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On this Day ~ May 14th

649
Theodore I ends his reign as Catholic Pope

964
Pope John XII dies of injuries inflicted eight days prior by a jealous husband who caught him in flagrante delicto with his wife.

1004
Henry II the Saint crowned as king of Italy

1027
Robert II, the Vrome, names son Henry I, king of France

1264
Baron's War fought in England

1483
Coronation of Charles VIII of France

1607
Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony.

1610
Fanatical monk François Ravaillac jumps aboard the coach of King Henry IV and stabs him twice through the open window.

1767
British government disbands Americans import duty on tea

1787
In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, delegates begin to meet to write a new Constitution for the United States.

1796
Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination.

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

1853
Gail Borden applies for patent for condensed milk

1861
The Canellas meteorite, an 859-gram chondrite-type meteorite strikes the earth near Barcelona, Spain.

1900
The 1900 Summer Olympics open in Paris.

1940
World War II: The Netherlands surrender to Germany.

1961
American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders bus is fire-bombed near Anniston,

1973
Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.

1976
Keith Relf, former vocalist of the Yardbirds, is electrocuted in his London home while either tuning or playing a guitar belonging to either him or his son, in either the basement or the bathtub.

1987
Rita Hayworth, American actress

1989
Final TV episode of "Family Ties" airs

1998
Frank Sinatra dies of a heart attack shortly after the airing of the final Seinfeld episode.

2003
Robert Stack dies

2005
Pope Benedict XVI observes his first beatification, elevating Blessed Marianne of Molokai on the road to canonization into sainthood