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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.
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]
Tobin also hit a home run during the game, becoming the third pitcher in major league history to hit a home run while throwing a no-hitter. [ 33 ] Born: Michael Fish , TV weatherman, in Eastbourne , Sussex, England; Cuba Gooding, Sr. , lead singer of the soul group The Main Ingredient , in New York City (d. 2017)
April 12 – Lisa Jardine, historian and polymath (d. 2015) April 13. Jack Casady, American rock musician (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna) Brian Pendleton, British guitarist (d. 2001) April 14 – Nguyễn Phú Trọng, Vietnamese politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party and President (d. 2024) April 15
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.
April 1 – Emmi Mäkelin, Finnish midwife and politician (d. 1962) April 8 – Stanisław Taczak, Polish general, commander-in-chief of the Greater Poland Uprising (d. 1960) April 14 – Matti Lonkainen, Finnish politician (d. 1918) [16] April 15 – Johannes Stark, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957)
April 14 – WWII: Norwegian Campaign – The first British ground forces land in Norway, at Namsos and Harstad. April 16 – In American baseball, the Cleveland Indians, behind Bob Feller's Opening Day no-hitter, defeat the Chicago White Sox, 1–0. April 23 – The Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, United States, kills ...