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Events on the 14th of April in history

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14 Apr 2043 Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Caesar's assassin Decimus Brutus in Mutina, defeats the forces of the consul Pansa, but is then immediately defeated by the army of the other consul, Aulus Hirtius.
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14 Apr 2069 Vitellius, commander of the Rhine armies, defeats Emperor Otho in the Battle of Bedriacum and seizes the throne.
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14 Apr 1970 Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, surrounds the Jewish capital with four Roman legions.
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14 Apr 0193 Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans).
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14 Apr 0193 Lucius Septimus Severus crowned emperor of Rome
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14 Apr 0754 Pact of Quierzy between Pope Stephen II, [III] & Pippin the Korte
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14 Apr 0966 After his marriage to the Christian Doubravka of Bohemia, the pagan ruler of the Polans, Mieszko I, converts to Christianity, an event considered to be the founding of the Polish state.
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14 Apr 0972 Notger becomes bishop of Liege
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14 Apr 0979 Challenge to throne of King Aethelred II of England
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14 Apr 1028 Henry III, son of Conrad, is elected King of Germany.
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14 Apr 1028 German emperor Conrad II the Sailor crowns his son Henry III, king
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14 Apr 1191 85-year old Giacinto Bobo becomes Pope Coelestinus III
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14 Apr 1205 Battle of Adrianople between Bulgarians and Crusaders.
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14 Apr 1294 Temür, grandson of Kublai, is elected Khagan of the Mongols and Emperor of the Yuan dynasty with the reigning titles Oljeitu and Chengzong.
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14 Apr 1341 Sack of Saluzzo (Italy) by Italian-Angevine troops under Manfred V, Marquess of Saluzzo.
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14 Apr 1434 The foundation stone of Nantes Cathedral, France is laid.
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14 Apr 1471 In England, the Yorkists under Edward IV defeat the Lancastrians under the Earl of Warwick at the Battle of Barnet; the Earl is killed and Edward IV resumes the throne.
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14 Apr 1471 Battle of Barnet-King Edward IV vs Earl of Warwick
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14 Apr 1536 English king Henry VIII expropriate minor monasteries
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14 Apr 1544 Battle at Carignano French troops under Earl d'Enghien beat Swiss
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14 Apr 1570 Polish Calvinists / Lutherians / Hernhutters unify against Jesuits
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14 Apr 1574 Battle of Mookerhei-D'Avila beats Louis of Nassau
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14 Apr 1611 Word "telescope" is 1st used (Prince Federico Cesi)
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14 Apr 1614 Pocahontas, daughter of chief Powhatan, marries planter John Rolfe
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14 Apr 1629 England & France sign Peace of Susa
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14 Apr 1639 Imperial forces are defeated by the Swedes at the Battle of Chemnitz. The Swedish victory prolongs the Thirty Years' War and allows them to advance into Bohemia.
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14 Apr 1671 Cosaks capture Russian boer leader Stenka Razin
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14 Apr 1699 Khalsa: The Sikh religion was formalised as the Khalsa - the brotherhood of Warrior-Saints - by Guru Gobind Singh in northern India, in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar.
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14 Apr 1715 The Yamasee War begins in South Carolina.
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14 Apr 1756 Governor Glen of South Carolina protests against 900 Acadia Indians
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14 Apr 1775 The first abolition society in North America is established. The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage is organized in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
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14 Apr 1775 1st abolitionist society in US organizes in Philadelphia PA
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14 Apr 1777 New York adopts new constitution as an independent state
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14 Apr 1792 France declares war on Austria, starting French Revolutionary Wars
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14 Apr 1799 Napoleon called for establishing Jerusalem for Jews
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14 Apr 1809 Napoleon defeated Austria in the Battle of Abensberg, Bavaria
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14 Apr 1814 Napoleon abdicated & was banished to Elba
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14 Apr 1816 Bussa, a slave in British-ruled Barbados, leads a slave rebellion and is killed. For this, he is remembered as the first national hero of Barbados.
