Event:
The 'New York Times' fires its first female executive editor Jill Abramson after three years in the position; Abramson has been replaced by Dean Baquet, the newspaper's first African-American executive editor
More Notable Events on May 14:
1973 Skylab launched, 1st Space Station
1949 Truman signs bill establishing a rocket test range at Cape Canaveral
1948 Israel declares independence from British administration
1913 John D. Rockefeller gives $100 million to Rockefeller Foundation
1804 Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis for Pacific Coast
