It happened on a… May 14

Dan Brown’s fourth novel starring Robert Langdon (The Da Vinci Code), titled « Inferno », is released and instantly becomes a bestseller.

The final episode of the TV series « Seinfeld » aired after nine years on NBC.

Final TV episode of « Family Ties » airs on NBC with a 36 million audience.

Netherlands Institute for War Documentation publishes Anne Frank’s complete diary.

Jeanne Sauvé sworn in as Canada’s first female Governor General after recovery from a battle with cancer.

Skylab launched, 1st Space Station.

Last Chevrolet Corvair built.

Abortion and contraception legalized in Canada.

The name Vaseline was registered by Robert A. Chesebrough.

Louis XIV becomes King of France aged 4.

Henry IV of France is assassinated by fanatical Catholic François Ravaillac who stabs him to death in the streets of Paris.