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14 Apr 1818 US Medical Corp forms
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14 Apr 1828 18-gun sloop "Acorn" sinks off Halifax with 115 men aboard
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14 Apr 1828 Noah Webster copyrights the first edition of his dictionary.
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14 Apr 1836 Congress forms Territory of Wisconsin
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14 Apr 1841 Edgar Allen Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue", published
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14 Apr 1846 The Donner Party of pioneers departs Springfield, Illinois, for California, on what will become a year-long journey of hardship, cannibalism, and survival.
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14 Apr 1847 Persia & Osmaanse sign 2nd Treaty of Erzurum
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14 Apr 1849 Hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Lajos Kossuth as its leader.
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14 Apr 1853 Harriet Tubman began her Underground Railroad, helping slaves escape
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14 Apr 1859 Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" published
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14 Apr 1860 1st Pony Express rider arrives in SF from St. Joseph, Missouri
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14 Apr 1860 The first Pony Express rider reaches San Francisco.
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14 Apr 1860 1st Pony Express rider arrives in San Francisco CA from St Joseph MO
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14 Apr 1861 Formal Union surrender of Fort Sumter
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14 Apr 1861 Robert E Lee resigns from Union army
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14 Apr 1862 Battle of Ft Pillow, Tennessee
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14 Apr 1862 Battle of Fort Pillow TN
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14 Apr 1863 William Bullock patents continuous-roll printing press
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14 Apr 1865 Mobile, Alabama is captured
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14 Apr 1865 U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked in his home by Lewis Powell.
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14 Apr 1865 U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth (died April 15th).
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14 Apr 1868 South Carolina voters approve constitution, 70,758 to 27,228
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14 Apr 1871 Canada sets denominations of currency as dollars, cents, & mills
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14 Apr 1872 Dominion Lands Act passed-Canada's Homestead Act
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14 Apr 1872 San Francisco organizes Bar Association
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14 Apr 1881 The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
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14 Apr 1883 Leo Delibes' opera "Lakm
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14 Apr 1887 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Reigate Squires" (BG)
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14 Apr 1890 The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
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14 Apr 1890 Pan American Day-1st conference of American states (Washington DC)
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14 Apr 1894 Thomas Edison presents "peep show" device
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14 Apr 1894 The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
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14 Apr 1894 1st public showing of Thomas Edison's kinetoscope (moving pictures)
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14 Apr 1895 1st performance of Gustav Mahler's (incomplete) 2nd Symphony
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14 Apr 1896 John Philip Sousa's "El Capitan", premieres (NYC)
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14 Apr 1900 Veteran's Hospital at Fort Miley is established
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14 Apr 1900 President Loubet opens International Fairs in Paris France
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14 Apr 1902 Marie and Pierre Curie isolated the radioactive element radium
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14 Apr 1903 Dr Harry Plotz discovers vaccine against typhoid (New York NY)
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14 Apr 1904 George Bernard Shaw's "Candida", premieres in London
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14 Apr 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt denounces "muckrakers" in US press
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14 Apr 1906 The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.
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14 Apr 1909 A massacre is organized by Ottoman Empire against Armenian population of Cilicia.
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14 Apr 1909 Anglo-Persian Oil Company forms in London
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14 Apr 1910 President William Howard Taft begins tradition of throwing out ball on opening day
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14 Apr 1912 The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th).
