Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/May 14

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• 1607 - The JamestownSettlement is established in Virginia
• 1787 - In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, delegates begin to meet to write a new Constitution for the United States.
• 1948 - Israel declares itself to be an independent state and a provisional government is established.
• 1955 - Cold War: Eight communist bloc countries including the Soviet Union sign a mutual-defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
• 1961 - American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders bus is fire-bombed near Anniston, Alabama and the civil rights protestors are beaten by an angry mob.
• 1973 - Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.
• 1995 - Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama proclaims 6-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima as the eleventh reincarnation of the Panchen Lama.

[edit] Paraguy flag day unsourced.

The Paraguy flag day isn't mentioned at Paraguay or May 14. At Flag Day it's listed at "August 14" but that article has no references. -- Jeandré, 2007-05-19t18:11z

August not May according to ^[1][2] (thanks Lambiam). -- Jeandré, 2007-05-21t21:01z

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