1. On May 14, 1864, during the American Civil War, Union forces under General William Tecumseh Sherman began their march through the state of South Carolina, as part of his campaign to make his way towards Richmond.

2. May 14, 1913, marked the establishment of the South Carolina State Parks system, when ten acres of downtown Columbia were donated by the city to be used as a public park.

3. The governor of South Carolina, John West, created the State Water Commission on May 14, 1974, in order to coordinate the state's efforts to manage and conserve its water resources.

4. On May 14, 1986, the USS Yorktown, an aircraft carrier which was decommissioned after serving in World War II and the Vietnam War, was reopened as a museum in Charleston Harbor.

5. In 2015, on May 14th, the state legislature voted to remove the Confederate battle flag from the grounds of the South Carolina State House, following a national outcry after the racially-motivated murders of nine black churchgoers in Charleston.