📜 This Day in History
May 14
- 1264Second Barons' War: King Henry III was defeated at the Battle of Lewes and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England.
- 1856Major Henry C. Wayne arrived in Indianola, Texas, with 34 camels to form the short-lived United States Camel Corps.
- 1878The last witchcraft trial in the United States opened in Salem, Massachusetts.
- 1939In Lima, Peru, Lina Medina became the youngest confirmed mother in history, giving birth at the age of five years, seven months and twenty-one days.
- 1955Cold War: Eight Eastern Bloc countries signed a mutual defense treaty to establish the Warsaw Pact.
2010British politician Stephen Timms survived a murder attempt by an Islamic extremist during a constituency surgery.
