May 14th: Lets take a peek in history and find out what happened on this day| Oneindia

May 14th: Lets take a peek in history and find out what happened on this day| Oneindia

Lets take a peek into the history and find out what all major events have happened in the past.

The second ruler of the Maratha Empire and the eldest son of Shivaji, Sambhaji Bhonsale was born on 14 May 1657 at Purandar Fort near Pune.

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Devegowda was elected as the leader of the third front today.

He became the prime minister of India in 1996 on behalf of the United Front.On May 14, 1948, the independent state of Israel was proclaimed as British rule in Palestine came to an end.

From 1517 to 1917, Israel, along with much of the Middle East, was ruled by the Ottoman Empire.

When France’s King Louis XIII died at the age of 41 on May 14, 1643, the monarchy passed to his eldest child, Louis XIV, who was all of four years and eight months old.

The isolated Marshall Islands are a diver's paradise, a coral-lined home to 53,000 people, and the site of the most devastating nuclear tests the US ever conducted.

From 1946 to 1958 it became the sight of the US's "Pacific Proving Grounds," a show of post-WWII force to the world