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This Day In History – May 14

Monday, May 14, 2012 10:47
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1607 – Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony.

1787 – In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, delegates convene a Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution for the United States; George Washington presides.

1796 – Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination.

1836 – The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas.

1913 – New York Governor William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100 million donation from John D. Rockefeller.

1948 – Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

1939 – Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.

1940 – World War II: Rotterdam is bombed by the German Luftwaffe.

1940 – World War II: The Battle of the Netherlands ends with the Netherlands surrendering to Germany.

1953 – Tom Cochrane, Canadian musician (Red Rider), was born

1955 – Cold War: Eight communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.

1973 – Skylab, the United States’ first space station, is launched.

1984 – Mark Zuckerberg, American internet entrepreneur, co-founder of Facebook, was born

1993 – William Randolph Hearst Jr., American newspaper magnate (b. 1908), died.

1998 – Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (b. 1915), died.

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