Historical Events
- 1865 US President Abraham Lincoln is shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater in Washington; he dies a day later
- 1912 RMS Titanic, the world's largest ocean liner, hits an iceberg at 11.40pm off Newfoundland, sinks in the early hours of 15 April
- 1914 Dr. Harry Plotz isolates the bacteria that causes Typhus Fever (Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York City)
- 1935 Black Sunday: Severe dust storm ravages the US Midwest, led to the region being named "the Dust Bowl"
- 1981 1st Space Shuttle, Columbia 1, returns to Earth
- 2003 The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%
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Apr 14 in Film & TV
- 1894 1st public showing of Thomas Edison's kinetoscope (moving pictures)
Apr 14 in Music
- 2000 Metallica file a lawsuit against P2P sharing phenomenon Napster. This lawsuit eventually leads the movement against file-sharing programs.
Apr 14 in Sport
- 2002 66th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Tiger Woods becomes the 3rd player to claim back-to-back Masters, 3 strokes ahead of Retief Goosen of South Africa
Did You Know?
Archaeologists announce they have found at Lomekwi in Kenya 3.3 million-year old stone tools, the oldest ever discovered and which pre-date the earliest humans
On April 14, 2015
William Cavendish-Bentinck
François Duvalier
Rod Steiger
Pete Rose
Robert Carlyle
Sarah Michelle GellarWould You Believe?
1st detective story published, Edgar Allan Poe's "Murders in Rue Morgue" (April 1841)
On April 14, 1841
Famous Weddings
- 1512 Black royal trumpeter John Blanke is gifted a new outfit for his wedding by English King Henry VIII at Greenwich [1]
- 1880 Philosopher John Muir (41) weds Louisa Strentzel
- 1890 Painter Pierre Auguste Renoir (49) weds Aline Victorine Charigot
Famous Divorces
- 1978 Novelist Danielle Steel (30) divorces Danny Zugelder after almost 3 years of marriage
- 1994 Musician Billy Joel & supermodel Christie Brinkley announce plans to divorce
More Weddings & Divorces
George Frideric Handel
Louis Sullivan
Vladimir Mayakovsky
Pete Farndon
Simone de Beauvoir
Mike BossyArticles, Photos and Quiz
Tragedy Writ Large for Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens was struck with grief on this day when his tiny daughter, Dora, died after suffering convulsions. She was less than eight months old.
April 14, 1851
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln is shot in the Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C. by John Wilkes Booth
April 14, 1865
Weekly Quiz for April 13 - 19
Who was the first black actor or actress to win an Academy Award? Who shot US President Abraham Lincoln? Is there an effective vaccine for typhoid?
