| 1804 |
|
Explorer
William Clark sets off from
St. Louis, Missouri. |
| 1853 |
|
Gail
Borden applies for a patent
for condensed milk. |
| 1863 |
|
Union
General Nathanial Banks heads
towards Port Hudson along the
Mississippi River. |
| 1897 |
|
Guglielmo
Marconi sends first
communication by wireless
telegraph. |
| 1897 |
|
"Stars
and Stripes Forever" by
John Phillip Sousa is
performed for the first time
in Philadelphia. |
| 1935 |
|
A
plebiscite in the Philippines
ratifies an independence
agreement. |
| 1940 |
|
Holland
surrenders to Germany. |
| 1942 |
|
The
British Army, in retreat from
Burma, reach India. |
| 1948 |
|
Prime
Minister David Ben-Gurion
establishes the State of
Israel. |
| 1961 |
|
A
bus carrying black and white
civil rights activists is
bombed and burned in Alabama. |
| 1969 |
|
Three
companies of the 101st
Airborne Division fail to push
North Vietnamese forces off
Hill 937 in South Vietnam. |
| 1973 |
|
The
U.S. space station Skylab is
launched. |
| 1991 |
|
In
South Africa, Winnie Mandela
is sentenced to six years in
prison for her part in the
kidnapping and beating of
three black youths and the
death of a fourth. |
Born on May 14 |
| 1533 |
|
Margaret
of Valois, queen consort of
Navarre. |
| 1686 |
|
Gabriel
Daniel Fahrenheit, German
physicist, instrument maker,
inventor of the thermometer. |
| 1727 |
|
Thomas
Gainsborough, painter
("Blue Boy"). |
| 1771 |
|
Thomas
Wedgwood, English physicist,
photography pioneer. |
| 1897 |
|
Sidney
Bechet, jazz clarinetist and
soprano saxaphone player. |
| 1933 |
|
Richard
P. Brickner, novelist (The
Broken Year). |
| 1944 |
|
George
Lucas, film director and
producer (Star Wars). |
| 1946 |
|
Robert
Jarvik, American physician. |
