Editing May 14 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1900]] &ndash; Opening of World Amateur championship at the [[Exposition Universelle (1900)|Paris Exposition Universelle]], also known as Olympic Games.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the 20th Century|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1987|page=12|isbn=0-942191-01-3}}</ref> 
*[[1913]] &ndash; Governor of New York [[William Sulzer]] approves the charter for the [[Rockefeller Foundation]], which begins operations with a $100&nbsp;million donation from [[John D. Rockefeller]].
*[[1915]] &ndash; The [[May 14 Revolt]] takes place in [[Lisbon, Portugal]].<ref>Gallagher, Tom (1983). ''Portugal: A Twentieth Century Interpretation.'' Manchester, England: [[Manchester University Press]].</ref>
*[[1918]] &ndash; Cape Town Mayor, Sir [[Harry Hands]], inaugurates the [[Two-minute silence]].
*[[1925]] &ndash; ''[[Mrs Dalloway]]'', one of [[Virginia Woolf]]'s earliest and best-known novels, was published.<ref>Shearn, Amy (2016-05-14). [https://daily.jstor.org/celebrating-mrs-dalloway/ ""What a lark! What a plunge!": Celebrating Mrs. Dalloway"]. JSTOR.</ref>
*[[1931]] &ndash; Five unarmed civilians are killed in the [[Ådalen shootings]], as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/ipadoriginal/article13025428.ab |newspaper=[[Aftonbladet]] |title=Massakern i Ådalen har tonats ner |trans-title=The massacre in Ådalen has been toned down |first=Svante |last=Lidén |date=2011-05-14 |access-date=9 May 2015 |language=sv}}</ref>
*[[1935]] &ndash; The [[Constitution of the Philippines]] is ratified by a popular vote.
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Lina Medina]] becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Rotterdam]], Netherlands is [[German bombing of Rotterdam|bombed]] by the [[Luftwaffe]] of [[Nazi Germany]] despite a ceasefire, killing about 900 people and destroying the historic city center.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Richardson|first1=Annette E.|last2=Tucker|first2=Spencer C.|chapter=Rotterdam, Destruction of (May 14, 1940)|title=Germany at War: 400 Years of Military History|editor-last=Zabecki|editor-first=David T.|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-Clio|date=2014|isbn=9781598849806|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rCWMBQAAQBAJ|page=1114}}</ref>
*[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks {{Ship|AHS|Centaur}} off the coast of [[Queensland]].
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Israeli Declaration of Independence|Israel is declared to be an independent state]] and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the [[1948 Arab–Israeli War]].
*[[1951]] &ndash; Trains run on the [[Talyllyn Railway]] in [[Wales]] for the first time since preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.<ref>{{cite book|author=Potter, D.|title=The Talyllyn Railway|page=78|publisher=David St John Thomas|year=1990|isbn=0-946537-50-X}}</ref>
*[[1953]] &ndash; Approximately 7,100 brewery workers in [[Milwaukee]] perform a [[walkout]], marking the start of the [[1953 Milwaukee brewery strike]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wild|first=Matt|date=2017-05-17|title=Remembering the Great Milwaukee Brewery Strike of 1953|url=https://milwaukeerecord.com/food-drink/remembering-the-great-milwaukee-brewery-strike-of-1953/|access-date=2021-06-02|website=Milwaukee Record|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: Eight Communist [[Eastern Bloc|bloc countries]], including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the [[Warsaw Pact]].
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Civil rights movement]]: A white mob twice attacks a [[Freedom Riders]] bus near [[Anniston, Alabama]], before [[Arson|fire-bombing]] the bus and attacking the civil rights protesters who flee the burning vehicle.<ref>{{cite book|last=Arsenault|first=Raymond|title=Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice|location=New York|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2006|isbn=9780195136746|url=https://archive.org/details/freedomriders1960000arse|url-access=registration|pages=[https://archive.org/details/freedomriders1960000arse/page/140 140]–148}}</ref>
*[[1970]] &ndash; Andreas Baader is freed from custody by Ulrike Meinhof, Gudrun Ensslin and others, a pivotal moment in the formation of the [[Red Army Faction]].
