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Babel & Babelfish
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May 14: Feast day of Saint Matthias (Catholicism); Independence Day in Israel (2024)
- 1264 – Second Barons' War: King Henry III was defeated at the Battle of Lewes (monument pictured) and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England.
- 1857 – Mindon Min was crowned as King of Burma.
- 1863 – American Civil War: Union troops captured Jackson, the capital of Mississippi.
- 1931 – Five people were killed in Ådalen, Sweden, as soldiers opened fire on an unarmed trade union demonstration.
- 1948 – David Ben-Gurion publicly read the Israeli Declaration of Independence at Independence Hall in Tel Aviv.
- Fanny Imlay (b. 1794)
- Mary Seacole (d. 1881)
- Miranda Cosgrove (b. 1993)
- Taruni Sachdev (b. 1998; d. 2012)
Did you know?[edit]
- ... that hallucinogenic honey (pictured) was used as a biological weapon more than 2000 years ago?
- ... that after failing to qualify for prestigious races as an athlete, Mounir Akbache became a rabbit?
- ... that the memorial Ivančena was created to honor members of the Silesian Scout Resistance who were executed for their part in the resistance to Nazi occupation during World War II?
- ... that Lewis W. Green was one of the two members of the first graduating class of Centre College and later became its president?
- ... that "Toy Town" was said to have "almost destroyed" the happy hardcore scene?
- ... that William F. Fiedler was the only American fighter pilot to become a flying ace in the P-39 Airacobra?
- ... that nearly a thousand elections for local executives were held in Indonesia between 2005 and 2013, with an average of around one every three days?
- ... that although Agnes Kimball was a popular recording artist of opera and musical theatre, she never appeared as a singing actress on the stage?
- ... that 287 Broadway was once called "the most succulent cast-iron street-show in all New York"?