Today is Monday, May 14th, the 134th day of 2001. There are 231 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 14th, 1998, singer-actor Frank Sinatra died at a Los Angeles hospital at age 82. On this date: In 1643, Louis the 14th became King of France at age four upon the death of his father, Louis the 13th. In 1804, the Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory left St. Louis. In 1904, the first Olympic games to be held in the United States opened in St. Louis. In 1942, the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps was established. In 1948, the independent state of Israel was proclaimed in Tel Aviv. In 1955, representatives from eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, signed the Warsaw Pact in Poland. In 1973, the United States launched Skylab One, its first manned space station. In 1975, US forces raided the Cambodian island of Koh Tang and recaptured the American merchant ship Mayaguez. All 40 crew members were released safely by Cambodia, but some 40 U-S servicemen were killed in the military operation. In 1980, President Carter inaugurated the Department of Health and Human Services. In 1995, Myrlie Evers-Williams was sworn in to head the NAACP. Ten years ago: President Bush announced his selection of Robert M. Gates to head the Central Intelligence Agency. Britain's Queen Elizabeth the Second arrived in Washington to begin a two-week visit to the United States. Forty-two people were killed in a train collision in western Japan. Five years ago: A jury in Pontiac, Michigan, acquitted Dr. Jack Kevorkian of assisted-suicide charges, his third legal victory in two years. One year ago: Tens of thousands of mothers rallied in Washington to demand strict control of handguns. Former Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (kay-zoh oh-boo-chee) died in Tokyo at age 62. Today's Birthdays: Opera singer Patrice Munsel is 76. Senator Byron Dorgan (Democrat, North Dakota) is 59. Rock singer-musician Jack Bruce (Cream) is 58. Movie producer George Lucas is 57. Actress Meg Foster is 53. Actress Season Hubley is 50. Rock singer David Byrne is 49. Movie director Robert Zemeckis is 49. Actor Tim Roth is 40. Rock singer Ian Astbury (The Cult) is 39. Rock musician Cecil DeVille is 39. Rock musician Mike Inez (Alice In Chains) is 35. Fabrice Morvan (ex-Milli Vanilli) is 35. Actress Cate Blanchett is 32. Singer Danny Wood (New Kids on the Block) is 32. Singer Natalie Appleton (All Saints) is 28. Singer Shanice is 28. "It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull." -- H.L. Mencken, American author and journalist (1880-1956). (Copyright 2001 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)