On This Day In ...

• May 14 1854 – Elisha Kent Kane and his exploring party arrive back at the Advance, all very debilitated, and with Kane delirious.

• May 14 1956 – Gillian Bradshaw, writer of historical novels and alternate history novels, born in Arlington County, Virginia, USA.
• May 14 2003 – Publication of The Man Who Found Time: James Hutton and the Discovery of the Earth's Antiquity, by Jack Repcheck.
• May 14 2009 – Publication of Lords of the Sea by John Hale, a history of Athenian naval power between the battle of Salamis (480 BC) and the take-over of the port of Piraeus by the Macedonians in 322 BC.
• May 14 2018 – Tom Wolfe, journalist and novelist, died in Manhattan, New York, USA, at the age of 88.

• May 14 2011 – World première performance of Marjan Mozetich's Procession of Duos by the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Michael Christie, in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. The piece was commissioned by the symphony's Commissioning Club.
• May 14 2012 – Singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen awarded the Glenn Gould Prize, for lifetime contribution to the arts, at a gala event at Massey Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He donated the prize money ($50,000) to the Canada Council for the Arts.

• May 14 1835 – While dining on shore in Coquimbo, northern Chile, Captain FitzRoy and Charles Darwin experience a 'sharp earthquake'.
• May 14 1856 – In his diary, Charles Darwin records that he began work on his 'Species Sketch', which would eventually become The Origin of Species.

• May 14 1863 – Viscount Milton and Walter Butler Cheadle arrive at Fort Edmonton. They were unimpressed by the Fort and were soon bored and eager to continue their journey.
• May 14 1914 – Drilling of Dingman No. 1 well at Turner Valley hit 'wet gas', gas mixed with other hydrocarbons.

• May 14 1994 – Reading the Rocks Gallery opens.
• May 14 1995 – For King and Country: Alberta in the Second World War exhibition closes.
• May 14 2021 – Second virtual lecture in Up Close: Stories, objects, and ideas from beyond the galleries series "Malignant Plastics" presented by Alison Fleming.

This presentation has been compiled and is ©1998-2025 by
Alwynne B. Beaudoin (bluebulrush@gmail.com)
Last updated February 1, 2025