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Es passierte an einem 14 May
1955 : Signing of the Warsaw PactOn 14 May 1955, the Soviet Union and its allies in the Eastern bloc (East Germany, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria and Albania) signed the Warsaw Pact, a security pact also providing economic integration, in the Polish capital. |
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1964 : First stage of the Aswan DamOn 14 May 1964, Egyptian President Nasser asked Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet leader, to cut the ribbon giving the start of the diversion of the Nile, to allow the construction of the Aswan Dam. The Aswan Dam was financed largely by the Soviet Union and many Russian workers participated in its construction. The dam was opened in 1971. |
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1973 : SkylabOn May 14, 1973, the U.S. launched their space station Skylab in orbit around the earth. The Soviets had launched their own space station, Salyut 1, in 1971. |
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1991 : Winnie Mandela sentenced to jailOn May 14, 1991, in South Africa, Winnie Mandela was sentenced to six years in prison for complicity in kidnapping and assault against four young people, abducted in a Methodist mission in Soweto, a township near Johannesburg. The perpetrators were the bodyguards of Winnie Mandela, members of the Mandela United Football Club, who gave rise to terror in Soweto, abusively using the name of Mandela. One of the victims, Stompie Seipei, died of his injuries. The sentence was suspended on appeal. |
Tagesaktualität : 14 May
| Independence of the State of Israel On 14 May 1948, Israel became an independent state. The British mandate ended, and David Ben-Gurion became Prime Minister. |
Zitat des Tages : 14 May
| Gamal Abdel Nasser What was taken by force, can only be restored by force. |
Geburtstage : 14 May
| Marguerite de Valois, Queen of France (1553) | |
| Otto Klemperer, German conductor (1885) | |
| Sidney Bechet, American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist (1897) | |
| Mrinal Sen, Indian director (1923) | |
| George Lucas, American director (1944) | |
| Donald R. McMonagle, American astronaut (1952) | |
| Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia (1953) | |
| Patrick Bruel, French singer and actor (1959) | |
| Tim Roth, English actor (1961) | |
| Marianne Denicourt, French actress (1966) | |
| Cate Blanchett, Australian actress (1969) | |
| Sofia Coppola, American director (1971) | |
| Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, French politician (1973) | |
| Martine McCutcheon, English singer and actress (1976) | |
| Carlos Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer (1979) | |
| Mickaël Landreau, French Footballer (1979) | |
| Amber Tamblyn, American actress (1983) | |
| Mark Zuckerberg, Co-founder of Facebook (1984) |
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| Henry IV, King of France (1610) | |
| Louis XIII , King of France (1643) | |
| Fanny Mendelssohn, German pianist (1847) | |
| Henri La Fontaine, Belgian international lawyer, Nobel Peace Prize (1943) | |
| Sidney Bechet, American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist (1959) | |
| Hugh Griffith, Welsh actor (1980) | |
| Miguel Alemán Valdés, President of Mexico (1983) | |
| Rita Hayworth, American actress (1987) | |
| Christian B. Anfinsen, American biochemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1995) | |
| Frank Sinatra, American actor and singer (1998) | |
| Robert Stack, American actor (2003) |
Tipp des Tages : 14 May
Fight against mealybugsTo fight against mealybugs, mix two tablespoons of liquid soap with a liter of water in a sprayer and watered copiously your infested trees. Do it again about an hour later, and then regularly every week. |
