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On This Day: May 14

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On May 14, 1948, the independent state of Israel was proclaimed as British rule in Palestine came to an end.
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On May 14, 1885, Otto Klemperer, who was one of the foremost German conductors, was born. Following his death on July 6, 1973, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

1643	Louis XIV became King of France at age 4 on the death of his father, Louis XIII.
1787	Delegates began gathering in Philadelphia for a convention to draw up the U.S. Constitution.
1796	English physician Edward Jenner administered the first vaccination against smallpox.
1804	The Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory left St. Louis.
1904	The first Olympic games to be held in the United States opened in St. Louis.
1942	Aaron Copland's "Lincoln Portrait" was first performed, by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
1942	The Women's Auxiliary Army Corps was established.
1955	Representatives from the Soviet Union and seven other Communist bloc countries signed the Warsaw Pact in Poland.
1973	The United States launched Skylab 1, its first manned space station.
1998	Singer Frank Sinatra died at age 82.
1998	The TV series "Seinfeld" aired its final episode.
2001	The Supreme Court ruled that there is no exception in federal law for people to use marijuana to ease their pain from cancer, AIDS or other illnesses.
2007	DaimlerChrysler said it was selling almost all of Chrysler to a private equity firm for $7.4 billion, backing out of a troubled 1998 takeover.
2008	The Interior Department declared the polar bear a threatened species because of the loss of Arctic sea ice.

Current Birthdays

Actress Cate Blanchett turns 42 years old today.

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Director Sofia Coppola ("Lost in Translation") turns 40 years old today.

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1942	Byron Dorgan, Former U.S. senator, D-N.D., turns 69
1942	Tony Perez, Baseball Hall of Famer, turns 69
1943	Jack Bruce, Rock musician (Cream), turns 68
1944	George Lucas, Director, producer ("Star Wars" movies), turns 67
1951	Robert Zemeckis, Director, turns 60
1952	David Byrne, Rock singer (Talking Heads), turns 59
1961	Tim Roth, Actor, turns 50
1977	Roy Halladay, Baseball player, turns 34
1983	Frank Gore, Football player, turns 28
1983	Amber Tamblyn, Actress ("Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" movies), turns 28
1984	Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO of Facebook, turns 27
1993	Miranda Cosgrove, Actress ("iCarly," "Drake and Josh"), turns 18

Historic Birthdays

Otto Klemperer5/14/1885 - 7/6/1973German conductor.Go to obituary »

61	Margaret of Valois 5/14/1553 - 3/27/1615 Queen consort of Navarre known mainly for her "Memoires"
71	Francois de Callieres 5/14/1645 - 3/5/1717 French author and diplomat
87	Robert Owen 5/14/1771 - 11/17/1858 Welsh manufacturer and social reformer
69	Sir Frederick Borden 5/14/1847 - 1/6/1917 Canadian statesman; helped create Canadian navy
73	Alton Parker 5/14/1852 - 5/10/1926 American politician; opposed Theodore Roosevelt in 1904
51	Kurt Eisner 5/14/1867 - 2/21/1919 German Socialist journalist and statesman
57	Julian Eltinge 5/14/1883 - 3/7/1941 American vaudeville star and famous female impersonator
87	Al White 5/14/1895 - 7/8/1982 American diver and Olympic gold medalist (1924)
66	Mohammad Ayub 5/14/1907 - 4/19/1974 President of Pakistan (1958-1969)