TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013

Today is Tuesday, May 14, the 134th day of 2013. There are 231 days left in the year.

1607 ― First permanent English settlement in New World, Jamestown, Va.

1796 ― First smallpox inoculation administered, by Edward Jenner

1800 ― Friedrich von Schiller's “Macbeth" premieres in Weimar

1921 ― Mussolini's fascists obtains 29 parliament seats

1932 ― “We Want Beer!" parade in New York City

1948 ― U.S. grants Israel de facto recognition

1960 ― USSR launch first (unmanned) space capsule

1968 ― Czechoslovakian Government announces liberalizing reforms under Alexander Dubcek

1989 ― Demonstration for democratic reforms in Beijing's Tiananmen Square

1991 ― Winnie Mandela sentenced to six years for complicity in kidnapping and beating of four youths, one of whom died; she is freed pending appeal