So you want to have a drink but you aren't sure why? Here are some GREAT reasons to call your friends over and have a party.

May 14th


- Christian Feast Day
- Hastings Banda's Birthday (Malawi)
- National Unification Day (Liberia)
- The first day of Izumo-taisha Shrine Grand Festival. (Izumo-taisha)

May 14th


- 2005 - The former USS America, a decommissioned supercarrier of the United States Navy, is deliberately sunk in the Atlantic Ocean after four weeks of live-fire exercises. She is the largest ship ever to be disposed of as a target in a military exercise.
- 2004 - The Constitutional Court of South Korea overturns the impeachment of President Roh Moo-hyun.
- 1988 - Carrollton bus collision: a drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky, United States hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. The crash and ensuing fire kill 27.
- 1986 - The Pride of Baltimore is lost at sea.
- 1973 - Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.
- 1970 - The Red Army Faction is established in Germany.
Launch of the Saturn INT-21, carrying the Skylab space station.
- 1963 - Kuwait joins the United Nations.
- 1961 - American civil rights movement: The Freedom Riders bus is fire-bombed near Anniston, Alabama, and the civil rights protesters are beaten by an angry mob.
- 1955 - Cold War: Eight communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
- 1952 - Trains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.
- 1948 - Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
- 1943 - A Japanese submarine sinks AHS Centaur off the coast of Queensland.
- 1940 - World War II: Rotterdam is bombed by the German Luftwaffe.
- 1940 - World War II: The Netherlands surrenders to Germany.
- 1940 - The Yermolayev Yer-2, a long-range Soviet medium bomber, has its first flight.
- 1939 - Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
- 1935 - The Philippines ratifies an independence agreement.
- 1931 - Ådalen shootings: five people are killed in Ådalen, Sweden, as soldiers open fire on an unarmed trade union demonstration.
- 1929 - Wilfred Rhodes takes his 4000th first-class wicket during a performance of 9 for 39 at Leyton.
- 1927 - The Cap Arcona is launched at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg.
- 1927 - The University of Chicago's local collegiate organization, Phi Sigma, becomes incorporated under Illinois law as Eta Sigma Phi, the National Honorary Classical Fraternity.
- 1925 - Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
- 1913 - New York Governor William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100 million donation from John D. Rockefeller.
- 1889 - The children's charity NSPCC is launched in London.
- 1879 - The first group of 463 Indian indentured labourers arrives in Fiji aboard the Leonidas.
- 1870 - The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College and the Nelson Rugby Football Club.
- 1868 - Japanese Boshin War: end of the Battle of Utsunomiya Castle, former Shogunate forces withdraw northward to Aizu by way of Nikk?.
- 1863 - American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place.
- 1861 - The Canellas meteorite, an 859-gram chondrite-type meteorite, strikes the earth near Barcelona, Spain.
- 1836 - The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas.
- 1811 - Paraguay gains independence from Spain.
- 1804 - The Lewis and Clark Expedition departs from Camp Dubois and begins its historic journey by traveling up the Missouri River.
- 1796 - Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination.
- 1747 - A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at the first battle of Cape Finisterre.
- 1643 - Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.
- 1610 - Henry IV of France is assassinated bringing Louis XIII to the throne.
- 1608 - The Protestant Union is founded in Auhausen.
- 1607 - Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony.
- 1509 - Battle of Agnadello: In northern Italy, French forces defeat the Venetians.
- 1483 - Coronation of Charles VIII of France (Charles l'Affable).
- 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England.

