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The 21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Skanderbeg (founded May 1944) was a German mountain infantry division of the Waffen-SS, the armed wing of the Nazi Party that served alongside the German armed forces during World War II. Composed of Muslim Albanians with mostly German and ethnic German Yugoslav officers and non-commissioned officers, it was named for medieval Albanian lord George Kastrioti Skanderbeg, who had defended the region of Albania against the Ottoman Empire. The division committed numerous atrocities in predominantly Serb areas, and rounded up Jews in Pristina for deportation to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp on 14 May 1944. Its only significant military actions took place during a German anti-Partisan offensive in the German occupied territory of Montenegro in June and July. It was then deployed as a guard force in Kosovo, where it was quickly overrun by the Partisans. Reinforced by German Kriegsmarine (navy) personnel and with less than 500 Albanians remaining in its ranks, it was disbanded on 1 November 1944. Divisional commander SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS August Schmidhuber was later found guilty of war crimes by a Belgrade court and executed in 1947. (Full article...)
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Udvada Atash Behram fire temple in Udvada, Gujarat
... that in 1742, Zoroastrians built the Udvada Atash Behram (pictured) and moved their sacred fire to it?
... that Félix Galipaux's antics were captured on paper by Toulouse-Lautrec and on film by Georges Méliès?
... that in May 2015 BBC Four aired "the most boring TV show ever"—an un-narrated, two-hour narrowboat journey on the Kennet and Avon Canal?
... that the first botanical drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration treats genital warts?
... that coins found in 1840 identified the previously unknown Viking kings Cnut and Siefredus?
... that the United States Army fought 46 campaigns during World War II?
... that the English Renaissance composer William Mundy was a pioneer of verse anthems with organ accompaniment?
... that villains Bebop and Rocksteady will appear in the upcoming film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Half Shell?
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NTSB officials on the scene of a train derailment in Philadelphia
At least 45 people are killed in a gun attack on a bus in Karachi, Pakistan.
An Amtrak train derails in Philadelphia (wreckage pictured), killing 8 people and injuring more than 200.
Verizon agrees to purchase AOL for US$4.4 billion.
A 7.3-magnitude aftershock of the recent earthquake in Nepal kills more than 125 people and injures more than 2,500.
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to three years in prison for corruption.
The World Health Organization declares Liberia Ebola-free.
Ongoing: Saudi-led intervention in Yemen
Recent deaths: Peter Gay – Kenan Evren
 
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May 14: Feast day of Saint Matthias and Saint Mo Chutu (Roman Catholicism)

Statue of Simon de Montfort on the Haymarket Memorial Clock Tower in Leicester
1264 – Second Barons' War: King Henry III was defeated at the Battle of Lewes and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort (statue pictured) the de facto ruler of England.
1787 – Delegates from the thirteen U.S. states convened the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with the intention of revising the Articles of Confederation.
1931 – Five people were killed in Ådalen, Sweden, as soldiers opened fire on an unarmed trade union demonstration.
1940 – World War II: The bulk of Dutch forces surrendered to the Wehrmacht, ending the Battle of the Netherlands.
1961 – In Anniston, Alabama, US, a mob of Ku Klux Klansmen attacked the buses of the Freedom Riders, who were riding interstate buses in the South in mixed racial groups to challenge local segregation laws.
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The 21st Division's logo
The 21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Skanderbeg (founded May 1944) was a German mountain infantry division of the Waffen-SS, the armed wing of the Nazi Party that served alongside the German armed forces during World War II. Composed of Muslim Albanians with mostly German and ethnic German Yugoslav officers and non-commissioned officers, it was named for medieval Albanian lord George Kastrioti Skanderbeg, who had defended the region of Albania against the Ottoman Empire. The division committed numerous atrocities in predominantly Serb areas, and rounded up Jews in Pristina for deportation to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp on 14 May 1944. Its only significant military actions took place during a German anti-Partisan offensive in the German occupied territory of Montenegro in June and July. It was then deployed as a guard force in Kosovo, where it was quickly overrun by the Partisans. Reinforced by German Kriegsmarine (navy) personnel and with less than 500 Albanians remaining in its ranks, it was disbanded on 1 November 1944. Divisional commander SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS August Schmidhuber was later found guilty of war crimes by a Belgrade court and executed in 1947. (Full article...)
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Udvada Atash Behram fire temple in Udvada, Gujarat
... that in 1742, Zoroastrians built the Udvada Atash Behram (pictured) and moved their sacred fire to it?
... that Félix Galipaux's antics were captured on paper by Toulouse-Lautrec and on film by Georges Méliès?
... that in May 2015 BBC Four aired "the most boring TV show ever"—an un-narrated, two-hour narrowboat journey on the Kennet and Avon Canal?
... that the first botanical drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration treats genital warts?
... that coins found in 1840 identified the previously unknown Viking kings Cnut and Siefredus?
... that the United States Army fought 46 campaigns during World War II?
... that the English Renaissance composer William Mundy was a pioneer of verse anthems with organ accompaniment?
... that villains Bebop and Rocksteady will appear in the upcoming film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Half Shell?
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NTSB officials on the scene of a train derailment in Philadelphia
At least 45 people are killed in a gun attack on a bus in Karachi, Pakistan.
An Amtrak train derails in Philadelphia (wreckage pictured), killing 8 people and injuring more than 200.
Verizon agrees to purchase AOL for US$4.4 billion.
A 7.3-magnitude aftershock of the recent earthquake in Nepal kills more than 125 people and injures more than 2,500.
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is sentenced to three years in prison for corruption.
The World Health Organization declares Liberia Ebola-free.
Ongoing: Saudi-led intervention in Yemen
Recent deaths: Peter Gay – Kenan Evren
 
On this day...
 

May 14: Feast day of Saint Matthias and Saint Mo Chutu (Roman Catholicism)

Statue of Simon de Montfort on the Haymarket Memorial Clock Tower in Leicester
1264 – Second Barons' War: King Henry III was defeated at the Battle of Lewes and forced to sign the Mise of Lewes, making Simon de Montfort (statue pictured) the de facto ruler of England.
1787 – Delegates from the thirteen U.S. states convened the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with the intention of revising the Articles of Confederation.
1931 – Five people were killed in Ådalen, Sweden, as soldiers opened fire on an unarmed trade union demonstration.
1940 – World War II: The bulk of Dutch forces surrendered to the Wehrmacht, ending the Battle of the Netherlands.
1961 – In Anniston, Alabama, US, a mob of Ku Klux Klansmen attacked the buses of the Freedom Riders, who were riding interstate buses in the South in mixed racial groups to challenge local segregation laws.
More anniversaries: May 13 – May 14 – May 15
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Diagram of human arms
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Diagram: LadyofHats
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