May 14 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for May 14
In the headlines today:

2003		Actor Robert Stack dies of a heart attack in Beverly Hills, California, at age 84. (photo credit: Autographs Inc.)
1998		Singer-actor Frank Sinatra dies in Los Angeles at age 82. (photo credit: Warner Bros / WEA)
1987		Actress Rita Hayworth dies in New York of Alzheimer's disease at age 68. (photo credit: NARA)
1973	The first manned space station, Skylab One, is launched by NASA.
1963	Kuwait is admitted to the United Nations.
1959	The ground-breaking ceremony for the Lincoln Center of the Performing Arts takes place in New York City.
1955	The Warsaw Pact is signed by the USSR and seven Communist bloc countries.
1948	Israel declares itself an independent country.
1942	The Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WACS) is established.
1913	John D. Rockefeller establishes the Rockefeller Foundation, a humanitarian gesture, with a contribution $100 million.
1904	St. Louis hosts the first Olympic Games to be held in the United States. (Uncle Woody sez: "Did you know that tug-o-war was an Olympic event back then?")
1897	John Philip Sousa's Stars and Stripes Forever premieres for the unveiling of a statue honoring George Washington in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1804	Lewis and Clark begin their expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory.
1796	the first smallpox injection is given by Edward Jenner.
1780	Louisville, KY, is incorporated as a city.
1643	Louis XIV becomes King of France at age 4 upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.
1494	Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus discovers Jamaica.