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14 Apr 1912 The Titanic, launched on 31 May 1911, on route from Southampton to New York with 2200 passengers, strikes iceberg off the coast of Halifax, Nova Scotia at approximately 11:30pm, and sinks early the next morning (1500+ death toll)
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14 Apr 1912 Pan American Union forms
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14 Apr 1913 Belgium begins general strike for voting rights
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14 Apr 1914 Stacy G Carkhuff patents non-skid tire pattern
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14 Apr 1915 A's Herb Pennock is within 1 out of pitching 1st Opening Day no-hitter
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14 Apr 1915 Dutch merchant navy ship Katwijk sunk by Germany torpedo
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14 Apr 1917 Chicago White Sox Ed Cicotte no-hits St Louis Browns, 11-0
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14 Apr 1918 Douglas Campbell is 1st US ace pilot (shooting down 5th German plane)
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14 Apr 1920 Tornadoes killed 219 people in Alabama & Mississippi
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14 Apr 1921 NHL Championship Ottawa Senators sweep Toronto St Patricks in 2 games
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14 Apr 1921 Prince Henry opens Rotterdam-Amsterdam-Bremen-Hamburg air route
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14 Apr 1922 Republic rebels occupies 4 government courts in Dublin
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14 Apr 1923 Etienne Oehmichen sets helicopter distance record of 358 meters
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14 Apr 1925 1st regular-season Cubs game to be broadcast on radio (WGN)
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14 Apr 1927 The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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14 Apr 1928 Maddus Airlines starts 1st regular passenger flights between SF and LA
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14 Apr 1928 Stanley Cup: New York Rangers beat Montreal Maroons, 3 games to 2
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14 Apr 1928 The Bremen, a German Junkers W33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
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14 Apr 1928 Maddus Airlines starts 1st regular passenger flights between San Francisco & Los Angeles
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14 Apr 1928 Stanley Cup New York Rangers beat Montr
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14 Apr 1930 Philip Barry's "Hotel Universe", premieres in NYC
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14 Apr 1931 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 3 games to 2
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14 Apr 1931 First edition of The Highway Code published in Great Britain.
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14 Apr 1931 The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic.
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14 Apr 1931 Spain becomes republic with overthrow of King Alfonso XIII
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14 Apr 1932 Bizet, Massine & Mir
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14 Apr 1935 "Black Sunday Storm", the worst dust storm of the U.S. Dust Bowl.
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14 Apr 1935 Sandstorm ravages US midwest (Dust Bowl)
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14 Apr 1939 John Steinbeck novel "The Grapes of Wrath" published
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14 Apr 1939 The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press.
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14 Apr 1940 World War II: Royal Marines land in Namsos, Norway in preparation for a larger force to arrive two days later.
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14 Apr 1940 Allied troops land in Norway
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14 Apr 1940 RCA demonstrates its new electron microscope in Philadelphia
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14 Apr 1941 World War II: German general Erwin Rommel attacks Tobruk.
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14 Apr 1941 1st massive German raid in Paris France, 3,600 Jews rounded up
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14 Apr 1941 King Peter leaves Yugoslavia
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14 Apr 1942 Malta receives the George Cross for its gallantry. The George Cross was given by King George VI himself and is now an emblem on the Maltese national flag.
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14 Apr 1942 Destroyer Roper sinks German U-85 of US east coast
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14 Apr 1943 Generals Alexander/Eisenhower/Anderson/Bradley discuss assault on Tunis
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14 Apr 1943 James Gow & A d'Usseau's "Tomorrow the World", premieres in NYC
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14 Apr 1944 Freighter "Fort Stikene" explodes in Bombay India, killing 1,376
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14 Apr 1944 Bombay Explosion: A massive explosion in Bombay harbor kills 300 and causes economic damage valued then at 20 million pounds.
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14 Apr 1944 Freighter "Fort Stikine" explodes in Bombay India, killing 960+
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14 Apr 1944 1st Jews transported from Athens arrive at Auschwitz
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14 Apr 1944 General Eisenhower becomes head commander of allied air fleet
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14 Apr 1944 Greek Colonel Venizelos forms government
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14 Apr 1945 American planes bombed Tokyo and damaged the Imperial Palace
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14 Apr 1945 US 7th Army and allies forces captured Nuremberg and Stuttgart in Germany
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14 Apr 1945 Osijek, Croatia, is liberated from fascist occupation.
