A bit of May 14th history…
1697 - English colonists establish 1st permanent English settlement in america at Jamestown (pictured)
1787 - Delegates gather in Philadelphia to draw up US Constitution
1804 - Lewis and Clark’s expedition, commissioned by Thomas Jefferson, sets out from St Louis for the Pacific coast
1948 - Signing of Israel’s Independence Declaration
1955 - Warsaw pact is signed
1960 - USSR launches 1st (unmanned) space capsule
1973 - 1st space station, Sky Lab, is launched
Today In History: May 14, 2021 at 05:01AM