Daily Calendar - May 14

The 134th day of the year, 231 days left until the New Year.

 Church Calendar

The Good Servant Tamar, Great Queen of All Georgia (1213); Zosimas II, Bishop of Kumurdo and Hymnographer (XVI); The Prophet Jeremiah (VI century AD - X); The Holy Martyr Vata of Persia (IV); The Holy Martyrs of Athos: Ekvtimes (1814), Ignatius (1814) and Akakis (1816); The Martyr Romanos the New.

Kumurdooba (in Javakheti, in the village of Kumurdo, Akhalkalaki district).

Born:

1553 – Margarita de Valois, Queen of Navarre.

1727 – Thomas Gainsborough, English painter and graphic artist. Died 1788.

1771 _ Robert Owen, English socialist-utopian. Died 1858.

1836 – Wilhelm Steinitz, German chess player, first world champion. Died 1900.

1921 _ Salome Kancheli, prominent actress. Died 1985.

1942 – Valery Brummel, 1964 Olympic champion in high jump.

Died:

1610 – Henry IV, King of France, first representative of the Bourbon dynasty.

1643 – Louis XIII, King of France.

1912 – August Strindberg, Swedish writer and playwright.

1953 _ Tamar Abakelia, painter, graphic artist.

1955 - Levan Asatiani, Georgian literary critic

2014 - Lili Ioseliani, Georgian director.

Events:

1811 – Paraguay declares independence.

1904 – The third Summer Olympic Games open in St. Louis.

1906 – The Simplon Tunnel, connecting Switzerland and Italy, opens for rail traffic. Its length is 19.8 km.

1954 – In The Hague, the UN countries adopted the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.

1988 – Soviet troops leave Afghanistan. The war, which claimed the lives of more than a million Afghans, ended, while the Soviet Union, according to official figures, lost 15 thousand soldiers and officers.

Memorable days:

Paraguay – Independence Day

Liberia – Integration Day

Philippines – Constitution Day