THE DAY IN HISTORY · MAY 14
May 14 in history
What happened on May 14: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1940 and 1975, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Bombing of Rotterdam
14 May 1940 — With surrender talks already under way, bombers level the old city center; the Netherlands capitulates that evening. The word “Rotterdam” becomes Europe’s shorthand for what waits.
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— Evacuation of Long Tieng
14 May 1975 — Aircraft lift General Vang Pao and a few thousand Hmong out of the CIA-backed base; tens of thousands of others, left behind, set out on foot for the Mekong and Thailand. Hmong flight continued for more than a decade.
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