May 14th


- 1993 - Miranda Cosgrove, American actress and singer
- 1990 - Emily Samuelson, American ice dancer
- 1988 - Jayne Appel, American Basketball player
- 1987 - Franck Songo'o, Cameroonian footballer
- 1987 - François Steyn, South African rugby union player
- 1986 - Alyosha, Ukrainean singer
- 1986 - Sarbel, Greek-born singer
- 1986 - Andrea Bovo, Italian footballer
- 1986 - Camila Sodi, Mexican actress
- 1985 - Sally Martin, New Zealand actress
- 1985 - Simona Peycheva, Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast
- 1984 - Gary Ablett, Jr., Australian rules footballer
- 1984 - Michael Rensing, German footballer
- 1984 - Nigel Reo-Coker, English footballer
- 1984 - Mark Zuckerberg, American internet entrepreneur, co-founder of Facebook
- 1984 - Olly Murs, English singer
- 1984 - Luke Gregerson, American baseball player
- 1983 - Anahí, Mexican actress and singer (RBD)
- 1983 - Frank Gore, American football player
- 1983 - Uroš Slokar, Slovenian basketball player
- 1983 - Amber Tamblyn, American actress
- 1983 - Tom Welham, British musician (Thirteen Senses)
- 1982 - BeardyMan, English beatboxer
- 1982 - Ai Shibata, Japanese swimmer
- 1980 - Hugo Southwell, Scottish rugby union player
- 1980 - Zden?k Grygera, Czech footballer
- 1980 - Eugene Martineau, Dutch decathlete
- 1980 - Júlia Sebestyén, Hungarian figure skater
- 1979 - Clinton Morrison, English-born Irish footballer
- 1979 - Edwige Lawson-Wade, French Basketball player
- 1979 - Carlos Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1978 - Brent Harvey, Australian footballer
- 1978 - Eddie House, American basketball player
- 1978 - André Macanga, Angolan footballer
- 1978 - Gustavo Varela, Uruguayan footballer
- 1977 - Sophie Anderton, English model and television personality
- 1977 - Roy Halladay, American baseball player
- 1977 - Ada Nicodemou, Australian actress
- 1976 - Hunter Burgan, American bassist (AFI)
- 1976 - Brian Lawrence, American baseball player
- 1976 - Martine McCutcheon, British actress
- 1975 - Carlos Spencer, New Zealand rugby player
- 1975 - Nicki Sørensen, Danish road bicycle racer
- 1974 - Jennifer Allan, American model
- 1974 - Krister Axel, American poet and songwriter
- 1973 - Natalie Appleton, Canadian-born singer
- 1973 - Anais Granofsky, Canadian actress and director
- 1973 - Voshon Lenard, American basketball player
- 1973 - Julian White, English rugby player
- 1973 - Shanice, American singer
- 1972 - Gabriel Mann, American actor
- 1972 - Mark Ruskell, England-born Scottish politician
- 1971 - Sofia Coppola, American director
- 1971 - Nasha Aziz, Malaysian actress and model
- 1969 - Cate Blanchett, Australian actress
- 1969 - Danny Wood, American singer (New Kids on the Block)
- 1969 - Sabine Schmitz, German race driver and television personality
- 1967 - Tony Siragusa, American football player
- 1966 - Marianne Denicourt, French actress
- 1966 - Mike Inez, American bassist (Alice in Chains, Black Label Society)
- 1966 - Fabrice Morvan, French music artist (Milli Vanilli)
- 1966 - Raphael Saadiq, American vocalist and bassist (Tony! Toni! Toné!)
- 1965 - Eoin Colfer, Irish writer
- 1964 - James M. Kelly, American astronaut
- 1964 - Eric Peterson, American musician (Testament)
- 1964 - Suzy Kolber, American sportscaster
- 1963 - Pat Borders, American baseball player
- 1962 - Ian Astbury, English singer (The Cult)
- 1962 - C. C. DeVille, American musician (Poison)
- 1961 - Ulrike Folkerts, German actress
- 1961 - David Quantick, writer
- 1961 - Jean Leclerc, French-Canadian singer and songwriter
- 1961 - Tim Roth, English actor
- 1961 - Alain Vigneault, Canadian ice hockey coach
- 1960 - Anne Clark, English singer
- 1960 - "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, American wrestler (d. 2009)
- 1960 - Ronan Tynan, Irish singer
- 1959 - Patrick Bruel, French singer
- 1959 - Steve Hogarth, British singer (Marillion)
- 1959 - Rick Vaive, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1958 - Christine Brennan, American sports columnist
- 1957 - Big Van Vader (born Leon White), American professional wrestler
- 1955 - Dennis Martínez, Nicaraguan baseball player
- 1955 - Peter Kirsten, South African cricketer
- 1954 - Jens Sparschuh, German writer
- 1953 - Tom Cochrane, Canadian musician (Red Rider)
- 1953 - Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia
- 1952 - Donald R. McMonagle, American astronaut
- 1952 - Robert Zemeckis, American film director
- 1952 - David Byrne, Scottish-born American musician (Talking Heads)
- 1952 - Scott Irwin, American professional wrestler (d. 1987)
- 1950 - Adolfo Dominguez, Spanish fashion designer
- 1949 - Klaus-Peter Thaler, German cyclist
- 1948 - Bob Woolmer, English cricket coach (d. 2007)
- 1947 - Tamara Dobson, American actress (d. 2006)
- 1945 - Francesca Annis, British actress
- 1945 - George Nicholls, British rugby league footballer
