May 14
1643 - Louis XIV became king of France at the age of 4 upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.
1787 - Delegates began gathering in Philadelphia for a convention to draw up the U.S. Constitution.
1796 - English physician Edward Jenner administered the first vaccination against smallpox.
1804 - The Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory left St. Louis.
1942 - The Women's Auxiliary Army Corps was established.
1948 - The independent state of Israel was proclaimed as British rule in Palestine came to an end.
1955 - Representatives from the Soviet Union and seven other Communist bloc countries signed the Warsaw Pact in Poland.
1973 - The United States launched Skylab 1, its first manned space station.
1998 - Singer Frank Sinatra died at age 82.
1998 - The TV series "Seinfeld" aired its final episode on NBC.
2001 - The Supreme Court ruled that there is no exception in federal law for people to use marijuana to ease their pain from cancer, AIDS, or other illnesses.
2007 - DaimlerChrysler said it was selling almost all of Chrysler to a private equity firm for $7.4 billion, backing out of a troubled 1998 takeover.
2007 - The trial of suspected al-Qaeda operative Jose Padilla opened in Miami. (Padilla was later convicted of terrorism conspiracy and sentenced to 17 years in prison.)
2008 - The Interior Department declared the polar bear a threatened species because of the loss of Arctic sea ice.
2011 - Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the International Monetary Fund and potential candidate for president of France, was charged with sexually assaulting a Manhattan hotel maid. (He later resigned from the IMF; the charges against him were dropped.)
Birthdays
22 - Miranda Cosgrove (actress)
26 - Rob Gronkowski (football player)
29 - Clay Matthews (football player)
30 - Dustin Lynch (country singer)
31 - Mark Zuckerberg (founder of Facebook)
32 - Frank Gore (football player)
38 - Roy Halladay (baseball player)
44 - Sofia Coppola (director)
46 - Cate Blanchett (actress)
71 - George Lucas (director)
73 - Tony Perez (baseball hall of famer)
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Today in Sports History - May 14
1904 - The first Olympic Games to be held in the United States opened in St. Louis.
1920 - Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators picked up his 300th pitching win.
1967 - Micky Mantle became the sixth player in major league history to hit 500 home runs.
1977 - Jim Colborn of the Kansas City Royals no-hit the Texas Rangers.
1977 - The Montreal Canadiens swept the Boston Bruins to win the Stanley Cup.
1981 - The Boston Celtics beat the Houston Rockets in six games to win the NBA championship.
1986 - St. Louis Cardinals utility player Jose Oquendo became the first non-pitcher to get a major league decision losing to the Atlanta Braves in 19 innings by the score of 7-5.
1996 - Dwight Gooden of the New York Yankees no-hit the Seattle Mariners.
2010 - The Philadelphia Flyers became the third team in NHL history to overcome a three games to none deficit in a playoff series, by defeating the Boston Bruins 4-3 in Game 7 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series.
2014 - The Golden State Warriors named Steve Kerr their new head coach.
1643 - Louis XIV became king of France at the age of 4 upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.
1787 - Delegates began gathering in Philadelphia for a convention to draw up the U.S. Constitution.
1796 - English physician Edward Jenner administered the first vaccination against smallpox.
1804 - The Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory left St. Louis.
1942 - The Women's Auxiliary Army Corps was established.
1948 - The independent state of Israel was proclaimed as British rule in Palestine came to an end.
1955 - Representatives from the Soviet Union and seven other Communist bloc countries signed the Warsaw Pact in Poland.
1973 - The United States launched Skylab 1, its first manned space station.
1998 - Singer Frank Sinatra died at age 82.
1998 - The TV series "Seinfeld" aired its final episode on NBC.
2001 - The Supreme Court ruled that there is no exception in federal law for people to use marijuana to ease their pain from cancer, AIDS, or other illnesses.
2007 - DaimlerChrysler said it was selling almost all of Chrysler to a private equity firm for $7.4 billion, backing out of a troubled 1998 takeover.
2007 - The trial of suspected al-Qaeda operative Jose Padilla opened in Miami. (Padilla was later convicted of terrorism conspiracy and sentenced to 17 years in prison.)
2008 - The Interior Department declared the polar bear a threatened species because of the loss of Arctic sea ice.
2011 - Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the International Monetary Fund and potential candidate for president of France, was charged with sexually assaulting a Manhattan hotel maid. (He later resigned from the IMF; the charges against him were dropped.)
Birthdays
22 - Miranda Cosgrove (actress)
26 - Rob Gronkowski (football player)
29 - Clay Matthews (football player)
30 - Dustin Lynch (country singer)
31 - Mark Zuckerberg (founder of Facebook)
32 - Frank Gore (football player)
38 - Roy Halladay (baseball player)
44 - Sofia Coppola (director)
46 - Cate Blanchett (actress)
71 - George Lucas (director)
73 - Tony Perez (baseball hall of famer)
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Today in Sports History - May 14
1904 - The first Olympic Games to be held in the United States opened in St. Louis.
1920 - Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators picked up his 300th pitching win.
1967 - Micky Mantle became the sixth player in major league history to hit 500 home runs.
1977 - Jim Colborn of the Kansas City Royals no-hit the Texas Rangers.
1977 - The Montreal Canadiens swept the Boston Bruins to win the Stanley Cup.
1981 - The Boston Celtics beat the Houston Rockets in six games to win the NBA championship.
1986 - St. Louis Cardinals utility player Jose Oquendo became the first non-pitcher to get a major league decision losing to the Atlanta Braves in 19 innings by the score of 7-5.
1996 - Dwight Gooden of the New York Yankees no-hit the Seattle Mariners.
2010 - The Philadelphia Flyers became the third team in NHL history to overcome a three games to none deficit in a playoff series, by defeating the Boston Bruins 4-3 in Game 7 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series.
2014 - The Golden State Warriors named Steve Kerr their new head coach.
