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State of Israel proclaimed

America’s first space station, Skylab, is launched

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First American Olympiad opens in St. Louis, Missouri

Lewis and Clark depart to explore the Northwest

Charles IV King of Bohemia (1346-78) and Holy Roman Emperor (1355-78). Dies 1378
Margaret of Valois wife of Henry IV (d. 1615)
Hans Joachim von Zieten Prussian field marshal (d. 1786)
William Emerson English mathematician (d. 1782)
Thomas Gainsborough English painter (Blue Boy) baptized
George Macartney 1st Earl Macartney British statesman (d. 1806)
Friedrich von Raumer German historianparliamentarian
Charles Beyer German-British locomotive engineer (d. 1876)
George Pierce Doles Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1864)
Rudolf Lipschitz German mathematician (d. 1903)
James Patrick Major Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1877)
Sir Squire Bancroft [Butterfield] British actor and manager known for creating drawing-room comedy (Haymarket) born in Rotherhithe London (d. 1926)
Arnold Kerdijk Dutch lib politicianfounder (Social Weekly newspaper)
Pieter W A Cort van de Linden Dutch premier (1913-18)
John Charles Fields Canadian mathematician and founder of the Fields Medal born in Hamilton Ontario (d. 1932)
Kurt Eisner German premier of revolutionary Bavaria (1918-19)
James L. Wilkinson American baseball executive (d. 1964)
Ed Walsh American baseball pitcher lowest lifetime ERA (1.82)
G. Murray Hulbert American politician (d. 1950)
Jan Olieslagers Belgian aviation pioneer (Antwerp Devil)
Julian Eltinge Mass vaudeville stargreatest female impersonator
Otto Klemperer Breslau Germany conductorcomposer (Das Ziel)
Miles Mander British actor (Tower of London Wuthering Heights Murder) born in Wolverhampton Staffordshire England (d. 1946)
Alex Pompez American baseball executive (d. 1974)
Lew Lehr comedian (Stop Me if I heard this One) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Sidney Bechet American jazz clarinetistsaxophonistband leader
Ed Ricketts American marine biologist (d. 1948)
Pierre Victor Auger French physicist (d. 1993)
Earle Combs American baseball player (d. 1976)
Leo Smit Dutch composer who died in a Nazi extermination camp born in Amsterdam (d. 1943)
Billie Dove [Lilian Bohny] American actress (Black Pirate Stolen Bride) born in NYC New York (d. 1997)
Hans Albert Einstein American professor (d. 1973)
Hastings Kamuzu Banda president of Malawi (1964-94)
May 14 1027 Robert II of France names his son Henry I as junior King of the Franks
May 14 1264 Battle of Lewes 2nd Barons War Simon de Montfort the younger Earl of Leicester defeats English King Henry III
May 14 1483 Coronation of Charles VIII of France (Charles lAffable).