* Astronomy

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RE: May 14th

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The 1647 Santiago earthquake struck Santiago, Chile on the night of 13 May (22:30 local time, 02:30 UTC on 14 May)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1647_Santiago_earthquake

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In May 2006, archeologists announced they had found a pre-colonial astronomical observatory near Calçoene.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cal%C3%A7oene

Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas, was established on May 14, 1607 (N.S.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamestown,_Virginia

The Lewis and Clark Expedition departed from Camp Dubois at 4 p.m. on May 14, 1804
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_and_Clark_Expedition

The Griffith Observatory was opened to the public on the 14th May 1935
http://www.griffithobservatory.org/

Blackpool Tower in Lancashire, England, was opened to the public on 14 May 1894.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackpool_Tower

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On 14 May 1955, the USSR established the Warsaw Pact
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Pact

The DB-240 Soviet medium bomber prototype flew for the first time on 14 May 1940
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yermolayev_Yer-2

On May 14, 1961, "Tory-IIA" the world's first nuclear ramjet engine was tested
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pluto

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The United States launched its first space station, Skylab, on the 14th May 1973
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t32316185/skylab/

The last Saturn V flight was on May 14, 1973
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_V

The Herschel Space Observatory was launched on the 14th May 2009
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t2810119/herschel-space-observatory/

The Planck Space Observatory was launched on the 14th May 2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck_satellite

STS-132 was launched from the Kennedy Space Centre on 14 May 2010.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-132

The Eutelsat 7B (W3-D) satellite was launched on the 14th May 2013
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46087189/w3d-satellite/

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James McNeal "Vegas" Kelly (born May 14, 1964) is a NASA Astronaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_M._Kelly

William George "Borneo" Gregory (born May 14, 1957), is a retired NASA astronaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_G._Gregory

Donald Ray McMonagle (born May 14, 1952) is a retired USAF Colonel.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_R._McMonagle

William Emerson (14 May 1701 - 20 May 1782) was an English mathematician,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Emerson_(mathematician)

Pierre Victor Auger (May 14, 1899 - December 24, 1993) was a French physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Victor_Auger

Robert Frederick Christy (May 14, 1916 - October 3, 2012) was an American theoretical physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Christy

Joseph Lade Pawsey (14 May 1908 - 30 November 1962) was an Australian radiophysicist and radio astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Lade_Pawsey

John Wainwright Evans (May 14, 1909 - October 31, 1999) was a solar astronomer born in New York City
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wainwright_Evans

Brian G. W. Manning (14 May 1926-10 November 2011) was an English astronomer who discovered several asteroids.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_G._W._Manning

Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow (Horrebov) (May 14, 1679 - April 15, 1764) was a Danish astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peder_Horrebow

Edward Fomalont (born May 14, 1940) is an American scientist working at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Fomalont

George Walton Lucas, Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is an American film producer
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t53682663/george-lucas/

Catherine Elise "Cate" Blanchett (born 14 May 1969) is an Australian actress
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t53682630/cate-blanchett/

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Conan the Barbarian is a 1982 American sword and sorcery/adventure film
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_the_Barbarian_(1982_film)

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Terminator Salvation, an American science fiction action film, premièred on the 14th May 2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminator_Salvation

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NGC 5824 was discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop on the 14th May 1826.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57946575/ngc-5824/

NGC 5834 was discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop on the 14th May 1826.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57559230/ngc-5834/

NGC 6253 was discovered by James Dunlop on the 14th May 1826.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t50990020/ngc-6253/

NGC 6352 was discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop on the 14th May 1826.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57559216/ngc-6352/

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On May 14, 2008, amateur astronomer L.A.G. Berto Monard discovered the luminous transient NGC 300-OT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_300#NGC_300-OT

Asteroid (196) Philomela was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on May 14, 1879
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/196_Philomela

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Meteorites

The Cañellas (H4) meteorite fell in Cataluna, Spain, on the 14th May, 1861.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t42839248/canellas-meteorite/

The Orgueil (CI1) meteorite fell in Midi-Pyrenees, France, on the 14th May, 1864.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t27831675/orgueil-meteorite/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgueil_(meteorite)

The Castalia (H5) meteorite fell in North Carolina, USA, on the 14th May, 1874.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49139271/castalia-meteorite/

The Perpeti (L6) meteorite fell in Chittagong, Bangladesh, on the 14th May, 1935.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49139275/perpeti-meteorite/