Today in History for 14th May 2025
Historical Events
1888 – 14th Kentucky Derby: George Covington aboard MacBeth II wins in 2:38.00
1903 – President Theodore Roosevelt visits San Francisco
1944 – British troops occupy Kohima
1972 – In Willie Mays’ 1st game as New York Met, his homer beats San Francisco Giants, 5-4 (his former team of over 20 years), at Shea Stadium, New York
1986 – Reggie Jackson hit his 537th HR passing Mickey Mantle into 6th place
Famous Birthdays
1930 – Edward Regan, American Republican politician and Comptroller of New York (1979-93), born in Plainfield, New Jersey (d. 2014)
1959 – Patrick Bruel [Benguigui], Algerian-French actor (Coup of Sirocco), rock vocalist (“Marre de cette nana-là” – “Fed Up With That Chick”), and world class poker player, born in Tlemcen, Algeria
1964 – Nancy Sorel, Canadian-American actress (Less Than Kind, Black Fox), born in Fall River, Massachusetts
1967 – Tony Siragusa, American football defensive tackle (Super Bowl 2000 Baltimore Ravens; Indianapolis Colts) and broadcaster (Fox, The Sopranos, Man Caves), born in Kenilworth, New Jersey (d. 2022)
1977 – Jayna Hefford, ice hockey forward (Canada, Olympics 1998)
Famous Deaths
1947 – John Ray Sinnock, US chief engraver (1925-47), dies at 59
1969 – Walter Pitts, American logician (“A Logical Calculus of the Ideas Immanent in Nervous Activity” with Warren McCulloch), dies at 46
1996 – Edward Gurney, American attorney and politician (US Senator for Florida, 1969-74; US Representative for Florida, 1963-69), dies at 82
1998 – Frank Sinatra, American singer (“Strangers in the Night”; “My Way”; “The Summer Wind”) and actor (From Here to Eternity; Guys and Dolls, The Manchurian Candidate), known as the “Chairman of the Board” and “Ol’ Blue Eyes”, dies at 82
2006 – Stanley Kunitz, American poet, 10th US Poet Laureate, dies at 100
