Today in History

May 14

1796 - Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox inoculation in England.

1811 - Paraguay gains independence from Spain.

1814 - Mayon Volcano erupts in the Philippines, approximately 1,200 people killed.

1904 - The first Olympic Games to be held in the United States open in St Louis, Missouri.

1913 - American philanthropist John D. Rockefeller establishes the Rockefeller Foundation to promote the worldwide well-being of mankind.

1921 - Fascists gain in Italian elections and bolster Benito Mussolini’s dictatorship.

1963 - Kuwait joins United Nations.

1964 - Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev opens Aswan Dam in Egypt. 1968 - The Beatles establish Apple Records.

1973 - United States launches Skylab 1, its first manned space station.

1989 - Carlos Saul Menem wins the presidential election in Argentina. 1996 - A severe tornado tears through the northern Bangladesh district of Tangail, killing more than 450.

2011 - Manchester City ends its 35-year trophy drought, beating Stoke 1-0 to clinch the FA Cup final at Wembley.

2015 - Blues legend BB King dies at the age of 89.

2017 - North Korea tests a newly-developed mid/long-range strategic ballistic rocket.