History Events on May 14

Trains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.

#Talyllyn_Railway

The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.

#Rugby_football

The last witchcraft trial held in the United States begins in Salem, Massachusetts, after Lucretia Brown, an adherent of Christian Science, accused Daniel Spofford of attempting to harm her through his mental powers.

#Salem_witchcraft_trial_(1878)

The 6th United States Congress recesses, and the process of moving the U.S. Government from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C., begins the following day.

#6th_United_States_Congress

The Siege of Nicaea begins during the First Crusade.

#Siege_of_Nicaea

Salvadoran Civil War: the Sumpul River massacre occurs in Chalatenango, El Salvador.

#Salvadoran_Civil_War

The Constitution of the Philippines is ratified by a popular vote.

#Constitution_of_the_Philippines

Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the effective ruler of England.

#Battle_of_Lewes

Governor of New York William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100 million donation from John D. Rockefeller.

#William_Sulzer

The Protestant Union, a coalition of Protestant German states, is founded to defend the rights, land and safety of each member against the Catholic Church and Catholic German states.

#Protestant_Union

Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.

#Cold_War

World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks AHS Centaur off the coast of Queensland.

#AHS_Centaur

Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox inoculation.

#Edward_Jenner

Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Republic of Venice.

#Battle_of_Agnadello

Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4815 crashes into the Amazon rainforest during approach to Eduardo Gomes International Airport in Manaus, Brazil, killing 33 people.

#Rico_Linhas_Aéreas_Flight_4815

Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.

#Ådalen_shootings

Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate forces withdraw northward.

#Boshin_War

Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.

#Skylab

Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony.

#Jamestown,_Virginia

World War II: Rotterdam, Netherlands is bombed by the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany despite a ceasefire, killing about 900 people and destroying the historic city center.

#World_War_II

Civil rights movement: A white mob twice attacks a Freedom Riders bus near Anniston, Alabama, before fire-bombing the bus and attacking the civil rights protesters who flee the burning vehicle.

#Civil_rights_movement

Paraguay: Pedro Juan Caballero, Fulgencio Yegros and José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia start actions to depose the Spanish governor.

#Paraguay

War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre.

#War_of_the_Austrian_Succession

American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place.

#American_Civil_War

William Clark and 42 men depart from Camp Dubois to join Meriwether Lewis at St. Charles, Missouri, marking the beginning of the Lewis and Clark Expedition's historic journey up the Missouri River.

#William_Clark

Henry IV of France is assassinated by Catholic zealot François Ravaillac, and Louis XIII ascends the throne.

#Henry_IV_of_France

Andreas Baader is freed from custody by Ulrike Meinhof, Gudrun Ensslin and others, a pivotal moment in the formation of the Red Army Faction.

#Red_Army_Faction

Agni Air Flight CHT crashes in Nepal after a failed go-around, killing 15 people.

The Constitutional Court of South Korea overturns the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun.

Carrollton bus collision: A drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. Twenty-seven die in the crash and ensuing fire.

A Dan-Air Boeing 707 leased to IAS Cargo Airlines crashes on approach to Lusaka International Airport (now Kenneth Kaunda International Airport) in Lusaka, Zambia, killing six people.

Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.

Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.

Cape Town Mayor, Sir Harry Hands, inaugurates the Two-minute silence.

The first group of 463 Indian indentured laborers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.

The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas.

Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.