On This Day: May 14

7 verified moments happened on May 14. Here they are in the order they actually happened — the same kind of puzzle you solve in Whensly every day.

1. 1796💉 Edward Jenner inoculates young James Phipps with cowpox, performing the first smallpox vaccination.History · Source: British Red Cross, 'Jenner tests smallpox vaccine' (May 14 1796)
2. 1804🛶 Captain William Clark and roughly forty men push off from Camp Dubois into the Missouri River, launching a cross-continental expedition of discovery.USA 250 · Source: Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Corps of Discovery departs Camp Dubois (May 14 1804)
3. 1874Harvard hosts McGill in Cambridge for the first football game ever contested between American and Canadian college teams.Sports · Source: Wikipedia, '1874 Harvard vs. McGill football game' (May 14 1874)
4. 1948🗽 David Ben-Gurion proclaims the State of Israel in Tel Aviv as the British Mandate ends.History · Source: Wikipedia, 'Israeli Declaration of Independence' (May 14 1948)
5. 1967Mickey Mantle hits his 500th career home run off Stu Miller, becoming the sixth player to reach the milestoneSports · Source: SABR / MLB.com, Mantle's 500th home run (May 14, 1967)
6. 1988😮 Lawrie Sanchez heads the winner and Dave Beasant saves a penalty as Wimbledon's Crazy Gang shock Liverpool at Wembley.Soccer · Source: Wikipedia, '1988 FA Cup final' (May 14 1988)
7. 1998📺 The Seinfeld finale airs on NBC, drawing tens of millions to the show about nothing.TV · Source: Wikipedia, 'The Finale (Seinfeld)' (May 14 1998)