Events, Births and Deaths Happening on this Date
Thursday, May 14, 2026
Today is the 134th day of 2026. There are 231 days left in this year.
Notable Events
1643
Louis XIV became King of France at age 4 upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.
1787
Delegates began gathering in Philadelphia for a convention to draw up the U.S. Constitution.
1796
English physician Edward Jenner administered the first vaccination against smallpox to an 8-year-old boy.
1804
The Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory left St. Louis.
1904
The first Olympic games to be held in the United States opened in St. Louis.
1942
Aaron Copland's ''Lincoln Portrait'' was first performed by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
1942
The Women's Auxiliary Army Corps was established.
1948
The independent state of Israel was proclaimed as British rule in Palestine came to an end.
1955
Representatives from the Soviet Union and seven other Communist bloc countries signed the Warsaw Pact in Poland.
1973
The United States launched Skylab 1, its first manned space station.
1992
Former Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev addressed members of the U.S. Congress, appealing to them to pass a bill aiding the people of the former Soviet Union.
1996
A tornado flattened 80 villages in nothern Bangladesh, killing more than 440 people.
1998
The hit TV series ''Seinfeld'' aired its final episode after nine years on NBC.
1998
The Associated Press commemorated its 150th anniversary.
2008
Battle of Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester city centre between Zenit supporters and Rangers supporters and the Greater Manchester Police, 39 policemen injured, one police-dog injured and 39 arrested.
2012
Agni Air Flight CHT crashes in Nepal after a failed go-around, killing 15 people.
2021
China successfully lands <i>Zhurong</i>, the country's first Mars rover.
2022
Ten people are killed in a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York.
Notable Deaths
1987
Actress Rita Hayworth died in New York at age 68.
1998
Singer Frank Sinatra died at age 82 after a heart attack.
2003
Robert Stack, American actor and producer (b. 1919)
2015
B.B. King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1925)
2019
Grumpy Cat, American cat and internet meme celebrity (b. 2012)
2019
Tim Conway, American actor, writer, and comedian (b. 1933)