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Today In History: A bit of May 14th history… 1697 - English colonists establish 1st permanent English settlement in america at Jamestown (pictured) 1787 - Delegates gather in Philadelphia to draw up US Constitution 1804 - Lewis and Clark’s expedition, commissioned by Thomas Jefferson, sets out from St Louis for the Pacific coast 1948 - Signing of Israel’s Independence Declaration 1955 - Warsaw pact is signed 1960 - USSR launches 1st (unmanned) space capsule 1973 - 1st space station, Sky Lab, is launched