History for May 14

History for May 14 - On-This-Day.com
Thomas Gainsborough 1727 - Painter, Bobby Darin 1936 - Singer, actor, George Lucas 1944 - Film producer, screenwriter, director ("Star Wars" movie series)


Tim Roth 1961 - Actor ("Resovoir Dogs," "Pulp Fiction"), Cate Blanchett (Catherine Élise "Cate" Blanchett) 1969 - Actress, theatre director, Mark Zuckerberg 1984 - Founder of Facebook


1796 - The first smallpox vaccination was given by Edward Jenner.


1804 - William Clark set off the famous expedition from Camp Dubois. A few days later, in St. Louis, Meriwether Lewis joined the group. The group was known as the "Corps of Discovery."


1897 - "The Stars and Stripes Forever" by John Phillip Sousa was performed for the first time. It was at a ceremony where a statue of George Washington was unveiled.


1897 - Guglielmo Marconi made the first communication by wireless telegraph.


1942 - The Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) was established by an act of the U.S. Congress.


1948 - Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the independent State of Israel as British rule in Palestine came to an end.


1961 - A bus carrying Freedom Riders was bombed and burned in Alabama.


1975 - U.S. forces raided the Cambodian island of Koh Tang and recaptured the American merchant ship Mayaguez. All 40 crew members were released safely by Cambodia. About 40 U.S. servicemen were killed in the military operation.