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TODAY IN HISTORY

May 14

Thursday, May 14, 2026

Day 133 of 2026 | Week 20 | 226 days until Christmas πŸŽ…

HISTORIC EVENTS

1
2022

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

2
2021

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

3
2012

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

4
2010

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

5
2008

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.

6
2004

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

7
2004

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

8
2004

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

9
1988

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.

10
1987

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

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1964 James M. Kelly

Capt USAF/astronaut

1963 Pat Borders

catcher (California Angels)

1962 Ian Astbury

British-Canadian rock singer and songwriter (The Cult - "Fire Woman")

1961 Alain Vigneault

Canadian NHL ice hockey coach

1961 Tim Roth

British actor (Reservoir Dogs; Vincent & Theo; The Hateful Eight)

1960 Anne Clark

British poet and avant garde recording artist

1960 Frank Nobilo

New Zealand golfer

1960 Steve Williams

American professional wrestler

1959 Robert Greene

American non-fiction author (The 48 Laws of Power

1958 Rudy PΓ©rez

Cuban-born American pop and Latin record producer

1957 William G Gregory

American USAF Major and astronaut (STS 67)

1956 Gillian Marucha Bradshaw

American author of historical fiction

1956 Steve Hogarth

English progressive rock singer and keyboardist (Marillion. 1989-present - "You're Gone")

1955 Alasdair Fraser

Scottish fiddler

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