Event:
Lowest U.S. temperature in May recorded -10 degrees F - Climax, Colorado
More Notable Events on May 14:
1973 Skylab launched, 1st Space Station
1949 Truman signs bill establishing a rocket test range at Cape Canaveral
1948 Israel declares independence from British administration
1913 John D. Rockefeller gives $100 million to Rockefeller Foundation
1804 Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis for Pacific Coast