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What happened in history on this day: May 14?
On May 14 in ...
- 1801 - Albert Gallatin takes office as US Treasury Secretary.
- 1804 - The Meriwether Lewis and William Clark expedition of about 45 men leaves Saint Louis, Missouri, on a mission to explore the Northwest from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.
- 1861 - US President Abraham Lincoln appoints James Pollock to be Mint director.
- 1863 - Battle of Jackson, Mississippi.
- 1864 - William N Green Junior, USA Brigadier-General, dies.
- 1864 - Battle of Reseca, Atlanta, Georgia (second day).
- 1884 - Anti-Monopoly party forms in the US.
- 1908 - First passenger flight, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, by Wilbur Wright as pilot, with Charles Furnas as passenger.
- 1927 - "Ain't She Sweet?" hits #1 on the pop singles chart by Ben Bernie.
- 1935 - Los Angeles' Griffith Planetarium opens, third in US.
- 1935 - Plebiscite in the Philippines ratifies independence agreement.
- 1942 - US Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is founded.
- 1945 - Kamikaze-Zero strikes US aircraft carrier Enterprise.
- 1945 - US offensive on Okinawa; Sugar Loaf conquered.
- 1948 - US President Harry Truman recognizes the state of Israel.
- 1948 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak.
- 1949 - US President Harry Truman signs bill establishing a rocket test range at Cape Canaveral.
- 1955 - US performs nuclear test in Pacific Ocean.
- 1961 - Bus with first group of Freedom Riders bombed and burned in Alabama, USA.
- 1962 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island.
- 1964 - Underground America Day is first observed.
- 1965 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1969 - Last Chevrolet Corvair car built.
- 1970 - Police kill two students in racial disturbance (Jackson State University, Mississippi).
- 1970 - Harry A Blackmun appointed to the US Supreme Court.
- 1972 - 24th Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Carrol O'Conner and Jean Stapleton.
- 1973 - Skylab launched, the first Space Station.
- 1973 - US Supreme court approves equal rights to females in military.
- 1974 - Symbionese Liberation Army destroyed in shoot-out, six killed.
- 1975 - US forces raid Cambodian island of Koh Tang to free Mayaguez ship.
- 1975 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1984 - 19th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama wins.
- 1984 - Ashton-Tate introduces the dBase III relational database program for 16-bit IBM PC-compatible computers.
- 1987 - Colt revolver (Peacemaker) of 1873 sells for US$242,000.
- 1988 - Near Carrollton, Kentucky, a drunk driver going the wrong way on Interstate 71 hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group from Radcliff, Kentucky. The resulting fire kills 27.
- 1991 - Robert M Gates becomes 15th director of US Central Intelligence Agency.
- 1997 - The Star Alliance is formed between Air Canada, Lufthansa, SAS, Thai Airways International and United Airlines.
- 2004 - Two US Marines are sentenced to prison for electrocuting an Iraqi prisoner a month earlier.
- 2007 - A meteor likely causes a 2.1-magnitude earthquake in Hubbardton, Vermont, USA.
- 2008 - The U.S. government lists polar bears as a threatened species under its Endangered Species Act because of the effects of global warming.
- 2008 - Price of a gallon of regular gasoline hits a US record $4 (on average) in Alaska.
- 2009 - Chrysler eliminates 789 car dealerships in the US.
- 2010 - Rare Coin Wholesalers of California sells a USA 1794 Flowing Hair silver dollar coin graded SP-66 PCGS, possibly the first coin struck at the Philadelphia Mint, to Cardinal Collection Educational Foundation of California for US$7.85 million. The price is a new world record for a single US coin.
- 2010 - The NASA space shuttle Atlantis and six astronauts blast off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, to deliver a Russian module and spare parts to the International Space Station.
- 2018 - The US Supreme Court strikes down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992, which banned traditional sports betting outside of Nevada.
- 2022 - A teenager shoots and kills ten people in a supermarket in Buffalo, New York.
Births on May 14
- 1881 - Birth of Julian Eltinge AKA William Dalton in Newtonville, Massachusetts, USA; vaudeville star/greatest female impersonator.
- 1895 - Birth of Lew Lehr in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; comedian (Stop Me if I heard this One).
- 1903 - Birth of Bertha Bohny AKA Lillian Bohny AKA Billie Dove in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Black Pirate, Stolen Bride) (dies 1997).
- 1906 - Birth of James Flavin in Portland, Maine, USA; actor (Man With a Camera).