- 1945 - Yochanan Vollach, Israeli footballer and president of Maccabi Haifa
- 1944 - George Lucas, American film director
- 1943 - Jack Bruce, Scottish bassist (Cream)
- 1943 - Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland
- 1943 - Derek Leckenby, British musician (Herman's Hermits) (d. 1994)
- 1943 - Elizabeth Ray, American sex scandal figure
- 1942 - Valeriy Brumel, Soviet high jumper (d. 2003)
- 1942 - Byron Dorgan, American politician
- 1942 - Prentis Hancock, British actor
- 1942 - Tony Pérez, Cuban baseball player
- 1942 - Rüdiger Vogler, German actor
- 1940 - Troy Shondell, American singer
- 1940 - 'H'. Jones, British Soldier, VC recipient (d. 1982)
- 1936 - Bobby Darin, American singer (d. 1973)
- 1936 - Charlie Gracie, American singer
- 1936 - Waheeda Rehman, Indian actress
- 1935 - Rudi Šeligo, Slovenian writer and politician (d. 2004)
- 1934 - Siân Phillips, Welsh actress
- 1933 - Frank Harte, Irish singer and song collector
- 1933 - Michael Chevalier, German voice actor
- 1932 - Robert Bechtle, American painter
- 1931 - Alvin Lucier, American composer
- 1929 - Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
- 1929 - Barbara Branden, Canadian writer and lecturer
- 1929 - Henry McGee, British actor, straight man to Benny Hill (d. 2006)
- 1928 - Will "Dub" Jones, American singer (The Coasters) (d. 2000)
- 1928 - Brian Macdonald, Canadian dancer
- 1928 - Frederik H. Kreuger, Dutch scientist and inventor
- 1927 - Herbert W. Franke, Austrian writer
- 1926 - Eric Morecambe, British comedian (d. 1984)
- 1925 - Patrice Munsel, American opera soprano
- 1925 - Al Porcino, American jazz trumpet player
- 1923 - Adnan Pachachi, Iraqi politician
- 1923 - Mrinal Sen, Indian film director
- 1922 - Franjo Tu?man, Croatian politician (d. 1999)
- 1921 - Richard Deacon, American actor (d. 1984)
- 1921 - Arve Opsahl, Norwegian actor (d. 2007)
- 1919 - Solange Chaput-Rolland, French-Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2001)
- 1919 - John Hope, American meteorologist (d. 2002)
- 1917 - Lou Harrison, American composer (d. 2003)
- 1916 - Lance Dossor, British-born concert pianist (d. 2005)
- 1916 - Del Moore, American comedian (d. 1970)
- 1916 - Marco Zanuso, Italian architect (d. 2001)
- 1907 - Hans von der Groeben, German diplomat (d. 2005)
- 1907 - Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan (d. 1974)
- 1907 - Johnny Moss, American professional poker player (d. 1995)
- 1905 - Jean Daniélou, French cardinal (d. 1974)
- 1905 - Herbert Morrison, American radio announcer (d. 1989)
- 1904 - Hans Albert Einstein, Swiss-born American professor, son of Albert Einstein and Mileva Mari? (d. 1973)
- 1904 - Marcel Junod, Swiss physician (d. 1961)
- 1903 - Billie Dove, American actress (d. 1997)
- 1901 - Robert Ritter, German psychologist (d. 1951)
- 1900 - Hal Borland, American author (d. 1978)
- 1900 - Leo Smit, Dutch composer (d. 1943)
- 1900 - Edgar Wind, German art historian (d. 1971)
- 1900 - Walter Rehberg, Swiss concert pianist, composer and writer (d. 1957)
- 1899 - Pierre Victor Auger, French physicist (d. 1993)
- 1899 - Earle Combs, American baseball player (d. 1976)
- 1897 - Sidney Bechet, American musician (d. 1959)
- 1897 - Ed Ricketts, American marine biologist (d. 1948)
- 1893 - Louis Verneuil, French playwright (d. 1952)
- 1890 - Alex Pompez, American baseball executive (d. 1974)
- 1885 - Otto Klemperer, German-born conductor (d. 1973)
- 1881 - G. Murray Hulbert, American politician (d. 1950)
- 1881 - Ed Walsh, American baseball player (d. 1959)
- 1880 - Wilhelm List, German field marshal (d. 1971)
- 1878 - James L. Wilkinson, American baseball executive (d. 1964)
- 1872 - Elia Dalla Costa, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1961)
- 1867 - Kurt Eisner, German politician (d. 1919)
- 1832 - Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician (d. 1903)
- 1817 - Alexander Kaufmann, German poet (d. 1893)
- 1814 - Charles Beyer, German-British locomotive engineer (d. 1876)
- 1781 - Friedrich Ludwig Georg von Raumer, German historian (d. 1873)
- 1771 - Robert Owen, Welsh social reformer (d. 1858)
- 1752 - Timothy Dwight, American theologian (d. 1817)
- 1752 - Albrecht Thaer, German agronomist (d. 1828)
- 1737 - George Mcartney, Irish-born British statesman (d. 1806)
- 1727 - Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (d. 1788)
- 1725 - Ludovico Manin, last Doge of the Republic of Venice (d. 1802)
- 1710 - King Adolf Frederick of Sweden (d. 1771)
- 1701 - William Emerson, English mathematician (d. 1782)
- 1699 - Hans Joachim von Zieten, Prussian field marshal (d. 1786)
- 1679 - Peder Horrebow, Danish astronomer (d. 1764)
- 1666 - Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (d. 1732)
- 1630 - Katakura Kagenaga (2nd) (d. 1681)
- 1553 - Margaret of Valois, wife of Henry IV (d. 1615)
- 1316 - Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378)