Today in History for 14th May 2018:
Historical Events
1608 – The Protestant Union is founded in Auhausen.
1894 – Fire in Boston bleachers spreads to 170 adjoining buildings
1927 – The University of Chicago’s local collegiate organization, Phi Sigma, becomes incorporated under Illinois law as Eta Sigma Phi, the National Honorary Classical Fraternity
1940 – Nazis bomb Rotterdam (600-900 dead), Netherlands surrenders to Germany
2013 – Brazil becomes the 15th country to legalize same-sex marriage
2016 – Gabriel Medina becomes the first surfer ever to land the move “Backflip” in competition
Famous Birthdays
1699 – Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786)
1805 – Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer
1931 – Alvin Augustus Lucier Jr, composer
1941 – Nasim-ul-Ghani, cricketer (Pakistani left-handed all-rounder 1958-73)
1946 – Alan David Marks, pianist/composer
1975 – Carmen Klomp, Australian rower (Olympics 1996)
Famous Deaths
1912 – August Strindberg, Swedish writer (Deaddans), dies at 63
1953 – Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Japans/US painter/etcher, dies at 59
1982 – Baron Mariel-Henri Jaspar, Belgian minister/ambassador, dies
1993 – William Randolph Hearst, Jr., American newspaper magnate (Hearst Newspapers) and 1955 Pulitzer Prize winner, dies at 85
2003 – William Jackson [Pepper LaBeija], American drag queen and fashion designer, dies of a heart attack at 54
2010 – Goh Keng Swee, former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (b. 1918)