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May 14, 1998 Last episode of Seinfeld on NBC, commercials are $2 million each May 14, 1997 Baseball's Exec Council suspends New York Yank owner George Steinbrenner May 14, 1996 New York Yankee Dwight Gooden no-hits Seattle Mariners 2-0 May 14, 1995 "My Thing of Love" closes at Beck Theater New York City after 16 performances May 14, 1995 41st McDonald's LPGA Championship won by Kelly Robbins May 14, 1995 Eddie Murray of Indians hits his 463rd career home run (ties for 18th) May 14, 1995 Dalai Lama proclaims 6-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima 11th reincarnation of Panchen Lama, Tibet's 2nd most sr spiritual leader May 14, 1994 Dave Winfield passes Frank Robinson for 12th on RBI list with 1,617 May 14, 1994 FA cup final at Wembley Stadium London May 14, 1994 Mayflower Madame Sydney Biddle Barrows (42) weds Darnay Hoffman (46) May 14, 1992 WIBC Bowling Queens won by Cindy Coburn-Carroll May 14, 1991 42 die in a train collision is Japan May 14, 1991 Robert M. Gates becomes head of CIA May 14, 1991 World's Largest Burrito created at 1,126 lbs May 14, 1991 Winnie Mandela sentenced to 6 years for complicity in kidnapping and beating of four youths, one of whom died, She is freed pending appeal May 14, 1990 46th time opposing pitchers hit HR, Valenzuela (Dodgers)/Gross (Expos) May 14, 1990 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,821.53 May 14, 1989 1st Tour de Trump bicycle race run (Atlanta) May 14, 1989 1st time since 1948 a player hit 6 consecutive doubles (Kirby Puckett) May 14, 1989 Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic May 14, 1989 Demonstration for democratic reforms in Beijing's Tiananmen square May 14, 1989 Final TV episode of "Family Ties" airs May 14, 1989 Moonlighting, TV Crime Drama last airs on ABC May 14, 1988 "Mail" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 36 performances May 14, 1988 1st non-pitcher (Jose Oquendo) in 20 years to get a decision in a baseball game, he and St. Louis Cardinals lose to Braves 7-5 in 19 inn May 14, 1987 "Little Shop of Horrors" is released in Germany May 14, 1987 Colt revolver (Peacemaker) of 1873 sells for $242,000 May 14, 1986 Institute for War documents publishes Anne Franks complete diary May 14, 1986 Reggie Jackson hit his 537th HR passing Mickey Mantle into 6th place May 14, 1984 19th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama May 14, 1983 "She Blinded Me with Science" by Thomas Dolby hits #5 May 14, 1983 Oilers 1-Isles 5-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 3-0 lead May 14, 1983 Rosa Mota runs female world record 20k (1:06:55.5) May 14, 1982 Guinea adopts constitution May 14, 1981 35th NBA Championship: Bost Celtics beat Houston Rockets, 4 games to 2 May 14, 1981 NASA launches space vehicle S-192 May 14, 1980 "Musical Chairs" opens at Rialto Theater New York City for 15 performances May 14, 1980 Department of Health and Human Services begins operation May 14, 1980 Valencia wins 20th Europe Cup II May 14, 1980 Bucky Dent hits an inside park HR, Royals walk 14 Yanks including 5 with bases loaded, Yanks win 16-3 May 14, 1978 "Working" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 25 performances May 14, 1978 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic May 14, 1977 English football international Bobby Moore retires May 14, 1977 Kansas City Royals Jim Colborn no-hits Texas Rangers, 6-0 May 14, 1977 Netherlands State Delta Kappa Gamma Society forms May 14, 1977 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Boston Bruins in 4 games May 14, 1976 Lowell Thomas ends 46 years as radio network reporter May 14, 1976 Oil tanker Urqui Ola explodes off Spanish coast May 14, 1975 Dynamo Kiev wins 15th Europe Cup II May 14, 1975 French press reports massive deportation from Cambodia May 14, 1975 U.S. forces raid Cambodian island of Koh Tang to free Mayaguez ship May 14, 1975 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site May 14, 1974 Symbionese Liberation Army destroyed in shoot-out, 6 killed May 14, 1973 Gold hits record $102.50 an ounce in London May 14, 1973 Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, last airs on NBC-TV May 14, 1973 Skylab