Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five. Date: May 14, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 14 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today)

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. Date: May 14, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 14 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks AHS Centaur off the coast of Queensland. Date: May 14, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 14 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today)

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. Date: May 14, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 14 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On…

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. Date: May 14, 1951 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 14 📅 Events on this day in 1951 📅 On This Day (Today)

Approximately 7,100 brewery workers in Milwaukee perform a walkout, marking the start of the 1953 Milwaukee brewery strike. Date: May 14, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 14 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today)

Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact. Date: May 14, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 14 📅 Events on this day in 1955 📅 On This Day (Today)

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. Date: May 14, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 14 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This…

Andreas Baader is freed from custody by Ulrike Meinhof, Gudrun Ensslin and others, a pivotal moment in the formation of the Red Army Faction. Date: May 14, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 14 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today)

Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched. Date: May 14, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 14 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)