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May 14

May 14

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  • 1796

    217 years ago

    Edward Jenner inoculates a boy with the cowpox virus, which leads to the formulation of a vaccine for smallpox, a disease that had killed millions.

     

    Read more at History.com

  • 1805

    208 years ago

    As part of a frontier exploration team, Native American interpreter Sacagawea saves many important papers after a boat nearly capsizes.

     

  • 1925

    88 years ago

    The novel "Mrs. Dalloway" by Virginia Woolf is published, later becoming one of her most acclaimed works. 

     

  • 1998

    15 years ago

    The show about nothing, "Seinfeld," starring comedian Jerry Seinfeld, concludes its final and ninth season by sending the lead characters to jail.

     

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