It should be obvious to everyone by now that no one ever will know which presidential candidate actually won more popular votes, either in Florida or nationwide. The Florida recount process can never yield an accurate result, for efforts to divine the meaning of the notorious chads are hopelessly compromised by the certainty of ambiguity [...]
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Warsaw Pact signed
On May 14, 1955, seven communist countries in Eastern Europe (Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland Romania, and the USSR) signed the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance (Warsaw Pact), a mutual defense accord created to counter NATO in the West. East Germany joined in 1959. Albania left in 1968.
Delegates gathered in Philadelphia for the Constitutional Convention
On May 14, 1787, delegates from each state begin to arrive in Philadelphia for the Constitutional Convention.
The last delegates arrived 10 days later, on May 24. Learn more about the Constitutional Convention.
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