What day of the week was May 14, 1940?

The day of the week May 14th, 1940 fell on was a Tuesday.

Emma Goldman the Lithuanian-American activist (b. 1869) died on this day in 1940. As did Menno ter Braak the Dutch author (b. 1902) .

World War II: Rotterdam is bombed by the German Luftwaffe. World War II: The Battle of the Netherlands ends with the Netherlands surrendering to Germany. The Yermolayev Yer-2 the a long-range Soviet medium bomber, makes its first flight.