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Notable anniversaries in history for today: May 14
- 150th: 1874 - Harvard beats University of McGill (Montréal) in football, 3-0.
- 80th: 1944 - 91 German bombers harass Bristol, England.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Francesca Annis in London, England; actress (Madame Bovary, Dune, Cleopatra, Flipper's New Adventures).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Gene Cornish in Ottawa, Canada; rock bassist/vocalist (Fotomaker, Rascals).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of George Lucas in Modesto, California, USA; director (Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Troy Shondell; rocker (Many Sides of Troy Shondell).
- 80th: 1944 - British troops occupy Kohima.
- 70th: 1954 - Belgium shortens military conscription from 20 to 18 months.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of James M Kelly in Burlington, Iowa, USA; Captain US Air Force/astronaut.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Nancy Sorel; actress (Generations, Black Foix).
- 60th: 1964 - Underground America Day is first observed.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Ken Belanger in Sault-Ste-Marie, Ontario, Canada; NHL left wing (New York Islanders).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Keram Malichi-Sanchez; actor (No Contest, Catwalk, Boulevard).
- 50th: 1974 - Symbionese Liberation Army destroyed in shoot-out, six killed.
- 40th: 1984 - Birth of Michael Rensing, German football player.
- 40th: 1984 - A one dollar coin is introduced in Australia.
- 40th: 1984 - 19th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama wins.
- 40th: 1984 - Ashton-Tate introduces the dBase III relational database program for 16-bit IBM PC-compatible computers.
- 40th: 1984 - Larry Stock, songwriter ("Blueberry Hill"), dies.
- 30th: 1994 - Dave Winfield passes Frank Robinson for 12th on RBI list with 1,617.
- 30th: 1994 - FA cup final at Wembley Stadium London.
- 30th: 1994 - Leonard Teale, Australian actor/reciter (Homicide), dies.
- 20th: 2004 - Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, marries Australian Mary Donaldson in Copenhagen.
- 20th: 2004 - Death of Anna Lee at age 91 due to pneumonia; actress (A Date with Judy, Lila Quartermaine - General Hospital and Port Charles).
- 20th: 2004 - Two US Marines are sentenced to prison for electrocuting an Iraqi prisoner a month earlier.
- 20th: 2004 - Warner Bros. releases the film Troy to theaters.
- 15th: 2009 - An Ariane 5 rocket blasts off from Kourou in French Guiana, carrying Europe's Herschel and Planck telescopes into space. The satellites will gather new insights into the nature of the cosmos. The combined program cost US$2.5 billion.
- 15th: 2009 - Chrysler eliminates 789 car dealerships in the US.
- 15th: 2009 - Astronauts from space shuttle Atlantis outfit the Hubble Space Telescope with a new wide field camera that will allow astronomers to capture images of objects formed as early as 500 million years after the birth of the universe.
- 5th: 2019 - (to May 18) The Eurovision Song Contest 2019 takes place in Tel Aviv, Israel, and is won by Dutch entrant Duncan Laurence with the song "Arcade".
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