Today in History - History - May 14th

1961Mickey Wright wins LPGA Columbus Golf Open

1913Wash Senator Walter Johnson ends record scorless streak at 56 innings

1978Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Greater Baltimore Golf Classic

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

1986Netherlands Institute for War Documentation publishes Anne Frank's complete diary

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

1995Eddie Murray of Indians hits his 463rd career home run (ties for 18th)

1835Charles Darwin reaches Coquimbo in Northern Chile

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

1967Mickey Mantle's 500th HR off Oriole's Stu Miller

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

1944George Lucas, Modesto CA, director (Star Wars, Indiana Jones)

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

1991Jiang Qing, widow of Chinese leader Mao Zedong, commits suicide

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