Born on May 14
May 14 birthdays & history
If you were born on May 14, you share a birthday with Mark Zuckerberg, George Lucas and Cate Blanchett. May 14 babies are Taurus, with emerald as their birthstone and the lily of the valley as their birth flower. May 14 is the 135th day of the year in leap years (134th in other years).
Famous people born on May 14
- 1984Mark Zuckerberg, American computer programmer and businessman, co-founder of Facebook
- 1944George Lucas, American director, producer, and screenwriter, founded Lucasfilm
- 1969Cate Blanchett, Australian actress
- 1952Robert Zemeckis, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1771Robert Owen, Welsh businessman and social reformer
- 1922Franjo Tuđman, Croatian historian and politician, 1st President of Croatia
- 1993Miranda Cosgrove, American actress and singer
- 1727Thomas Gainsborough, English painter
- 1971Sofia Coppola, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1961Tim Roth, English actor and director
What happened on May 14
- 1800The 6th United States Congress recesses, and the process of moving the Federal government of the United States from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C., begins the following day.
- 1836The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas.
- 1842The first edition of The Illustrated London News, the world's first illustrated weekly news magazine, is published.
- 1857Mindon Min was crowned as King of Burma.
- 1870The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
- 1900Opening of World Amateur championship at the Paris Exposition Universelle, also known as Olympic Games.
- 1913Governor of New York William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100 million donation from John D. Rockefeller.
- 1925Mrs Dalloway, one of Virginia Woolf's earliest and best-known novels, is published.
- 1935The Constitution of the Philippines is ratified by a popular vote.
- 1939In Lima, Peru, Lina Medina became the youngest confirmed mother in history, giving birth at the age of five years, seven months and twenty-one days.
- 1951Trains ran on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since its preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.
- 1973Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.
Also observed on May 14
- Independence Day (Paraguay)
- Hastings Banda's Birthday (Malawi)
- National Unification Day (Liberia)
- The first day of Izumo-taisha Shrine Grand Festival. (Izumo-taisha)
Questions, answered
What star sign is May 14?
People born on May 14 are Taurus. Their birthstone is emerald and their birth flower is the lily of the valley.
Which famous people were born on May 14?
Mark Zuckerberg (1984), George Lucas (1944), Cate Blanchett (1969), Robert Zemeckis (1952), Robert Owen (1771), Franjo Tuđman (1922) were all born on May 14.
What happened on May 14 in history?
Among other things: in 1939, In Lima, Peru, Lina Medina became the youngest confirmed mother in history, giving birth at the age of five years, seven months and twenty-one days; in 1951, Trains ran on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since its preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers; in 1973, Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.
Can I get a newspaper front page from May 14?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any May 14 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “May 14”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.