05-13-2010, 07:22 PM
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May 14th
1787 ~ Delegates began gathering in Philadelphia for a convention to draw up the U.S. Constitution.
1925 ~ Death of H. Rider Haggard, Author.
1948 ~ The independent state of Israel was proclaimed.
1955 ~ The USSR and seven other communist bloc countries signed a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
1969 ~ Birthday of Cate Blanchett, Australian actress (Galadriel).
1973 ~ Skylab 1, the first American space station, was launched.
1978 ~ Death of Robert Menzies, twelfth Prime Minister of Australia.
1986 ~ The Pride of Baltimore is lost at sea.
1998 ~ Death of Frank Sinatra, Singer & Actor.
2004 ~ Piers Morgan was fired as editor of the Daily Mirror for publishing photographs of alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners by British soldiers that were shown to be fake.
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