Birthday May 14, 1316 Charles IV, king of Bohemia (1346-78), emperor (1355-78)
Birthday May 14, 1686 Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit, physicist (or 0524)
Birthday May 14, 1771 Robert Owen, English fActory owner, socialist
Birthday May 14, 1787 Thomas Gainsborough, English landscape, portrait painter (Blue Boy)
Birthday May 14, 1885 Otto Klemperer, German conductor
Birthday May 14, 1919 Heloise, and her helpful hints
Birthday May 14, 1925 Patrice Munsel, in Spokane Wash
Birthday May 14, 1936 Bobby Darin is born
Birthday May 14, 1944 George Lucas, skywalker
Birthday May 14, 1946 Robert Jarvik, invented Jarvik 7 artificial heart
Birthday May 14, 1952 David Byrne, in England, rocker
History May 14, 1607 1st English NA settlement (Jamestown - Va)
History May 14, 1787 Constitutional Convention delegates begin to assemble
History May 14, 1796 Jenner tests smallpox vaccine
History May 14, 1811 Paraguay gains independence from Spain (Natl Day)
History May 14, 1842 Alfred, Lord Tennyson, publishes his popular volume Poems
History May 14, 1853 Gail Borden applies for patent for condensed milk
History May 14, 1861 William Fetterman joins the U.S. Army
History May 14, 1864 The Battle of Resaca, Georgia, begins
History May 14, 1874 Harvard & McGill play 1st game of American football
History May 14, 1903 President Theodore Roosevelt visits SF
History May 14, 1904 First American Olympiad
History May 14, 1913 Scoreless inning streak ends
History May 14, 1916 London Times article sparks Shells Crisis
History May 14, 1935 LA's Griffith Planetarium opens - 3rd in US
History May 14, 1942 US Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) founded
History May 14, 1943 United States and Britain plan Operation Pointblank
History May 14, 1948 A brutal murder begins an unusual investigation
History May 14, 1948 PM David Ben-Gurion establishes State of Israel
History May 14, 1948 State of Israel proclaimed
History May 14, 1955 Warsaw Pact formed
History May 14, 1955 The Warsaw Pact is formed
History May 14, 1967 Mickey Mantle's 500th HR off Oriole's Stu Miller
History May 14, 1969 President Nixon responds to National Liberation Front proposal
History May 14, 1970 South Vietnamese sustain second highest casualties of war
History May 14, 1973 US launches space station Skylab 1
History May 14, 1973 Skylab launched
History May 14, 1980 Bucky Dent hits an inside the park HR - Royals walk 14 Yanks including 5 with bases loaded - Yanks win 16-3
History May 14, 1981 Soyuz 40 is launched - 1st Rumanian in space
History May 14, 1983 Oilers 1-Isles 5 - Stanley Cup- Isles hold 3-0 lead
History May 14, 1991 Two trains crash in Japan
History May 14, 1998 Frank Sinatra dies
History May 14, 1999 Clinton apologizes to Chinese leader for embassy bombing
History May 14, 2007 DaimlerChrysler sells most of Chrysler for $7.4 billion
May 14, 1316 Charles IV, king of Bohemia (1346-78), emperor (1355-78)
May 14, 1686 Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit, physicist (or 0524)
May 14, 1771 Robert Owen, English fActory owner, socialist
May 14, 1787 Thomas Gainsborough, English landscape, portrait painter (Blue Boy)
May 14, 1885 Otto Klemperer, German conductor
May 14, 1919 Heloise, and her helpful hints
May 14, 1925 Patrice Munsel, in Spokane Wash
May 14, 1936 Bobby Darin is born
May 14, 1944 George Lucas, skywalker
May 14, 1946 Robert Jarvik, invented Jarvik 7 artificial heart
May 14, 1952 David Byrne, in England, rocker
May 14, 1607 1st English NA settlement (Jamestown - Va)
May 14, 1787 Constitutional Convention delegates begin to assemble
May 14, 1796 Jenner tests smallpox vaccine
May 14, 1811 Paraguay gains independence from Spain (Natl Day)
May 14, 1842 Alfred, Lord Tennyson, publishes his popular volume Poems
May 14, 1853 Gail Borden applies for patent for condensed milk
May 14, 1861 William Fetterman joins the U.S. Army
May 14, 1864 The Battle of Resaca, Georgia, begins
May 14, 1874 Harvard & McGill play 1st game of American football
May 14, 1903 President Theodore Roosevelt visits SF
May 14, 1904 First American Olympiad
May 14, 1913 Scoreless inning streak ends
May 14, 1916 London Times article sparks Shells Crisis
May 14, 1935 LA's Griffith Planetarium opens - 3rd in US
May 14, 1942 US Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) founded
May 14, 1943 United States and Britain plan Operation Pointblank
May 14, 1948 A brutal murder begins an unusual investigation
May 14, 1948 PM David Ben-Gurion establishes State of Israel
May 14, 1948 State of Israel proclaimed
May 14, 1955 Warsaw Pact formed
May 14, 1955 The Warsaw Pact is formed
May 14, 1967 Mickey Mantle's 500th HR off Oriole's Stu Miller
May 14, 1969 President Nixon responds to National Liberation Front proposal
May 14, 1970 South Vietnamese sustain second highest casualties of war
May 14, 1973 US launches space station Skylab 1
May 14, 1973 Skylab launched
May 14, 1980 Bucky Dent hits an inside the park HR - Royals walk 14 Yanks including 5 with bases loaded - Yanks win 16-3
May 14, 1981 Soyuz 40 is launched - 1st Rumanian in space
May 14, 1983 Oilers 1-Isles 5 - Stanley Cup- Isles hold 3-0 lead
May 14, 1991 Two trains crash in Japan
May 14, 1998 Frank Sinatra dies
May 14, 1999 Clinton apologizes to Chinese leader for embassy bombing
May 14, 2007 DaimlerChrysler sells most of Chrysler for $7.4 billion