It happened on… May 14

Dan Brown’s fourth novel featuring Robert Langdon (The Da Vinci Code), titled “Inferno,” is released and instantly becomes a bestseller.

The final episode of the sitcom “Seinfeld” airs on NBC.

NBC airs the final episode of “Family Ties,” which draws 36 million viewers.

The Netherlands Institute for Military Studies publishes Anne Frank’s complete diary.

Jeanne Sauvé becomes Canada’s first female governor general.

Quarantine Island, Grosse-Île, upstream from Quebec City, welcomes its largest influx of immigrants in its 105-year history. More than 100,000 people will be welcomed there, many from Ireland, where the famine is taking a heavy toll.

King Henry IV of France is assassinated by a Catholic fanatic, François Ravaillac, on the streets of Paris.