Archive for May 14th, 2025

OREGON ZOO’S RED PANDA HAS DIED


 Moshu was known as "Sir Snacks-a-Lot."
(June 20, 2011 – May 14, 2025)


Moshu was
diagnosed with severe heart disease over a
year ago.
(KATU)

Red panda Moshu. © Oregon Zoo / photo by Michael Durham.

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EXPLORES DEPARTED ON THIS DAY IN 1804

Lewis And Clark Expedition

May 14, 1804: One year after the United States doubled its territory
with the
Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark expedition left St. Louis, Missouri, on a mission to explore  the Northwest from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.


       
On November 8, 1805, the expedition arrived at the Pacific Ocean, pausing there for the winter, the explorers began the long journey
back to St. Louis.

       



        
       
Lewis and Clark in Pennsylvania - Conservation HeritageConservation Heritage

The Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804 –1806 - Owlcation

Lewis and Clark Expedition - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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COUNTRYS FIRST SPACE STATION LAUNCHED

14 May 1973, 17:30:00 UTC, T plus 000:00:00.22 | This Day in Aviation

Skylab, America’s first space station, was successfully launched
into an orbit around the earth. Eleven days later, U.S. astronauts
Charles Conrad, Joseph Kerwin, and Paul Weitz made the planned 
rendezvous with Skylab, repairing a jammed solar panel and
conducting scientific experiments during their 28-day stay
aboard the space station.

50 years later, Skylab remembered as major force in space exploration -  UPI.com

Three men stand inside a training mock-up of a space station eating food.
From left, Joseph P. Kerwin, science pilot; Paul J. Weitz,
pilot; and Charles Conrad Jr., commander.

An astronaut wearing spacesuit works outside of a space station.

A view of the Skylab space station photographed against an Earth background






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FAMOUS HEARTTHROB DIED ON THIS DAY

Frank Sinatra en 100 fotos - Imágenes de Frank Sinatra

100 Years of Frank Sinatra: The Man Behind the Music | CBC News

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Sinatra died in his sleep after suffering a heart attack at Cedars-
Sinai Medical
Center
in Los Angeles, with his wife Barbara at
his side. He was 82.

On May 14, 1998, the legendary singer, actor and show-
business icon Frank Sinatra dies of a heart attack in Los
Angeles, at the age of 82.

Sinatra emerged from an Italian-American family in Hoboken,
New Jersey, to become the first modern superstar of popular
music, with an entertainment career that spanned more than
five decades.

Come Fly With Me': Revisit Frank Sinatra's Classic LP

20 Best Frank Sinatra Songs of All Time - Singersroom.com

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