This Day in History for May 14th:
1643 -- Louis XIV (4) becomes King of France.
1767 -- British government disbands Americans import duty on tea.
1787 -- Delegates gather in Philadelphia to draw up US constitution.
1796 -- 1st smallpox inoculation administered, by Edward Jenner.
1804 -- Lewis & Clark set out from St Louis for the Pacific Coast.
1842 -- 1st edition of London Illustrated News.
1853 -- Gail Borden patents his process for condensed milk.
1862 -- Adolphe Nicole of Switzerland patents the chronograph.
1878 -- Vaseline is 1st sold (registered trademark for petroleum jelly)
1879 -- Thomas Edison incorporated the Edison Telephone Company of Europe.
1894 -- Fire in the Boston bleachers spreads to 170 adjoining buildings.
1896 -- Lowest US temperature in May recorded (-10ºF - Climax CO)
1904 -- 1st Olympics in the US are held (St Louis)
1908 -- 1st passenger flight in an airplane.
1921 -- Florence Allen is 1st woman judge to sentence a man to death.
1942 -- US Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is founded.
1945 -- Kamikaze-Zero strikes US aircraft carrier Enterprise.
1948 -- US grants Israel de facto recognition.
1949 -- Truman signs bill establishing a rocket test range at Cape Canaveral.
1955 -- Warsaw Pact is signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland & Romania.
1961 -- Bus with 1st group of Freedom Riders bombed & burned in Alabama.
1963 -- Kuwait is 111th member of the United Nations.
1969 -- Abortion & contraception legalized in Canada.
1969 -- Last Chevrolet Corvair built.
1973 -- Gold hits record $102.50 an ounce in London.
1973 -- US Supreme court approves equal rights to females in military.
1980 -- Department of Health & Human Services begins operation.
1985 -- The first McDonald's restaurant became the first fast-food business museum. It is located in Des Plaines, Illinois.
1991 -- 42 die in a train collision is Japan.
1991 -- World's Largest Burrito created at 1,126 lbs.
1998 -- Last episode of Seinfeld on NBC (commercials are $2 million for 30 seconds).
I hope everyone enjoys this day in history!
MsPriss *PrissieHuggzz*
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