- 1917 - Birth of Lou Harrison in Portland, Oregon, USA; composer (Rapunzel).
- 1923 - Birth of Diane Arbus [Nemerov] in New York City, New York, USA; photographer (Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Nudists).
- 1925 - Birth of Patrice Munsel in Spokane, Washington, USA; soprano (Patrice Munsel Show).
- 1930 - Birth of Edward V "Ned" Regan in Planfield, New Jersey, USA; American politician (Controller-Republican-New York, 1978-).
- 1936 - Birth of Bobby Darin [Walden Waldo Cassotto] in Bronx, New York, USA; singer ("Mack the Knife").
- 1943 - Birth of Elizabeth Ray in Marshall, North Carolina, USA; congressman Wilbur Mills' lover.
- 1944 - Birth of George Lucas in Modesto, California, USA; director (Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark).
- 1947 - Birth of Al Ciner in Chicago, Illinois, USA; rock guitarist (American Breed).
- 1947 - Birth of Tamara Dobson in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actress (Amazons, Cleopatra Jones).
- 1948 - Birth of Walter Olkewicz in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA; actor (Last Resort, Wizards and Warriors).
- 1950 - Birth of Mark Blum in Newark, New Jersey, USA; actor (Worth Winning, Blind Date, The Presidio).
- 1951 - Birth of Season (Susan) Hubley in New York City, New York, USA; actress (PrettyKill, Vice Squad, Hardcore).
- 1952 - Birth of Donald R McMonagle in Flint, Michigan, USA; Major US Air Force/astronaut (STS 39, 54, 66).
- 1953 - Birth of Bill Meek in Upland, Pennsylvania, USA; prone rifle (Olympics-1996).
- 1957 - Birth of William G Gregory in Lockport, New York, USA; Major US Air Force/Astronaut (STS 67).
- 1963 - Birth of Pat Borders in Columbus, Ohio, USA; catcher (California Angels).
- 1964 - Birth of James M Kelly in Burlington, Iowa, USA; Captain US Air Force/astronaut.
- 1965 - Birth of Joey Cora in Caguas, Puerto Rico; infielder (Seattle Mariners).
- 1967 - Birth of Natasha Elaine Kaiser-Brown in Des Moines, Iowa, USA; 400 metre runner.
- 1969 - Birth of David William Wood in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; rocker (New Kids - "Lovin' You Forever").
- 1970 - Birth of Natasha Ryan in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Amy - Ladies' Man).
- 1971 - Birth of Raphael Wiggins in Oakland, California, USA; rapper (Lifelines).
- 1973 - Birth of Shanice [Wilson] in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; vocalist (Discovery, Loving You).
- 1976 - Birth of Terrance Cauthen in Trenton, New Jersey; lightweight boxer (Olympics-bronze-1996).
- 1978 - Birth of Heather Brink in Lincoln, Nebraska; gymnast (Olympics-1996).
- 1983 - Birth of Amber Tamblyn in Santa Monica, California; actress (Emily Bowen - General Hospital).
Deaths on May 14
- 1864 - William N Green Junior, USA Brigadier-General, dies.
- 1940 - Emma Goldman, US anarchist/feminist/author (Living My Life), dies.
- 1947 - John Ray Sinnock, American US Mint chief coin engraver (1925-47), dies at age 59.
- 1953 - Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Japanese/American painter/etcher, dies at age 59.
- 1965 - Frances Perkins, US first female minister of Labor (1933-45), dies at age 83.
- 1966 - Georgia Camp Johnson, US poet/playwright, dies at age 88.
- 1968 - Husband Edward Kimmel, commandant US Ocean fleet WWII, dies at age 86.
- 1978 - William Powell Lear, inventor of Lear Jet, dies in Reno, Nevada.
- 1982 - Death of Hugh Beaumont at age 73 following a heart attack; actor (Ward Cleaver - Leave It To Beaver TV show).
- 1987 - Rita Hayworth, American actress (Gilda), dies of Alzheimer's disease at age 68 (born 1918).
- 1993 - William Randolph Hearst, US newspaper magnate (Pulitzer), dies at age 85.
- 1995 - Death of Christian B. Anfinsen, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916).
- 1997 - Death of Harry Blackstone Junior, American magician, at age 62 of cancer (born 1934).
- 2022 - Death of Urvashi Vaid at age 63; activist, leader of National Gay and Lesbian Task Force during the American AIDS crisis.
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