Historical Events - May 14.

1796: James Philip, an eight-year-old boy from Berkeley, Gloucester, England, vaccinated against the world’s first goddess.

1940: WWII – Holland surrendered to Germany.

1955: A 20-year Warsaw Pact was signed in Warsaw, Poland by the communist nations of Soviet Russia, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and East Germany.

1960: Air India launched the Mumbai-New York service.

1963: Kuwait joined the United Nations.

2012: Agni Air Flight CHT crashed in Nepal after a failed go-around, killing 15 people.

Famous Birthdays – May 14.

1657: Sambhaji Bhosale, the second ruler of the Maratha kingdom. 

1883: Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer, an Indian lawyer and member of the Constituent Assembly of India.

1907: Muhammad Ayub Khan, the second President of Pakistan.

1923: Mrinal Sen, an Indian film director.

1965: Sachin Khedekar, an Indian actor and director.

1981: Pranav Mistry, an Indian computer scientist, and inventor. 

1984: Mark Zuckerberg, an American internet entrepreneur. He is a co-founder and CEO of Facebook. 

1997: Manushi Chhillar, an Indian actress, model, and the winner of Miss World 2017.

Death Anniversaries - May 14.

1601: Louis XIII, King of France.

1978: Jagdish Chandra Mathur, a Hindi playwright, and writer.

1998: Frank Sinatra, an American singer, actor, and producer.

2013: Asghar Ali Engineer, an Indian reformist-writer and social activist.