What Happened Today In History?
Find out what happened on 14th May in History. There are a lot many happenings which had taken place on this date in the pages of Indian History, here we have listed some of the very important events occurred on 14th May.
Famous Birthdays in History on this day:
- Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (born May 14, 1984) is an American technology entrepreneur and philanthropist best known for co-founding and leading Facebook, as its chairman and chief executive officer.
- Zareen Khan (born 14 May 1984) is an Indian actress and model who appears in Bollywood films. She made her acting debut in the 2010 Vijay galani’s period film Veer co-starring with Salman Khan. Khan has been noted for looks very similar to actress Katrina Kaif.
- Waheeda Rehman is an Indian film actress who appears in Bollywood movies and is known for many successful and critically acclaimed movies from 1950’s, 60’s and early 70’s most notably C.I.D. (1956) and Guru Dutt classics such as Pyaasa (1957), 12 O’Clock (1958), Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959), Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam.
Death anniversaries on 14th May:
- Sir Narayan Ganesh Chandavarkar (December 2, 1855 – May 14, 1923) was an early Indian National Congress politician and Hindu reformer.
Notable Events:
- 1953-Y. N. Sukthankar was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary of India. He held this office till 31-07-1957.
- 1954-President issues an order extending application of Indian Constitution to Kashmir with the concurrence of the State government.
- 1956-Govt announces that decimal coinage will be introduced in India from April 1, 1957.
- 1960-The first plane of India flew up to New York.
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