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April 14 is the 104th day of the year ... Australia causing A$2.3 billion in insured damages, the most costly natural disaster in Australian history.
1986 - In retaliation for the April 5 bombing of the La Belle Discotheque in West Berlin in which two U.S. servicemen were killed, Ronald Reagan orders major bombing raids against Tripoli and Benghazi, in Libya, which kills 60 people.
Black Sunday is a particularly severe dust storm that occurred on April 14, 1935, as part of the Dust Bowl in the United States. [1] It was one of the worst dust storms in American history and caused immense economic and agricultural damage. [2] It is estimated that 300 thousand tons of topsoil were displaced from the prairie area. [3]
On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Shot in the head as he watched the play, [2] Lincoln died of his wounds the following day at 7:22 am in the Petersen House opposite the theater. [3]
This is a list of selected April 14 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit.
14 April 14, 1914 (Tuesday) 15 April 15, 1914 (Wednesday) ... West Virginia killed over 180 miners, the second worst mining disaster in the state's history. Mine ...
14 April 14, 1944 (Friday) 15 April 15 ... This is considered to be one of the 1st times in British Indian history where an army of liberation raised the national ...
On the night of April 9 British airmen made the heaviest attack on Berlin which the city had so far suffered. The damage was done in the Government quarter and civilian casualties amounted to more than 2000. The Battle of Shanggao ended in Chinese victory. The Battle of the Metaxas Line ended in German victory. The Germans captured Thessaloniki ...