May 14
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Events
- 1842 - The first issue of the Illustrated London News is published.
- 1910 - Alice B. Toklas and Gertrude Stein begin living together in Paris. --a compleat timeline of alternative sexuality
- 1912 - the Bonnot Gang besieged and apprehended in the Paris suburb of Nogent-sur-Marne
- 1922 - Freud first wrote about the motif of the decapitated Medusa's head in a brief set of notes
- 1925 – Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
- 1962 - The Intruder, a Roger Corman film, has its world premiere in New York.
- 1970 – The Red Army Faction is established in Germany.
Births
- 1755 - George Barrington, Irish pickpocket who was mentioned in the 1959 film Pickpocket by Robert Bresson.
- 1868 - Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician, sexologist, and gay rights advocate
Deaths
- 1818 - Matthew Gregory Lewis, British author of gothic novel The Monk
- 1912 - August Strindberg, Swedish writer, playwright, and painter
- 1925 - H. R. Haggard, British writer of the Victorian era
- 1935 - Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician, sexologist, and gay rights advocate
Births
- 1265 – Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (d. 1321)
- 1727 – Thomas Gainsborough, English artist (d. 1788)
- 1771 – Robert Owen, Welsh social reformer (d. 1858)
- 1897 – Sidney Bechet, American musician (d. 1959)
- 1912 – August Strindberg, Swedish author (b. 1849)
- 1917 – Lou Harrison, American composer (d. 2003)
- 1931 – Alvin Lucier, American composer
- 1936 – Bobby Darin, American singer (d. 1973)
- 1944 – George Lucas, American film director
- 1952 – David Byrne, Scottish-born American musician (Talking Heads)
- 1952 – Robert Zemeckis, American film director
- 1960 – Anne Clark, English singer
- 1969 – Cate Blanchett, Australian actress
- 1971 – Sofia Coppola, American director
- 1984 – Mark Zuckerberg, American internet entrepreneur
Deaths
- 1610 – Henry IV of France (b. 1553)
- 1818 – Matthew Gregory Lewis, English novelist (b. 1775)
- 1887 – Lysander Spooner, American philosopher (b. 1808)
- 1907 – Katharine Hepburn , American actress (d. 2003)
- 1925 – H. Rider Haggard, English author (b. 1856)
- 1935 – Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician, sexologist, and gay rights advocate (b. 1868)
- 1940 – Emma Goldman, Lithuanian-born anarchist (b. 1869)
- 1943 – Henri La Fontaine, Belgian Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1854)
- 1957 – Marie Vassilieff, Russian artist (b. 1884)
- 1959 – Sidney Bechet, American musician (b. 1897)
- 1987 – Rita Hayworth, American actress (b. 1918)
- 1998 – Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (b. 1915)
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