*[[1973]] &ndash; ''[[Skylab]]'', the United States' first space station, is launched.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kramer|first=Herbert J.|title=Observation of the Earth and Its Environment: Survey of Missions and Sensors|location=Berlin|publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer Berlin]]|date=2014|isbn=9783642626883|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xpr6CAAAQBAJ|page=333}}</ref>
*[[1977]] &ndash; A [[Dan-Air]] [[Boeing 707]] leased to [[IAS Cargo Airlines]] [[1977 Dan-Air Boeing 707 crash|crashes]] on approach to [[Kenneth Kaunda International Airport|Lusaka International Airport]] in [[Lusaka]], Zambia, killing six people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19770514-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-321C G-BEBP Lusaka Airport (LUN)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-09-07}}</ref>
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Salvadoran Civil War]]: the [[Sumpul River massacre]] occurs in [[Chalatenango, El Salvador]].
*[[1987]] &ndash; Fijian Prime Minister [[Timoci Bavadra]] is ousted from power in a [[1987 Fijian coups d'état#May coup|coup d'état]] led by Lieutenant colonel [[Sitiveni Rabuka]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/oceania/fiji-politics-1987-1.htm|title=1987 Coup - Apr|website=globalsecurity.org|access-date=5 January 2023}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kunen |first1=James S. |title=Drunk Driver Larry Mahoney Gets 16 Years for the Kentucky Bus Crash That Claimed 27 Lives |url=https://people.com/archive/drunk-driver-larry-mahoney-gets-16-years-for-the-kentucky-bus-crash-that-claimed-27-lives-vol-33-no-1/ |work=People |date=8 January 1990 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; The [[Constitutional Court of South Korea]] overturns the impeachment of President [[Roh Moo-hyun]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Brooke|first=James|date=2004-05-14|title=Constitutional Court Reinstates South Korea's Impeached President|language=en-US|work=[[New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/14/world/constitutional-court-reinstates-south-korea-s-impeached-president.html|access-date=2021-05-15|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* 2004 &ndash; [[Frederik X|Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark]] and [[Queen Mary of Denmark|Mary Donaldson]] are [[Wedding of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, and Mary Donaldson|married]] at [[Copenhagen Cathedral]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article424128.ece|title=Danes cheer as estate agent marries into royal house|newspaper=The Times|date=15 May 2004|access-date=6 November 2009|first1=Anthony |last1=Browne|first2=Christopher|last2=Follett}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
*  2004   &ndash; [[Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4815]] crashes into the [[Amazon rainforest]] during approach to [[Eduardo Gomes International Airport]] in [[Manaus]], Brazil, killing 33 people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20040514-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Embraer EMB-120ER Brasilia PT-WRO Manaus, AM|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=[[Aviation Safety Network]]|access-date=2019-05-02}}</ref>
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[2008 UEFA Cup final riots|Battle of Piccadilly Gardens]] in [[Manchester city centre]] between [[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|Zenit]] supporters and [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]] supporters and the [[Greater Manchester Police]], 39 policemen injured, one police-dog injured and 39 arrested.
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] launches on the [[STS-132]] mission to deliver the first shuttle-launched Russian [[ISS]] component — ''[[Rassvet (ISS module)|Rassvet]]''. This was originally slated to be the final launch of ''Atlantis'', before Congress approved [[STS-135]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/english/sts-132.htm|title=Spaceflight mission report: STS-132|website=www.spacefacts.de}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Agni Air Flight CHT]] crashes in Nepal after a failed go-around, killing 15 people.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2012-05-14|title=Plane crash in northern Nepal kills 15 people|language=en-GB|work=[[BBC News]]|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-18055140|access-date=2021-05-15}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; China successfully lands ''[[Zhurong (rover)|Zhurong]]'', the country's first [[Mars rover]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Weitering |first=Hanneke |date=2021-05-15 |title=China's 1st Mars rover 'Zhurong' lands on the Red Planet |url=https://www.space.com/china-mars-rover-landing-success-tianwen-1-zhurong |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=Space.com |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; Ten people are killed in a [[2022 Buffalo shooting|mass shooting]] in [[Buffalo, New York]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-05-15 |title=Buffalo shooting: Ten dead in suspected race attack at New York state store |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61452958 |access-date=2022-05-15}}</ref>