On This Day for May 14 - Declaration of Israel's statehood, Margaret of Valois is featured, and more

Created: 2020-05-14 10:03 Updated: 2020-05-14 10:03 Notebook: On this Day in History

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May 14

FEATURED BIOGRAPHY

Margaret of Valois

FEATURED EVENT

1948

Declaration of Israel's statehood

MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY

2015: American guitarist and singer B.B. King, who was a principal figure in the development of blues and from whose style leading popular musicians drew inspiration, died in Las Vegas. [Test your knowledge of music.]

1998: American singer and actor Frank Sinatra—who, through a long career and a very public personal life, became one of the most sought-after performers in the entertainment industry—died in Los Angeles. [Take our Frank Sinatra quiz.]

1998: The last episode of the television situation comedy Seinfeld aired; ostensibly a show about nothing, it was a landmark of American popular culture. [How well do you know Seinfeld?]

1984: American computer programmer Mark Zuckerberg, who cofounded the social networking Web site Facebook, was born. [Test your knowledge of tech companies.]

1804: Meriwether Lewis and William Clark embarked from the American Midwest on their famous expedition to the Pacific coast of North America. [Take our quiz about exploration and discovery.]

1771: Robert Owen, a manufacturer-turned-reformer who was one of the most-influential utopian socialists of the early 19th century, was born in Newtown, Wales.

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