14/05/10

Louis XIV became King of France at the age of four in 1643.  Edward Jenner administered the first smallpox vaccination in 1796.  The Warsaw Pact was signed in 1955.

Born today:  Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788), Eric Morecambe (1926-1984), Siân Phillips (1934), Bobby Darrin (1936-1973), George Lucas (1944), Francesca Annis (1945), David Byrne (1952), Ian Astbury (1962) and Cate Blanchett (1969).

It is National Unification Day in Liberia.