Today in History: 05-14-14

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Today is Wednesday, May 14, the 134th day of 2014. There are 231 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On May 14, 1948, by the current-era calendar, the independent state of Israel was proclaimed in Tel Aviv.

On this date:
In 1643, Louis XIV became King of France at age four upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.
In 1796, English physician Edward Jenner inoculated 8-year-old James Phipps against smallpox by using
cowpox matter.
In 1804, the Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory as well as the Pacific
Northwest left camp near present-day Hartford, Illinois.
In 1863, Union forces defeated the Confederates in the Battle of Jackson, Mississippi.
In 1900, the Olympic games opened in Paris, held as part of the 1900 World’s Fair.
In 1942, Aaron Copland’s "Lincoln Portrait" was first performed by the Cincinnati Symphony
Orchestra.
In 1961, Freedom Riders were attacked by violent mobs in Anniston and Birmingham, Alabama.
In 1973, the United States launched Skylab 1, its first manned space station.
Ten years ago: The U.S. Supreme Court refused to step in and block gay marriages in Massachusetts.
Five years ago: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused the CIA of misleading her and other lawmakers about
the waterboarding of detainees during the Bush administration, disputing Republican charges that she’d
been complicit in its use. Chrysler announced plans to eliminate 789 dealerships as part of its
restructuring.
One year ago: In an op-ed in The New York Times, actress Angelina Jolie said she’d undergone a preventive
double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast
cancer.

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