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Events on Tuesday 14 May 1940 2
1869 – 1940Emma Goldman (1869-1940)Died 14 May 1940, aged 70Anarchist writer and activist, born in the Russian Empire, who campaigned in the United States for free speech, birth control and workers' rights. She was deported in 1919 and died in Toronto.
1940Rotterdam BlitzGerman bombers destroy the centre of RotterdamOn 14 May the Luftwaffe bombed Rotterdam during surrender negotiations, destroying the historic city centre and killing about 850 people. Germany threatened to bomb Utrecht next, and the Netherlands capitulated the following day.