Today in history: May 14
Published 12:00 pm Wednesday, May 14, 2025
- An overhead view of the Skylab Orbital Workshop in Earth orbit as photographed from the Skylab 4 Command and Service Modules. Skylab was deorbited in 1978. | By NASA (Crew of Skylab 4) - grin.hq.nasa.gov at the Wayback Machine (archived 2001-02-22), Public Domain
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2015 – American guitarist and singer B.B. King, who was a principal figure in the development of blues and whose style inspired leading popular musicians, died at age 89.
1998 – The last episode of the television situation comedy “Seinfeld” aired; ostensibly a show about nothing, it was a landmark of American popular culture.
1973 – Skylab, the first U.S. space station, was launched.
1948 – Just before the expiration of the British mandate in Palestine, David Ben-Gurion and the Jewish People’s Council proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel, precipitating the first Arab-Israeli war.
1944 – George Lucas, director, producer, screenwriter and creator of the “Star Wars” universe was born.
1804 – Meriwether Lewis and William Clark embarked from the American Midwest on their famous “Lewis and Clark” expedition to the Pacific coast of North America.
1796 – Edward Jenner administered the first vaccination against smallpox.
1607 – The first permanent British settlement in North America was founded at Jamestown, Virginia.
Source: britannica.com
