EST. DECEMBER 1994 β’ 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com π―
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
May 14
Thursday, May 14, 2026
Day 133 of 2026 | Week 20 | 226 days until Christmas π
HISTORIC EVENTS
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 β 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 AΓ©reas 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'Γ©tat led by Lieutenant colonel Sitiveni Rabuka.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
Capt USAF/astronaut
catcher (California Angels)
British-Canadian rock singer and songwriter (The Cult - "Fire Woman")
Canadian NHL ice hockey coach
British actor (Reservoir Dogs; Vincent & Theo; The Hateful Eight)
British poet and avant garde recording artist
New Zealand golfer
American professional wrestler
American non-fiction author (The 48 Laws of Power
Cuban-born American pop and Latin record producer
American USAF Major and astronaut (STS 67)
American author of historical fiction
English progressive rock singer and keyboardist (Marillion. 1989-present - "You're Gone")
Scottish fiddler
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