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Events on Friday 14 May 1943 2
1854 – 1943Henri La Fontaine (1854-1943)Died 14 May 1943, aged 89Henri La Fontaine was a Belgian international lawyer and president of the International Peace Bureau. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1913. With Paul Otlet he founded the Mundaneum, a project to catalogue all the world's knowledge.
1943 – 2014Jack Bruce (1943-2014)Died 25 October 2014, aged 71Jack Bruce, the Scottish bassist and singer for the rock band Cream, died in Suffolk, England. His playing helped define the power trio format alongside Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker. Cream was one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s.