May 14

Today in History
• 1004 - Henry II the Saint crowned as king of Italy
• 1264 - Baron's War fought in England
• 1607 - 1st permanent English settlement in New World, Jamestown, Virginia
• 1664 - Turkish great Koprulu attacks 120,000 Donau soldiers
• 1702 - England and Netherlands declares war on France and Spain
• 1787 - Delegates gather in Philadelphia to draw up U.S. constitution
• 1796 - 1st smallpox inoculation administered, by Edward Jenner
• 1842 - 1st edition of London Illustrated News


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Bond With Your Dog Day
• Mother's Day
• Mothers at the Wall Day
• National Buttermilk Biscuit Day
• National Children's Day UK
• National Dance Like a Chicken Day
• Paraguay Independence Day
• The Stars and Stripes Forever Day

Birthdays
• 1316 - Charles IV, King of Bohemia, 1346 - 1378, emperor, 1355 - 1378
• 1553 - Margaret of Valois, Queen of France, wife of Henry IV (1572-99)
• 1686 - Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor, thermometer
• 1666 - Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy (1675-1730) and King of Sardinia
• 1679 - Peder Horrebow, Danish astronomer who invented the Horrebow-Talcott Method
• 1710 - Adolf Frederik, king of Sweden, 1751-70
• 1814 - Charles Beyer, German-British locomotive engineer
• 1906 - Hastings Kamuzu Banda, president of Malawi, 1964-94