TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT May 14, 1955

Representatives from eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, signed the Warsaw Pact in Poland.

ON THIS DATE 1961

Freedom Riders were attacked by violent mobs in Anniston and Birmingham, Alabama.

1998

The hit sitcom “Seinfeld” aired its final episode after nine years on NBC.

2001

The Supreme Court ruled 8-0 that there is no exception in federal law for people to use marijuana for medical purposes.