In history today: Last episode of “Seinfeld” airs
What happened May 14th?:
1796 - 1st smallpox inoculation administered, by Edward Jenner
1804 - Lewis & Clark set out from St Louis for Pacific Coast
1925 - Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
1967 - Mickey Mantle's 500th HR off Oriole's Stu Miller
1973 - Gold hits record $102.50 an ounce in London...Skylab launched, 1st Space Station...US Supreme court approves equal rights to females in military...Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, last airs on NBC-TV
1989 - Moonlighting, TV Crime Drama last airs on ABC
1998 - Last episode of Seinfeld on NBC (commercials are $2M for 30 seconds)
Birthdays & other occasions:
1944 - George Lucas, Modesto CA, director (Star Wars, Indiana Jones)
1998 - Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor, dies at 82
To see more events that happened on May 14th, visit www.historyorb.com/day/may/14
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