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.
Source:ThiS day in history/May-14

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1568

Mary Queen of Scots was defeated at the Battle of Langside and immediately fled to North England.

1846

The United States formally declared war on Mexico after several days of fighting.

1938

Louis Armstrong and his orchestra recorded the New Orleans's jazz classic, When the Saints Go Marching In, on Decca Records.

1940

Winston Churchill gave his first speech as prime minister: "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."

1973

Tennis male chauvinist Bobby Riggs defeated Margaret Smith Court, 6-2, 6-1 in front of a world-wide television audience. He would lose to Billie Jean King later that year.

1981

Pope John Paul II was shot and wounded by Mehmet Ali Agca as he drove through a crowd in St. Peter's Square, Rome.

source: This day in history/May-13

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1870
Manitoba became a province of Canada.
1932
The body of Charles and Anne Lindbergh's kidnapped baby was found.
1937
Britain’s King George VI was crowned at Westminster Abbey in London.
1943
Axis forces in North Africa surrendered.
1949
The Soviet blockade that prompted the Berlin airlift was ended.
1970
Mr. Cub, Ernie Banks, swatted his 500th home run.
1970
Harry A. Blackmun was confirmed as a Supreme Court justice.
2002
Former president Jimmy Carter became the first U.S. president (in or out of office) to visit Fidel Castro's Cuba.
2008
Tens of thousands killed and thousands injured when a 7.9 magnitude earthquake strikes Sichuan, Gansu, and Yunnan Provinces in western China.
2008
An estimated 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck Sichuan, Gansu, and Yunnan Provinces in western China and as many as 68,000 people were killed.
2012
The 2012 World Expo began in Yeosu, South Korea.
Source:This day in history/May-12

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The remains of Damilola Fajana, the pregnant woman who was hit by a stray bullet during a cross fire between members of Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, and pipeline vandals two weeks ago in Arepo area of Ogun State, was interred weekend.
The deceased, who was six months pregnant, was reportedly on her way from the hospital where her husband, Bukola Fajana, was admitted, when she was killed.

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50 Cent is smack in the middle of a criminal investigation after a guy claims 50's goons pistol whipped him and stole a quarter of a million dollars in bling. Robert Marin, who owns LAX Jewelry Co., tells TMZ he went to Vegas during fight weekend because he wanted to sell the rapper a watch and chain worth $250K.  Marin says he met 50 at Drai's nightclub, showed him the jewelry and 50 was in, but they needed to negotiate a price. Marin says they stayed at Drai's  until the wee hours Saturday and 50's crew invited him to see Floyd Mayweather's gym ... an offer he couldn't refuse.  Marin claimed when they arrived things turned ugly.  He says 2 of 50's guys pistol whipped him, stole the jewelry and fled.  Marin has filed a robbery report and Vegas cops are investigating. 50's people say the story is BS ... his attorney Scott Leemon tells us, “On behalf of 50, I can adamantly deny that he or his security had anything to do with these baseless and false allegations.”
Surce:50 cent crew robbed jeweler jewelry-las-vegas-fight/

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A large explosion has rocked the Indian Point nuclear plant in upstate New York, the facility's management reported.

Indian Point Energy Center is a three-unit nuclear power plant station located in Buchanan, New York just south of Peekskill. The plant on the east bank of the Hudson river is located 61km north of New York City.

The company running the plant said the facility was safely shut down and in safe and stable condition after a transformer failure.

Residents in the vicinity of the plant reported the explosion and said they saw a 200m high fire ball over plant.

NBC's Chris Essner said on Twitter that the fire was extinguished. "No injuries and police say there is no ongoing emergency threat."
Source:Explosion rocks york nuclear power plant

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1775
Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys captured Fort Ticonderoga from the British.
1863
Confederate General Stonewall Jackson died after being accidentally shot by his own troops.
1869
The United States’ first transcontinental railroad was completed with a ceremony in Promontory Summit, Utah.
1924
J. Edgar Hoover became director of the FBI.
1940
Winston Churchill succeeded Neville Chamberlain as British prime minister.
1994
Nelson Mandela was sworn in as South Africa's first black president.
Source:This day in history/May-10

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