By The Associated Press
                - Today is Friday, May 14, the 134th day of 1999. There are 231 days
                  left in the year.

                - On May 14, 1948, the independent state of Israel was proclaimed in
                  Tel Aviv as British rule in Palestine came to an end.
                - In 1643, Louis the 14th became King of France at age 4 upon the
                  death of his father, Louis the 13th.
                - In 1796, English physician Edward Jenner administered the first
                  vaccination against smallpox to an 8-year-old boy.
                - In 1804, the Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the Louisiana
                  Territory left St. Louis.
                - In 1904, the first Olympic games to be held in the U.S. opened in
                  St. Louis.
                - In 1942, Aaron Copland's "Lincoln Portrait" was first performed by
                  the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
                - In 1942, the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps was established.
                - In 1955, representatives from eight Communist bloc countries,
                  including the Soviet Union, signed the Warsaw Pact in Poland.
                - In 1973, the U.S. launched Skylab I, its first manned space station.
                - In 1975, U.S. forces raided the Cambodian island of Koh Tang and
                  recaptured the American merchant ship Mayaguez. All 40 crew members
                  were released safely by Cambodia, but some 40 U.S. servicemen were
                  killed in the military operation.
                - In 1980, President Carter inaugurated the Department of Health and
                  Human Services.
                - Ten years ago: Peronist candidate Carlos Saul Menem won Argentina's
                  presidential election.
                - Five years ago: The West Bank town of Jericho saw its first full day
                  of Palestinian self-rule following the withdrawal of Israeli troops,
                  an event celebrated by Palestinians.
                - One year ago: Singer-actor Frank Sinatra died at a Los Angeles
                  hospital at age 82. The hit sitcom "Seinfeld" aired its final
                  episode after nine years on NBC. The Associated Press commemorated
                  its 150th anniversary.

                *Happy Birthday*
                - Opera singer Patrice Munsel is 74.
                - Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., is 57.
                - Rock singer-musician Jack Bruce (Cream) is 56.
                - Movie producer George Lucas ("Star Wars") is 55.
                - Actress Meg Foster is 51.
                - Actress Season Hubley is 48.
                - Rock singer David Byrne is 47.
                - Movie director Robert Zemeckis is 47.
                - Actor Tim Roth is 38.
                - Rock singer Ian Astbury (The Cult) is 37.
                - Rock musician C.C. DeVille is 37.
                - Rock musician Mike Inez (Alice In Chains) is 33.
                - Fabrice Morvan of Milli Vanilli is 33.
                - Actress Cate Blanchett ("Elizabeth") is 30.
                - Singer Danny Wood (New Kids on the Block) is 30.
                - Singer Natalie Appleton (All Saints) is 26.
                - Singer Shanice is 26.