Historical Events for 14th May 2026

1920 – Washington Senator Walter Johnson wins his 300th game vs Detroit
1935 – Plebiscite in the Philippines ratifies independence agreement
1942 – US Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) forms
1944 – General Rommel, Speidel and von Stulpnagel attempt to assassinate Hitler
1988 – Carrollton bus collision: a drunk driver going the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky, United States hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. The crash and ensuing fire kill 27.
1991 – Winnie Mandela is sentenced to six years and is freed pending appeal for complicity in the kidnapping and beating of four youths, one of whom dies
1993 – The 1,000th episode of “The Arsenio Hall Show” airs, featuring a retrospective
2023 – Cyclone Mocha makes landfall on Rakhine coast, Myanmar, near southern border of Bangladesh with at least 400 killed. Second strongest storm on record in the North Indian Ocean.

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