launched, 1st Space Station May 14, 1973 U.S. Supreme Court approves equal rights to females in military May 14, 1972 24th Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Carrol O'Conner and Jean Stapleton May 14, 1972 In Willie Mays 1st game as a New York Met his homer beats San Francisco Giants, 5-4 May 14, 1970 Cops kill 2 students in racial disturbance (Jackson State U, Miss) May 14, 1970 Harry A Blackmun appointed to Supreme Court May 14, 1970 New York City local newspaper "Our Town" begins publishing May 14, 1970 RAF-leader Andreas Baader freed after serving 2 years in West Berlin May 14, 1969 Abortion and contraception legalized in Canada May 14, 1969 Last Chevrolet Corsair built May 14, 1968 Beatles announce formation of Apple Corp May 14, 1968 Czech government announces liberalizing reforms under Alexander Dubcek May 14, 1968 RAF-leader Andreas Baader sentenced to 3 years in West Berlin May 14, 1967 Mickey Mantle's 500th HR off Oriole's Stu Miller May 14, 1966 A Lover's Concerto by Mrs. Miller hits #95 May 14, 1965 2nd Chinese atom bomb explodes May 14, 1965 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site May 14, 1964 Underground America Day is 1st observed May 14, 1963 Kuwait is 111th member of the United Nations May 14, 1962 Ex-president Milovan Djilas sentenced to 5 years May 14, 1962 Princess Sophia of Greece weds Don Juan Carlos of Spain May 14, 1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island May 14, 1961 Bus with 1st group of Freedom Riders bombed and burned in Alabama May 14, 1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Columbus Golf Open May 14, 1960 "At the Drop of a Hat" closes at John Golden New York City after 216 performances May 14, 1960 U.S.S.R. launch 1st (unmanned) space capsule May 14, 1960 Virgil Thomson's "Missa Pro Defunctis," premieres in Pottstown NY May 14, 1957 "New Girt in Town" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 432 performances May 14, 1957 Bob Merrill's musical "New Girl in Town," premieres in New York City May 14, 1955 U.S. performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean May 14, 1955 Warsaw Pact is signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania May 14, 1954 Belgium shortens military conscription from 20 to 18 months May 14, 1951 "Flahooley" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 40 performances May 14, 1951 Ernie Kovacs Show, TV Variety debut on NBC May 14, 1951 Sammy Fain/EY Harburg's musical "Flahooley," premieres in New York City May 14, 1950 Pittsburgh Johnny Hopp goes 6 for 6 including 2 HRs May 14, 1949 "Love Life" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 252 performances May 14, 1949 75th Preakness: Ted Atkinson aboard Capot wins in 1:56 May 14, 1949 Truman signs bill establishing a rocket test range at Cape Canaveral May 14, 1948 Israel declares independence from British administration May 14, 1948 Israeli Radio Station Kol Yisrael's 1st broadcast May 14, 1948 Jordan's Arab League captures Atarot, north of Jerusalem May 14, 1948 U.S. grants Israel de facto recognition May 14, 1948 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak May 14, 1948 WBEN (now WIVB) TV channel 4 in Buffalo, New York (CBS) begins broadcasting May 14, 1946 Paul Hindemith's "For Those We Love," premieres May 14, 1945 Kamikaze-Zero strikes U.S. aircraft carrier Enterprise May 14, 1945 U.S. offensive on Okinawa, Sugar Loaf conquered May 14, 1944 91 German bombers harass Bristol May 14, 1944 British troops occupy Kohima May 14, 1944 Gen Rommel, Speidel and von Stulpnagel attempt to assassinate Hitler May 14, 1942 U.S. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) forms May 14, 1941 3,600 Parisian Jews arrested May 14, 1940 Admiral Furstner departs to England May 14, 1940 Boston's Jimmie Foxx HR goes over Comiskey Park's left field roof May 14, 1940 German breakthrough at Sedan May 14, 1940 Lord Beaverbrook appointed British minister of aircraft production May 14, 1940 Nazi bombs Rotterdam (600-900 dead), Netherlands surrender to Germany May 14, 1938 64th Preakness: Maurice Peters aboard Dauber wins in 1:59.8 May 14, 1938 English soccer team beats Nazi-Germany, 6-3 May 14, 1935 Griffith Planetarium opens in Los Angeles, 3rd in US May 