What happened on Wednesday May 21, 2014?

About May 21st, 2014, in brief:

  • Historical events: 2014 Libyan Uprising: General Khalifa Beqasim Haftar demands that the government hand power over to the country's top judiciary amid heavy fighting in Tripoli. (Reuters) Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeq refuses resignation, while the Ministry of Defense calls for the arrest of all soldiers who support Gen. Haftar's campaign.
  • Day of the week: May 21st, 2014 was a Wednesday
  • Zodiac Sign: Gemini (in western zodiac), Horse (in Chinese zodiac)
  • Moon Phase: Last Quarter
  • #1 US song: All Of Me by John Legend
  • Popular movie: Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels directed by Guy Ritchie

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May 21, 2014: What happened on that day?


Here's what happened on May 21, 2014:

  • 2014 libyan uprising: general khalifa beqasim haftar demands that the government hand power over to the country's top judiciary amid heavy fighting in tripoli. (reuters) prime minister ahmed maiteeq refuses resignation, while the ministry of defense calls for the arrest of all soldiers who support gen. haftar's campaign.
  • General khalifa beqasim haftar urges the government to hand power over to the country's top judge amid heavy fighting in tripoli.
  • While prime minister ahmed maiteeq refuses resignation, the ministry of defense issues an order calling for the arrest of all soldiers who joined gen. haftar’s campaign.
  • War in north-west pakistan: pakistan air force fighter planes bomb militant hideouts in north waziristan. they kill approximately 60 militants, and injure another 30.
  • Ten policemen and three civilians were killed when the taliban attacked badakhshan, laghman and laghman provinces of afghanistan.
  • 17 people are killed when boko haram attacked the village alagarno in nigeria's borno state.
  • After they invaded south korean waters, the republic of korea navy fired warning shots at three patrol boats belonging to the korean people's navy.
  • Conflict between israel and palestine: defence for children international publishes video of two palestinians who were allegedly shot by israeli soldiers during violent demonstrations.
  • Defence for children international releases a video that shows two palestinians who were allegedly shot to death by israeli soldiers at a violent demonstration.
  • The sbu has taken graham phillips, a british citizen and reporter for the russian television network rt to mariupol.
  • Graham phillips, a british national who is a reporter for the russian television network rt, was taken into custody in mariupol by sbu.
  • General motors has announced that it will recall 218,000 chevrolet aveos from an older model due to a fire hazard.
  • After a cyber-attack on a database that contained encrypted passwords and other financial data, ebay requires its users to update their passwords.
  • Relations between china and russia: xi jinping signs a huge natural gas export agreement worth $400 billion over a 30-year period.
  • Anti-china protests in vietnam 2014: six deaths have been reported as a result of anti-china violence in vietnam. the riots are continuing over south china sea oil-rich islands. china sent ships to evacuate 3000 vietnamese citizens.
  • Six people have been killed in anti-china protests in vietnam, which continue over the south china sea's oil-rich islands. china sent ships to evacuate 3000 vietnamese citizens.
  • 2014 taipei metro attack : at least 4 people are killed and 21 others injured in a knife attack on a taipei metro train.
  • A court in egypt sentenced 155 members to prison for their muslim brotherhood activities, with 54 of them being given life sentences.
  • Hosni mubarak, former president of egypt, is sentenced for embezzlement and will spend three years in prison.
  • After releasing a fan clip to pharrell williams' "happy" and causing outcries across the internet, six iranians were arrested. they were released in tehran.
  • A czech republic court sentenced 10 men to death for poisoned alcohol production that caused more than 30 deaths in 2012.
  • General election in guinea-bissau, 2014. jose mario vaz, former finance minister of guinea bissau is elected president.
  • Jose mario vaz, a former finance minister of guinea bissau, is elected president of guinea bissau.
  • Sacramento, california approves a new arena for the sacramento kings, valued at $447 million.
  • After a 1-1 draw, england won the 2014 uefa european under-17 championship. the netherlands lost on penalties.
  • Random killings occurred on the bannan line of the taipei mrt, killing four and injuring 24.

