ON THIS DAY IN RECENT HISTORY ~
MAY 14
MAY 14
What was happening on this day in modern history? Let's take a look at some of the big events, Birthdays, and anniversaries for May 14th....
1904 - 1st Olympics in US are held (St Louis).
1908 - 1st passenger flight in an airplane.
1910 - Canada authorizes issuing of silver dollar coins.
1920 - Giants inform Yankees that the lease allowing them to play in the Polo Grounds will not be renewed at end of 1920 season.
1921 - Florence Allen is 1st woman judge to sentence a man to death.
1921 - Mussolini's fascists obtains 29 parliament seats.
1925 - Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
1927 - "Ain't She Sweet?" hits #1 on the pop singles chart by Ben Bernie.
1932 - "We Want Beer!" parade in NY.
1935 - LA's Griffith Planetarium opens, 3rd in US.
1936 - Bobby Darin, [Walden Waldo Cassotto], Bronx, singer (Mack the Knife) is born.
1939 - Lina Medina becomes the world's youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
1941 - 3,600 Parisian Jews arrested.
1943 - Sinking of the Australian Hospital Ship Centaur off the coast of Queensland, by a Japanese submarine.
1944 - Gen Rommel, Speidel & von Stulpnagel attempt to assassinate Hitler.
1944 - George Lucas, Modesto CA, director (Star Wars, Indiana Jones) is born.
1945 - US offensive on Okinawa, Sugar Loaf conquered.
1949 - Harry Truman signs bill establishing a rocket test range at Cape Canaveral.
1951 - Ernie Kovacs Show, TV Variety debut on NBC.
1952 - David Byrne, Dumbarton Scotland, rock guitarist/singer (Talking Heads-Burning Down the House) is born.
1957 - "New Girl in Town" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 432 performances.
1960 - USSR launch 1st (unmanned) space capsule.
1964 - Jan and Dean begin recording "Little Old Lady From Pasadena."
1967 - Mickey Mantle's 500th HR off Oriole's Stu Miller.
1968 - Beatles announce formation of Apple Corp.
1968 - The Rascals record "People Got to Be Free."
1969 - Abortion & contraception legalized in Canada.
1969 - Last Chevrolet Corsair built.
1969 - Cate Blanchett, Melbourne, Victoria, Australian actress (Elizabeth, Galadriel-The Lord of the Rings) is born.
1970 - Billie Burke, actress (Glinda-Wizard of Oz), dies at 84.
1972 - 24th Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Carrol O'Conner & Jean Stapleton.
1973 - Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, last airs on NBC-TV.
1973 - Skylab launched, 1st Space Station.
1976 - Lowell Thomas ends 46 years as radio network reporter.
1982 - Hugh Beaumont, actor (Ward-Leave it to Beaver), dies at 73.
1983 - "She Blinded Me with Science" by Thomas Dolby hits #5.
1984 - 19th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama.
1984 - Mark Zuckerberg, White Plains, New York, American internet entrepreneur and founder of Facebook, is born.
1986 - Institute for War documents publishes Anne Franks complete diary.
1987 - Rita Hayworth, actress (Gilda), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 68.
1989 - Final TV episode of "Family Ties" airs.
1989 - Moonlighting, TV Crime Drama last airs on ABC.
1991 - Robert M Gates becomes head of CIA.
1991 - World's Largest Burrito created at 1,126 lbs.
1993 - William Randolph Hearst, US newspaper magnate (Pulitzer), dies at 85.
1993 - Miranda Cosgrove, American actress and singer (iCarly) is born.
1995 - Dalai Lama proclaims 6-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima 11th reincarnation of Panchen Lama, Tibet's 2nd most sr spiritual leader.
1997 - Princess Caradja-Kretzulesco, descendant of Dracula, dies at 76.
1997 - Harry Blackstone Jr, magician, dies of cancer at 62.
1998 - Last episode of Seinfeld on NBC (commercials are $2M for 30 seconds).
1998 - Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor, dies at 82.
1998 - George Michael pleads "no contest" in the Beverly Hills Municipal Court to committing a lewd act in a park restroom. He is fined $810, given 80 hours of community service, and ordered to undergo counseling.
2002 - Ten members of the Darwin-based Network Against Prohibition invade the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory of Australia.
2003 - Robert Stack, American actor (b. 1919) dies.
1957 - "New Girl in Town" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 432 performances.
1960 - USSR launch 1st (unmanned) space capsule.
1964 - Jan and Dean begin recording "Little Old Lady From Pasadena."
1967 - Mickey Mantle's 500th HR off Oriole's Stu Miller.
1968 - Beatles announce formation of Apple Corp.
1968 - The Rascals record "People Got to Be Free."
1969 - Abortion & contraception legalized in Canada.
1969 - Last Chevrolet Corsair built.
1969 - Cate Blanchett, Melbourne, Victoria, Australian actress (Elizabeth, Galadriel-The Lord of the Rings) is born.
1970 - Billie Burke, actress (Glinda-Wizard of Oz), dies at 84.
1972 - 24th Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Carrol O'Conner & Jean Stapleton.
1973 - Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, last airs on NBC-TV.
1973 - Skylab launched, 1st Space Station.
1976 - Lowell Thomas ends 46 years as radio network reporter.
1982 - Hugh Beaumont, actor (Ward-Leave it to Beaver), dies at 73.
1983 - "She Blinded Me with Science" by Thomas Dolby hits #5.
1984 - 19th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama.
1984 - Mark Zuckerberg, White Plains, New York, American internet entrepreneur and founder of Facebook, is born.
1986 - Institute for War documents publishes Anne Franks complete diary.
1987 - Rita Hayworth, actress (Gilda), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 68.
1989 - Final TV episode of "Family Ties" airs.
1989 - Moonlighting, TV Crime Drama last airs on ABC.
1991 - Robert M Gates becomes head of CIA.
1991 - World's Largest Burrito created at 1,126 lbs.
1993 - William Randolph Hearst, US newspaper magnate (Pulitzer), dies at 85.
1993 - Miranda Cosgrove, American actress and singer (iCarly) is born.
1995 - Dalai Lama proclaims 6-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima 11th reincarnation of Panchen Lama, Tibet's 2nd most sr spiritual leader.
1997 - Princess Caradja-Kretzulesco, descendant of Dracula, dies at 76.
1997 - Harry Blackstone Jr, magician, dies of cancer at 62.
1998 - Last episode of Seinfeld on NBC (commercials are $2M for 30 seconds).
1998 - Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor, dies at 82.
1998 - George Michael pleads "no contest" in the Beverly Hills Municipal Court to committing a lewd act in a park restroom. He is fined $810, given 80 hours of community service, and ordered to undergo counseling.
2002 - Ten members of the Darwin-based Network Against Prohibition invade the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory of Australia.
2003 - Robert Stack, American actor (b. 1919) dies.
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