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What happened in history on this day: May 14?
On May 14 in ...
- 1951 - NBC debuts the TV variety show The Ernie Kovacs Show.
- 1989 - Moonlighting, TV crime drama, last airs on ABC.
- 1989 - NBC airs the final episode of TV sitcom Family Ties.
- 1997 - CBS airs the 100th episode of The Nanny TV show.
- 1998 - The final episode of TV's Seinfeld runs on NBC, with 30-second commercials selling for $2 million each.
- 2004 - Warner Bros. releases the film Troy to theaters.
- 2006 - NBC airs the final episode of The West Wing TV show.
Births on May 14
- 1888 - Birth of Miles Mander in Wolverhampton, England; actor (Tower of London).
- 1906 - Birth of James Flavin in Portland, Maine, USA; actor (Man With a Camera).
- 1922 - Birth of Richard Deacon; actor (Mel Cooley - Dick Van Dyke Show).
- 1933 - Birth of Lajos Kovacs in Hungary; actor (Wings of Desire).
- 1937 - Birth of Eric Herfst; Dutch cabaret performer/actor (Floris).
- 1944 - Birth of Francesca Annis in London, England; actress (Madame Bovary, Dune, Cleopatra, Flipper's New Adventures).
- 1947 - Birth of Tamara Dobson in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actress (Amazons, Cleopatra Jones).
- 1948 - Birth of Walter Olkewicz in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA; actor (Last Resort, Wizards and Warriors).
- 1950 - Birth of Mark Blum in Newark, New Jersey, USA; actor (Worth Winning, Blind Date, The Presidio).
- 1951 - Birth of Season (Susan) Hubley in New York City, New York, USA; actress (PrettyKill, Vice Squad, Hardcore).
- 1959 - Birth of Patrick Bruel; Algerian/French actor/rock vocalist (Coup of Sirocco).
- 1961 - Birth of Tim Roth in London, England; actor (Reservoir Dogs, Vincent and Theo).
- 1964 - Birth of Nancy Sorel; actress (Generations, Black Foix).
- 1970 - Birth of Natasha Ryan in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Amy - Ladies' Man).
- 1974 - Birth of Keram Malichi-Sanchez; actor (No Contest, Catwalk, Boulevard).
- 1983 - Birth of Amber Tamblyn in Santa Monica, California; actress (Emily Bowen - General Hospital).
Deaths on May 14
- 1938 - Jacobus C J "Jacques" Hermans, actor (Ghetto), dies at age 81.
- 1969 - Enid Bennett, silent film actress (Skippy, Hairpins), dies at age 75.
- 1970 - Death of Billie Burke at age 84; actress/comedienne (Glinda the Good Witch - The Wizard of Oz movie, Eddie Cantor Radio Show, Playhouse 90).
- 1980 - Hugh Griffith, actor (Passover Plot, Ben Hur, Tom Jones), dies at age 67.
- 1982 - Death of Hugh Beaumont at age 73 following a heart attack; actor (Ward Cleaver - Leave It To Beaver TV show).
- 1987 - Rita Hayworth, American actress (Gilda), dies of Alzheimer's disease at age 68 (born 1918).
- 1994 - Leonard Teale, Australian actor/reciter (Homicide), dies.
- 2003 - Death of Robert Stack at age 84 after a heart attack; actor (Eliot Ness - The Untouchables, The Name of the Game, Falcon Crest), host (Unsolved Mysteries).
- 2004 - Death of Anna Lee at age 91 due to pneumonia; actress (A Date with Judy, Lila Quartermaine - General Hospital and Port Charles).
- 2023 - Death of Samantha Weinstein at age 28 of cancer at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actor (Carrie movie (2013)).
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