On This Day: Key events in history on May 14, From India banning LTTE to Mark Zuckerberg's birthday
LTTE, a Sri Lankan rebel group commonly known as the Tamil Tigers. This decision was prompted by the group's involvement in violent activities and its aim for an independent Tamil state in Sri Lanka, which posed a threat to India's national security. The ban was part of a broader international effort, as many other countries also proscribed the Tamil Tigers due to their use of terrorism tactics.
In another significant event on May 14th, 1948, David Ben-Gurion, the head of the Jewish Agency, declared the establishment of the State of Israel. This declaration followed the adoption of a United Nations resolution in November 1947, which called for the partition of British-ruled Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states. The recognition of Israel by US President Harry S.
Truman on the same day further solidified its legitimacy on the world stage. Moving to space exploration, on May 14, 1973, the United States launched the Skylab space station. Skylab, a precursor to the International Space Station (ISS), was a manned space laboratory orbiting Earth.
It facilitated scientific research in various fields such as astronomy, solar physics, and microgravity's effects on living organisms. In the realm of geopolitics, on May 14, 1955, representatives from eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, convened in Poland to sign the Warsaw Pact. This mutual defence treaty served as a counterpart to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
It aimed to consolidate the military and political influence of the Soviet Union and its allies in Eastern Europe during the Cold War. The Warsaw Pact dissolved in 1991 following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Additionally, on May 14th, 1940, the
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