history at a glance
TODAY is Sunday May 14 the 134th day of the year. There are 231 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date:
1787 – In Philadelphia, delegates convene a Constitutional Convention to write a new
Constitution for the United States; George Washington presides. 1796 – Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox inoculation. 1804 – The Lewis and Clark Expedition departs from Camp Dubois and begins its historic
journey by traveling up the Missouri River. 1863 – American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place. 1868 – Boshin War: The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle ends as former Tokugawa shogunate
forces withdraw northward to Aizu by way of Nikko. 1870 – The first game of rugby in New Zealand is played in Nelson between Nelson College
and the Nelson Rugby Football Club. 1889 – The children’s charity, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is
launched in London. 1897 – The Stars and Stripes Forever is first performed in public near Willow Grove Park,
Philadelphia. 1913 – Governor of New York William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100 million donation from John D. Rockefeller. 1925 – Virginia Woolf’s novel Mrs Dalloway is published. 1931 – Ådalen shootings: Five people are killed in Ådalen, Sweden, as soldiers open fire on
an unarmed trade union demonstration. 1935 – The Philippines ratifies an independence agreement. 1939 – Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of
five. 1940 – World War II: Rotterdam is bombed by the German Luftwaffe. 1940 – World War II: The Battle of the Netherlands ends with the Netherlands surrendering to
Germany. 1940 – The Yermolayev Yer-2, a long-range Soviet medium bomber, makes its first flight. 1943 – World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks AHS Centaur off the coast of Queensland. 1948 – Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established. Immediately after the declaration, Israel is attacked by the neighboring Arab states, triggering the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. 1955 – Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual
defence treaty called the Warsaw Pact. 1961 – American civil rights movement: The Freedom Riders bus is fire-bombed near
Anniston, Alabama, and the civil rights protesters are beaten by an angry mob. 1970 – Andreas Baader is freed from custody by Ulrike Meinhof, Gudrun Ensslin and others, a
pivotal moment in the formation of The Red Army Faction. 1973 – Skylab, the United States’ first space station, is launched. 1988 – Carrollton bus collision: A drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky, United States hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. Twenty-seven die in the crash and ensuing fire. 2004 – The Constitutional Court of South Korea overturns the impeachment of President Roh
Moo-hyun. 2012 – Agni Air Flight CHT crashes near Jomsom Airport in Jomsom, Nepal, after a failed goaround, killing 15 people. 2013 – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan declares a state of emergency in the northeast
states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa due to the terrorist activities of Boko Haram.