April 14

April 14 is the 104th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (105th in leap years). There are 261 days remaining.

Events

1205 - Battle of Adrianople between Bulgars and Crusaders.
1450 - Battle of Formigny. French attack and nearly annihilate English, ending English domination in northern France.
1632 - Battle of Rain, Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeat the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.
1828 - Noah Webster copyrights the first edition of his dictionary
1860 - The first Pony Express rider reaches Sacramento, California
1865 - Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
1894 - Thomas Edison demonstrates the kinetoscope, a device for peep-show viewing using photographs that flip in sequence, a precursor to movies
1910 - President William Howard Taft begins the tradition of throwing out the first baseball on opening day
1912 - RMS Titanic strikes an iceberg on its maiden voyage - it finishes sinking at about 2:20 am the next day.
1931 - Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the 2nd Spanish Republic
1986 - The United States bombs Libya in retaliation for Libyan sponsorship of terrorism against United States citizens
1969 - At the Academy Awards, a tie between Katherine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand results in the two sharing the the Best Actress Oscar; Hepburn also becomes the only actress to win three Best Actress Oscars.
1981 - The space shuttle Columbia passes its first test flight

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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December April 13 - April 15 - March 14 - May 14 - more historical anniversaries