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14 Apr 1945 American B-29 incendiary raids on Tokyo & damage the Imperial Palace
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14 Apr 1945 Arnhem/Zwolle freed from Nazis
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14 Apr 1945 US forces conquer Motobu peninsula on Okinawa
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14 Apr 1945 US marines attack Yae Take on Okinawa
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14 Apr 1946 "Day Before Spring" closes at National Theater NYC after 167 performances
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14 Apr 1946 Manager Mel Ott of Giants hits 511th & final homerun
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14 Apr 1948 New York City subway fares jump from 5 cents to 10 cents
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14 Apr 1948 A flash of light is observed in the crater Plato on the Moon
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14 Apr 1948 NYC subway fares jump from 5
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14 Apr 1948 Stanley Cup Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games
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14 Apr 1948 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
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14 Apr 1949 International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg's last judgment
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14 Apr 1950 1st edition of British strip "Eagle"
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14 Apr 1950 1st edition of British strip "Eagle"
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14 Apr 1950 Doorne's Auto factory opens in Netherlands
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14 Apr 1953 Viet-Minh offensive in Laos
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14 Apr 1953 WHYN (now WGGB) TV channel 40 in Springfield-Holyoke MA (ABC) begins
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14 Apr 1954 Soviet diplomat Vladimir Petrov asks for political asylum in Canberra
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14 Apr 1955 WBRZ TV channel 2 in Baton Rouge, LA (ABC / NBC) begins broadcasting
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14 Apr 1955 Elston Howard becomes the 1st black to wear the Yankee uniform
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14 Apr 1955 Stanley Cup Detroit Red Wings beat Montr
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14 Apr 1956 "Plain & Fancy" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 476 performances
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14 Apr 1956 In Chicago, videotape is first demonstrated.
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14 Apr 1956 Ampex Corp demonstrates 1st commercial videotape recorder
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14 Apr 1957 Leah Neuberger wins her 8th women's singles ping pong championship
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14 Apr 1957 Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Dallas Golf Open
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14 Apr 1958 The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days. This was the first spacecraft to carry a living animal, a dog named Laika. The female dog likely lived only a few hours.
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14 Apr 1958 Sputnik 2 (with dog Laika) burns up in atmosphere
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14 Apr 1959 (Robert) Taft Memorial Bell Tower dedicated in Washington DC
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14 Apr 1959 KDIN TV channel 11 in Des Moines IA (PBS) begins broadcasting
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14 Apr 1960 "Bye Bye Birdie" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 607 performances
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14 Apr 1960 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Toronto Maple Leafs in 4 games
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14 Apr 1960 1st underwater launching of Polaris missile
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14 Apr 1960 Stanley Cup Montr
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14 Apr 1961 1st live television broadcast from the Soviet Union
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14 Apr 1961 Cuban-American invasion army departs Nicaragua
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14 Apr 1961 US element 103 (Lawrencium) discovered
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14 Apr 1962 Demonstration for sovereign status of New-Guinea in Amsterdam
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14 Apr 1962 Georges Pompidou becomes President of France
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14 Apr 1963 George Harrison is impressed by unsigned group "Rolling Stones"
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14 Apr 1964 Sandy Koufax throws his 9th complete game without allowing a walk
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14 Apr 1965 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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14 Apr 1967 Red Sox rookie Billy Rohome comes within 1 strike of a no hitter at
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14 Apr 1967 Yankee Stadium, Elston Howard singles on a 3-2 pitch
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14 Apr 1967 Gnassingbé Eyadéma overthrows President of Togo Nicolas Grunitzky and installs himself as the new president, a title he would hold for the next 38 years.
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14 Apr 1967 General Gnassingbe Eyadema becomes President of Togo
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14 Apr 1967 In the Vietnam War, US planes bomb Haiphong for 1st time
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14 Apr 1967 Red Sox rookie Billy Rohome comes within 1 strike of a no hitter at Yankee Stadium, Elston Howard singles on a 3-2 pitch
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14 Apr 1968 At the U.S. Academy Awards there is a tie for the Academy Award for Best Actress between Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand.
