May 14th
Today in America's Present Past
1607 | The Jamestown colony is established.
1752 | Educator Timothy Dwight was born.
1775 | Battle of Fairhaven, the first naval engagement of the War of Independence.
1787 | Delegates gather in Philadelphia to draw up a Constitution of the United States.
1853 | Gail Borden patents powered or dry milk.
1863 | Civil War: Battle of Jackson, Mississippi.
1887 | Philosopher Lysander Spooner died.
1919 | Entrepreneur John Henry Heiz died.
1930 | Congress: Designates Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico a National Monument.
1949 | Activist Emma Goldman died.
1944 | Director George Lucas was born.
1952 | Director Robert Zemeckis was born.
1965 | Politician Frances Perkins died.
1984 | Entrepreneur Mark Zuckerberg was born.
1987 | Actress Rita Hayworth died.
1998 | Entertainer Frank Sinatra died.
1998 | Activist Marjory Stoneman Douglas died.
2015 | Musician B.B. King died.
2018 | Author Tom Wolfe died.