May 14 - Fins

Fins

Because, after all, every girl's crazy 'bout a shark-dressed man.

This Day In History

1607

Jamestown, Virginia is settled as an English colony.

1787

In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, delegates convene a Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution for the United States; George Washington presides.

1796

Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination.

1804

The Lewis and Clark Expedition departs from Camp Dubois and begins its historic journey by traveling up the Missouri River.

1925

Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.

1951

Trains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since preservation, making it the first railway in the world to be operated by volunteers.

1973

Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.

Famous Birthdays

1701

William Emerson, English mathematician (d. 1782)

1814

Charles Beyer, German-British locomotive engineer (d. 1876)

1869

Arthur Rostron, Captain of the Carpathia (d. 1940)

1885

Otto Klemperer, German-born conductor (d. 1973)

1897

Sidney Bechet, American musician (d. 1959)

1905

Herbert Morrison, American radio announcer (d. 1989)

1925

Sophie Kurys, American baseball player

1933

Frank Harte, Irish singer and song collector

1944

George Lucas, American film director^*

1952

Robert Zemeckis, American film director

1956

Gillian Bradshaw, American historical fiction, historical fantasy, children's literature, science fiction & contemporary science-based author

1961

Tim Roth, English actor

1967

Tony Siragusa, American football player and analyst

1969

Cate Blanchett, Australian actress
Sabine Schmitz, German race driver and television personality

1977

Roy Halladay, American baseball player

1983

Amber Tamblyn, American actress

* - Han shot first.