Today In History. What Happened This Day In History

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April 14




1471

 

The Earl of Warwick, who fought on both sides in the War of the Roses, is killed at the Battle of Barnet with the defeat of the Lancastrians.



1543

 

Bartoleme Ferrelo returns to Spain after discovering a large bay in the New World (San Francisco).



1775

 

The first abolitionist society in United States is organized in Philadelphia.



1793

 

A royalist rebellion in Santo Domingo is crushed by French republican troops.



1828

 

The first edition of Noah Webster's dictionary is published.



1860

 

The first Pony Express rider arrives in San Francisco with mail originating in St. Joseph, Missouri.



1865

 

President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated in Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth.



1894

 

Thomas Edison's kinetoscope is shown to the public for the first time.



1900

 

The World Exposition opens in Paris.



1912

 

The passenger liner Titanic–deemed unsinkable–strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage and begins to sink. The ship will go under the next day with a loss of 1,500 lives.



1931

 

King Alfonso XIII of Spain is overthrown.



1945

 

American B-29 bombers's damage the Imperial Palace during firebombing raid over Tokyo.



1953

 

The Viet Minh invade Laos with 40,00 troops in their war against French colonial forces.



1959

 

The Taft Memorial Bell Tower is dedicated in Washington, D.C.



1961

 

The first live broadcast is televised from the Soviet Union.



1969

 

The first major league baseball game is played in Montreal, Canada.



1981

 

America's first space shuttle, Columbia, returns to Earth.



Born on April 14




1578

 

Philip III, king of Spain and Portugal (1598-1621).



1629

 

Christian Huygens, Dutch astronomer.



1866

 

Anne Mansfield Sullivan, teacher who educated Helen Keller.



1889

 

Arnold Toynbee, English historian.



1898

 

Harold Black, electrical engineer.



1904

 

Sir John Gielgud, British actor.