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May 21, 2014: What were the magazines covers that day?

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May 21, 2014: What were the stock market quotes and exchange rates that day?

Stock market quotes on May 21, 2014:

  • ExxonMobil XOM: opens at $100.85
  • Apple AAPL: opens at $603.83
  • Microsoft MSFT: opens at $39.80
  • General Electric GE: opens at $26.37
  • International Business Machines IBM: opens at $185.85

Exchange Rates on May 21, 2014:

  • 1 USD = 101.43 JPY
  • 1 USD = 1.0914 CAD
  • 1 USD = 0.8932 CHF
  • 1 USD = 6.2335 CNY
  • 1 EUR = 138.81 JPY
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What day of the week was May 21, 2014?


May 21, 2014 was a Wednesday and it was the 141st day of the year 2014 in the Gregorian calendar.

May 21, 2014 can also be written as 5/21/2014 in the US and as 21/5/2014 in UK and Europe.

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May 21, 2014: What famous people died on that day?


Famous people died on May 21, 2014:

  • Jaime Lusinchi

    Venezuelan physician and politician, president of venezuela (b. 1924).

  • Tunku Annuar

    Malaysian son of badlishah of kedah (b. 1939).

  • Johnny Gray

    American baseball player (b. 1926).

  • Alireza Soleimani

    Iranian wrestler (b. 1956).

  • Duncan Cole
  • Ines Boffardi
  • Romano Albani
  • Vittorio Rieser
  • Digne Meller Marcovicz
  • Mario Tosi
  • Jane Adams
  • Giorgio Gennari
  • Guillermo Asprilla

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May 21, 2014: Number 1 song on that day

The number 1 song on May 21, 2014 is the best selling or most popular song as resulting from the music charts in the week May 19th and May 25th. It changes depending on Countries, Music Genres and methodology used to rank the most popular song (for ex., sales, streaming).


May 21, 2014: What was the number 1 song in the USA on that day?

The number 1 song in the USA on May 21, 2014 was All Of Me by John Legend, according to the music chart for the week May 19th and May 25th.

  1. - All Of Me youtube
  2. - Happy youtube
  3. - Fancy youtube
  4. - Problem youtube
  5. - Dark Horse youtube

May 21, 2014: What was the number 1 R&B song on that day?

The number 1 R&B song on May 21, 2014 was All Of Me by John Legend, according to the music chart for the week May 19th and May 25th.

  1. - All Of Me youtube
  2. - Happy youtube
  3. - Fancy youtube
  4. - Talk Dirty youtube
  5. - Loyal
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May 21, 2014: What is The Zodiac Sign for that day?


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The Zodiac and Astrological sign for May 21st is Gemini.

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Babies born in May are either Taurus or Gemini. People born before May 20th are Taurus, while people born from May 21st have the sign of Gemini.

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May 21, 2014: What is the Chinese Zodiac Sign for that day?

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The Chinese Zodiac sign for May 21, 2014 is Horse and the associated element is Wood.

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May 21, 2014: What was the moon phase on that day?


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The moon phase on May 21, 2014 was Last Quarter.

The moon phase refers to the appearance of the Moon in the night sky on May 21, 2014 and is determined by the portion of the Moon's illuminated surface that is visible from Earth.

An observer located in New York City on May 21, 2014 at 10pm, would see the moon, being 36% full, rising at 01:17 am and setting at 01:55 pm.

The previous full moon was on May 14, 2014 while the next full moon would come on Jun 13, 2014.

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How old is someone born on May 21, 2014?


Someone born on May 21, 2014 is:

10 years 6 months old,

or 126 months and 12 days old,

or 549 weeks and 6 days old,

or 3849 days old,

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How many days until your next birthday if you were born on May 21, 2014?

There are 169 days until your next birthday, which will occur on Wednesday May 21st 2025.

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What generation do you belong to if you were born on May 21, 2014?

You belong to the Gen Alpha generation if you were born on May 21, 2014.

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