Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/May 14

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[edit] Births

• 1316 - Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1378)
• 1727 - Thomas Gainsborough, English artist (d. 1788) (pictured)
• 1885 - Otto Klemperer, German-born conductor (d. 1973)
• 1936 - Bobby Darin, American singer (d. 1973)
• 1944 - George Lucas, American film director
• 1969 - Cate Blanchett, Australian actress

[edit] Deaths

• 1940 - Emma Goldman, Lithuanian-born anarchist (b. 1869)
• 1970 - Billie Burke, American actress (b. 1884)
• 1987 - Rita Hayworth, American actress (b. 1918)
• 1988 - Willem Drees, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1886)
• 1998 - Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (b. 1915)