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14 Apr 1968 Roberto de Vicenzo loses Masters for signing an incorrect score card
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14 Apr 1968 1st NBA game at Madison Square Garden, Knicks beat San Diego Clippers
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14 Apr 1968 32nd Golf Masters Championship Bob Goalby wins, shooting a 277
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14 Apr 1968 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA O'Sullivan Golf Open
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14 Apr 1969 1st major league baseball game outside US played (Montreal Canada)
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14 Apr 1969 41st Academy Awards - "Oliver, " C Robertson and K Hepburn / Striesand win
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14 Apr 1969 Student Afro-American Society seized at Columbia College
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14 Apr 1969 Tornado strikes Dacca East Pakistan killing 540
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14 Apr 1969 41st Academy Awards - "Oliver", Cliff Robertson & Katharine Hepburn/Barbra Streisand win
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14 Apr 1969 KEET TV channel 13 in Eureka CA (PBS) begins broadcasting
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14 Apr 1970 "Boy Friend" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 119 performances
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14 Apr 1971 Fort Point, San Francisco dedicated as a national historic site
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14 Apr 1971 President Richard Nixon ends blockade against People's Republic of China
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14 Apr 1971 Stephen Sondheim's musical "Follies", premieres in NYC
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14 Apr 1971 Supreme Court upheld busing as means of achieving racial desegregation
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14 Apr 1972 "That's Entertainment" opens at Edison Theater NYC for 4 performances
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14 Apr 1973 Acting FBI director L Patrick Gray resigns after admitting he destroyed evidence in the Watergate scandal
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14 Apr 1977 Supreme Court says people may refuse to display state motto on license
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14 Apr 1978 WRR-AM in Dallas Texas changes call letters to KAAM
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14 Apr 1978 Tbilisi Demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
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14 Apr 1978 David Hare's "Plenty", premieres in London
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14 Apr 1978 Korean Air Lines Boeing 707, fired on by Soviets, crashes in Russia
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14 Apr 1979 Susan Horvath, of Pennsylvania, crowned America's Young Woman of the Year
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14 Apr 1980 52nd Academy Awards - "Kramer vs. Kramer, " D Hoffman and Sally Field win
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14 Apr 1980 1st Cubans of the Mariel boatlift sail to Florida
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14 Apr 1980 Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (Executioner's Song)
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14 Apr 1981 STS-1: The first operational Space Shuttle, Columbia completes its first test flight.
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14 Apr 1981 1st Space Shuttle-Columbia 1-returns to Earth
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14 Apr 1983 Isles tie own rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs. Ranger
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14 Apr 1983 Rangers 1-Isles 4 - Patrick Division Finals - Isles hold 1-0 lead
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14 Apr 1983 New York Islanders tie own record with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a period vs New York Rangers
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14 Apr 1983 North Carolina State beats Houston for NCAA basketball title
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14 Apr 1983 New York Rangers 1-New York Islanders 4-Patrick Division Finals-Islanders hold 1-0 lead
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14 Apr 1983 President Ronald Reagan signs $165 billion Social Security rescue
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14 Apr 1984 Farewell concert of "Doe Maar" in Den Bosch Neth
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14 Apr 1984 Farewell concert of "Doe Maar" in Den Bosch Netherlands
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14 Apr 1985 "Take Me Along!" opens / closes at Martin Beck Theater, New York City
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14 Apr 1985 Caps 4-Isles 6 - Patrick Division Semifinals - Series tied at 2-2
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14 Apr 1985 Jack C Burcham is 5th to receive "Jarvik 7" permanent artificial heart
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14 Apr 1985 Bob Carpenter is unsuccessful on Washington Capitals 1st playoff penalty shot
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14 Apr 1985 Washington Capitals 4-New York Islanders 6-Patrick Division Semifinals-Series tied at 2-2
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14 Apr 1985 "Take Me Along!" opens/closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC
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14 Apr 1985 49th Golf Masters Championship Bernhard Langer wins, shooting a 282
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14 Apr 1985 Ahmed Salah wins 1st World Cup marathon (2:08:09)
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14 Apr 1985 Alan Garcia wins elections in Peru
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14 Apr 1985 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
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14 Apr 1986 The heaviest hailstones ever recorded (1 kilogram (2.2 lb)) fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92.
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14 Apr 1986 In retaliation for the April 5 bombing in West Berlin that killed two U.S. servicemen, U.S. president Ronald Reagan orders major bombing raids against Libya, killing 60 people.
