14 May

649     Pope Theodore I (died)

964     Pope John XII (died) (born 927)

1316    Charles IV (born), Holy Roman Emperor (died 1378)

1607   Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony.

1610   Henry IV (born 1553) of France is assassinated bringing Louis XIII to the throne.

1643   Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII (born 1601)

1727    Thomas Gainsborough (born), English painter (died 1788)

1752    Albrecht Thaer (born), German agronomist (died 1828)

1771    Robert Owen (born), Welsh social reformer (died 1858)

1787   In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, delegates convene a Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution for the United States; George Washington presides.

1796   Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination.

1804   The Lewis and Clark Expedition departs from Camp Dubois and begins its historic journey by traveling up the Missouri River.

1814   Charles Beyer (born), German-English engineer, co-founded the Beyer, Peacock and Company (died 1876)

1863   American Civil War: The Battle of Jackson takes place.

1868   Magnus Hirschfeld (born), German physician and sexologist (died 1935)

1885   Otto Klemperer (born), German conductor and composer (died 1973)

1889   The children’s charity National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is launched in London.

1897   Ed Ricketts (born), American biologist and ecologist (died 1948)

1913    New York Governor William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100 million donation from John D. Rockefeller.

1917    Norman Luboff (born), American composer and conductor (died 1987)

1919    Henry J. Heinz (died), American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (born 1844)

1925   Virginia Woolf’s novel Mrs. Dalloway is published.

1928   Will “Dub” Jones (born), American singer (The Coasters and The Cadets) (died 2000)

1931    Denys Finch Hatton (died), English hunter (born 1887)

1932   Robert Bechtle (born), American painter

1935   Magnus Hirschfeld (died), German physician and sexologist (born 1868)

1935   The Philippines ratifies an independence agreement.

1936   Bobby Darin (born), American singer-songwriter and actor (died 1973)

1939   Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.

1940   World War II: The Battle of the Netherlands ends with the Netherlands surrendering to Germany.

1943   Derek Leckenby (born), English guitarist (Herman’s Hermits) (died 1994)

1943   Jack Bruce (born), Scottish singer-songwriter and bass player (Cream, Blues Incorporated, The Graham Bond Organisation, and West, Bruce and Laing)

1944   Gene Cornish (born), Canadian-American guitarist (The Rascals and Fotomaker)

1944   George Lucas (born), American director, producer, and screenwriter, founded Lucasfilm

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.

1951    Robert Zemeckis (born), American director, producer, and screenwriter

1952   David Byrne (born), Scottish-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (Talking Heads)

1955    Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.

1959   Sidney Bechet (died), American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (born 1897)

1961    Freedom Riders bus is fire-bombed near Anniston, Alabama, and the civil rights protesters are beaten by an angry mob.

1963   Kuwait joins the United Nations.

1969   Cate Blanchett (born), Australian actress

1970   The Red Army Faction is established in West Germany.

1971    Sofia Coppola (born), American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter

1973   Skylab, the United States’ first space station, is launchedied

1976   Keith Relf (died) English singer-songwriter, harmonica player, and producer (The Yardbirds and Armageddon) (born 1943)

1984   Mark Zuckerberg (born), American computer programmer and businessman, co-founder of Facebook

1987   Rita Hayworth (died), American actress and dancer (born 1918)

1993   William Randolph Hearst, Jr. (died), American journalist (born 1908)

1997   Harry Blackstone, Jr. (died), American magician and author (born 1934)

1998   Frank Sinatra (died), American singer and actor (born 1915)

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.

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Interests include biological anthropology, evolution, social behavior, and human behavior. Conducted field research in the Tana River National Primate Reserve, Kenya and on Angaur, Palau, Micronesia, as well as research with captive nonhuman primates at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center and the Institute for Primate Research, National Museums of Kenya.
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