Event:
The 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami death toll now exceeds 15,000 with 9,000 still missing and 115,000 evacuees still living in shelters
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