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14 Apr 1986 US aircraft attacks 5 terrorist locations in Libya
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14 Apr 1986 21st Academy of Country Music Awards George Strait, Alabama, Reba McEntire
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14 Apr 1986 Desmond Tutu elected Anglican archbishop of Capetown
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14 Apr 1986 Double-decker ferry sinks in stormy weather in Bangladesh killing 200
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14 Apr 1987 Turkey asks to join European market
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14 Apr 1988 "Mail" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 36 performances
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14 Apr 1988 Devils 6-5 over Islanders-Devils take 1st round 4-2
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14 Apr 1988 USSR, US, Pakistan and Afghanistan sign Afghanistan treaty
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14 Apr 1988 In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
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14 Apr 1988 The USS Samuel B. Roberts strikes a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will.
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14 Apr 1988 New Jersey Devils 6-5 over New York Islanders-Devils take 1st round 4-2
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14 Apr 1988 USSR, US, Pakistan & Afgh
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14 Apr 1989 1,100,000,000th Chinese born
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14 Apr 1989 In the Iran-Contra trial, Oliver North's case goes to the jury
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14 Apr 1991 "Mule Bone" closes at Ethel Barrymore Theater NYC after 67 performances
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14 Apr 1991 "Oh, Kay!" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater, New York City
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14 Apr 1991 The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President after its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
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14 Apr 1991 "Oh, Kay!" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC
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14 Apr 1991 55th Golf Masters Championship Ian Woosnam wins, shooting a 277
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14 Apr 1991 Chicago Blackhawks becomes 1st NHL regular season champion in 20 years to lose in 1st round of the playoffs (To Minnesota North Stars)
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14 Apr 1992 "Guys & Dolls" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 1143 performances
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14 Apr 1992 "Les Miserables, " opens at Palace Theatre, Manchester
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14 Apr 1992 UAW ends 5 month strike against Caterpillar Inc
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14 Apr 1992 UN-imposed embargo against Libya takes effect
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14 Apr 1992 "Guys & Dolls" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC on Broadway for 1143 performances
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14 Apr 1992 Court throws out Apple's lawsuit against Microsoft
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14 Apr 1993 Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh promises to surrender after completion of his Seven Seals manuscript
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14 Apr 1994 Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley announces plans to divorce
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14 Apr 1994 In a U.S. friendly fire incident during Operation Provide Comfort in northern Iraq, two United States Air Force aircraft mistakenly shoot-down two United States Army helicopters, killing 26 people.
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14 Apr 1994 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis operated on for a bleeding ulcer
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14 Apr 1994 New Jersey Devils end best regular season, 47-25-12 record for 106 points
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14 Apr 1994 US F-15 accidentally shoots 2 US helicopters down over Iraq, 26 die
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14 Apr 1995 India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah
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14 Apr 1995 Rosie Jones wins LPGA Pinewild Women's Golf Championship
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14 Apr 1996 "Apple Doesn't Fall" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 1 performance
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14 Apr 1996 60th Golf Masters Championship Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 276
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14 Apr 1996 Detroit Red Wings win NHL record 62 games
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14 Apr 1999 A severe hailstorm strikes Sydney, Australia causing A$2.3 billion in insured damages, the most costly natural disaster in Australian history.
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14 Apr 1999 NATO mistakenly bombs a convoy of ethnic Albanian refugees. Yugoslav officials say 75 people were killed.
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14 Apr 2002 Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military.
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14 Apr 2002 66th Golf Masters Championship
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14 Apr 2003 U.S. troops in Baghdad capture Abu Abbas, leader of the Palestinian group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner the MS Achille Lauro in 1985.
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14 Apr 2003 The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%.
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14 Apr 2005 The Oregon Supreme Court nullifies marriage licenses issued to gay couples a year earlier by Multnomah County.
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14 Apr 2007 At least 200,000 demonstrators in Ankara, Turkey, protest against the possible candidacy of incumbent Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
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14 Apr 2010 Nearly 2,700 are killed in a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Yushu, Qinghai, China.
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14 Apr 2014 Two hundred seventy-six schoolgirls are abducted by Boko Haram in Chibok, Northeastern Nigeria.
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14 Apr 2014 Twin bomb blasts in Abuja, Nigeria, kill at least 75 people and injures 141 others.
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