14, 1935 Plebiscite in Philippines ratifies independence agreement May 14, 1932 "We Want Beer!" parade in New York May 14, 1928 John McGraw is knocked down by a taxicab and suffers a broken leg May 14, 1927 "Ain't She Sweet?" hits #1 on the pop singles chart by Ben Bernie May 14, 1927 53rd Kentucky Derby: Linus McAtee aboard Whiskery wins in 2:06 May 14, 1921 Florence Allen is 1st woman judge to sentence a man to death May 14, 1921 Mussolini's fascists obtains 29 parliament seats May 14, 1920 Washington Senator Walter Johnson wins his 300th game vs Detroit May 14, 1920 Giants inform Yankees that the lease allowing them to play in the Polo Grounds will not be renewed at end of 1920 season May 14, 1919 45th Preakness: Johnny Loftus aboard Sir Barton wins in 1:53 May 14, 1919 Pope Benedictus XV publishes encyclical In hac tanta May 14, 1918 Indians' Stan Coveleski sets club record for most innings pitched (19) May 14, 1918 Sunday baseball is made legal in Washington D.C. May 14, 1914 Chic Jim Scott no-hits Cleveland, gives up 2 hits in 10th and loses 1-0 May 14, 1913 French Hals museum opens in Harleem Netherlands May 14, 1913 Washington Senator Walter Johnson ends record scorless streak at 56 innings May 14, 1910 Canada authorizes issuing of silver dollar coins May 14, 1908 1st passenger flight in an airplane May 14, 1906 Flagpole at the White Sox ballpark breaks during pennant-raising May 14, 1905 2nd official International soccer match, Netherlands beats Belg 4-0 May 14, 1904 1st Olympics in U.S. are held (St. Louis) May 14, 1903 President Theodore Roosevelt visits San Francisco May 14, 1897 Great-Britain signs treaty with emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia May 14, 1896 Lowest U.S. temperature in May recorded (-10 degrees F-Climax, Colo) May 14, 1894 Fire in Boston bleachers spreads to 170 adjoining buildings May 14, 1892 Vitesse 1892 soccer team forms in Arnhem May 14, 1890 16th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Riley wins in 2:45 May 14, 1888 14th Kentucky Derby: George Covington aboard MacBeth II wins in 2:38 May 14, 1886 12th Kentucky Derby: Paul Duffy aboard Ben Ali wins in 2:36 May 14, 1885 11th Kentucky Derby: Babe Henderson aboard Joe Cotton wins in 2:37 May 14, 1884 Anti-Monopoly party forms in U.S. May 14, 1878 Vaseline is 1st sold (registered trademark for petroleum jelly) May 14, 1874 1st admission charge at a football game, Harvard beats McGill 3-0 May 14, 1874 Harvard beats University of McGill (Montreal) in football, 3-0 May 14, 1864 Battle of Reseca, Georgia -Atlanta- May 14, 1863 Battle of Jackson, Mississippi May 14, 1862 Adolphe Nicole of Switzerland patents chronograph May 14, 1845 Utrecht-Arnhem Railway opens May 14, 1842 1st edition of London Illustrated News May 14, 1835 Charles Darwin reaches Coquimbo in Northern Chile May 14, 1832 Felix Mendelssohn's "Hebrides," premieres May 14, 1811 Paraguay gains independence from Spain (Natl Day) May 14, 1804 Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis for Pacific Coast May 14, 1800 Friedrich von Schiller's "Macbeth," premieres in Weimar May 14, 1796 1st smallpox inoculation administered, by Edward Jenner May 14, 1787 Delegates gather in Philadelphia to draw up U.S. constitution May 14, 1767 British government disbands Americans import duty on tea May 14, 1702 England and Netherlands declares war on France and Spain May 14, 1702 Swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Warsaw May 14, 1664 Turkish great Koprulu attacks 120,000 Donau soldiers May 14, 1643 Louis XIV (4) becomes king of France May 14, 1638 Admiral Adam Westerwolt conquerors Batticaloa, Ceylon May 14, 1607 1st permanent English settlement in New World, Jamestown, Virginia May 14, 1590 Battle at Ivry: French king Henri IV beats Catholic League May 14, 1576 Dutch Council of State replaced by Council of Beroerten May 14, 1509 Battle of Agnadello, French beat Venitians in Northern Italy May 14, 1264 Baron's War fought in England May 14, 1264 Battle at Lewes: Simon van Leicester beats English king Henry III May 14, 1027 Robert II, the Vrome, names son Henry I, king of France May 14, 1004 Henry II the Saint crowned as king of Italy May 14, 649 Theodore I ends his reign as Catholic Pope |