Today in History - History - May 14th

1961Mickey Wright wins LPGA Columbus Golf Open

1986Reggie Jackson hit his 537th HR passing Mickey Mantle into 6th place

1978Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic

1997Baseball's Exec Council suspends NY Yank owner George Steinbrenner

1949Harry Truman signs bill establishing a rocket test range at Cape Canaveral

1921Mussolini's fascists obtains 29 parliamentary seats

2005Pope Benedict XVI observes his first beatification, elevating Blessed Marianne of Molokai on the road to canonization into sainthood.

1995Dalai Lama proclaims 6-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima 11th reincarnation of Panchen Lama, Tibet's 2nd most senior spiritual leader

1944Gen Rommel, Speidel & von Stulpnagel attempt to assassinate Hitler

1643Louis XIV becomes King of France aged 4

1969Cate Blanchett, Melbourne, Victoria, Australian actress (Elizabeth, Galadriel-The Lord of the Rings)

1984Mark Zuckerberg, White Plains, New York, American internet entrepreneur and founder of Facebook

1994Software salesman Todd Beamer (25) weds Lisa Brosious in Peekskill, New York

1771King of France Louis XVIII weds princess Maria Giuseppina of Savoy at the Palace of Versailles

1998Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor, dies at 82

1919Henry John Heinz, founder of the H. J. Heinz Company, dies at 74

2003Dave DeBusschere, American basketball player, dies of a heart attack at 62

2015The Thrill is Gone, BB King, the King of Blues, dies at 89