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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

This will be 134th day of the year and 231 days will remain in the year.

Hebrew calendar — 5 Sivan 5773
Chinese calendar — the 5th day of the 4th month of 4711 (Kui Si)
Islamic calendar — (note)

May 14 Birthdays

George Lucas
1944—, American film director and producer, born in Modesto, Calif.

Thomas Gainsborough
painter (1727)

Robert Owen
social reformer (1771)

Otto Klemperer
conductor (1885)

David Byrne
musician (1952)

Cate Blanchett
actress (1969)

May 2013

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
			1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
26	27	28	29	30	31

May 14 in History

1796

Edward Jenner administered the first smallpox vaccine to 8-year-old James Phipps.

1804

The Lewis and Clark expedition set out from St. Louis.

1904

The Olympic Games were held in the United States for the first time, in St. Louis, Missouri.

1948

British rule in Palestine came to an end as The Jewish National Council proclaimed the State of Israel. Within hours, Israel was under attack from Arab forces.

1955

The Warsaw Pact was signed by the Soviet Union and seven other Communist bloc countries. It finally dissolved in 1991.

1973

Skylab, the United States’ first space station, was launched into orbit.

1998

Frank Sinatra died at the age of 82.

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Note: Dates in the Islamic calendar are provided for planning purposes only, and calculated with the hdate Islamic calendar program for moonrise in Boston, Masschusetts. Depending on your location and other factors, this result may differ from actual religious observances by one day. Please consult your local religious authority for any religious determinations of hejiric date.