academic (born 1600)

Louis XIII of France (born 1601)

Henry IV of France (born 1553)

Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (born 1543)

Magnus II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (born 1543)

Tahmasp I, Shah of Persia (born 1514)

William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, English soldier and politician (born 1147)

Walcher, Bishop of Durham

Pope John XII (born 927)

Zhu Hongzhao, Chinese general and governor

Pope Theodore I