Timeline May 2014

Events in May 2014 10

• 1926 – 2014 Jack Brabham Black Jack Three-time World Champion and the only person to win the title in a car of his own construction.
• 1928 – 2014 Maya Angelou American poet and memoirist Angelou wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, reflecting on identity, racism, and resilience.
• 1940 – 2014 H.R. Giger (1940-2014) Died 12 May 2014, aged 74 H.R. Giger, the Swiss artist whose biomechanical designs created the title creature in the film "Alien," died in Zurich following a fall. His surreal, nightmarish artwork won him an Academy Award for visual effects. His distinctive style influenced science fiction and horror design for decades.
• 2014 2014 World Snooker Championship Selby First Title Winner: Mark Selby; Runner-up: Ronnie O’Sullivan. Score: 18–14.
• 2014 Lee Kun-hee suffers heart attack Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee suffers a heart attack in May 2014 and falls into a coma from which he never fully recovers. His son Lee Jae-yong (Jay Y. Lee) assumes de facto control. The succession question — and the legal complications around inheritance — casts a shadow over Samsung for the next decade. Lee Kun-hee dies in October 2020. His 27-year chairmanship transformed Samsung from a regional electronics maker into a global technology giant.
• 2014 Twin sons Leo and Lenny born Basel, 6 May 2014 Roger and Mirka Federer welcomed twin sons Leo and Lenny on 6 May 2014 — a second set of twins. Federer later joked that having four children on tour was "hard, to say the least," but it kept him hungry to compete.
• 2014 Soma mining disaster Turkey's deadliest mining accident kills 301 workers A fire triggered by an electrical fault caused an explosion at a coal mine in Soma, Turkey, trapping and killing 301 miners in the country's worst industrial accident. The disaster prompted nationwide protests over lax mine safety enforcement. Several company officials were later prosecuted.
• 2014 Godzilla is released Studio blockbuster debut Godzilla was released on 16 May 2014, starring Bryan Cranston, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, and Ken Watanabe. The film relaunched the Godzilla franchise for a new generation and became the first installment in what would become Legendary's MonsterVerse.
• 2014 Transformers: Age of Extinction #1 film of 2014 — $1.10bn worldwide Directed by Michael Bay, starring Mark Wahlberg. Five years after the battle of Chicago, a mechanic and his daughter are caught up in a new Transformer conflict.
• 2014 Narendra Modi becomes Prime Minister of India BJP wins landslide victory in Indian general election Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party won a decisive majority in India's general election, the first single-party majority in India in 30 years. Modi was sworn in as prime minister on 26 May 2014. His victory marked a major shift in Indian politics toward Hindu nationalist governance.