April 14
April 14 is the 104th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (105th in leap years). There are 261 days remaining.
Events
- 1205 - Battle of Adrianople between Bulgars and Latins.
- 1828 - Noah Webster copyrighted the first edition of his dictionary.
- 1865 - Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
- 1894 - Thomas Edison demonstrated the kinetoscope, a device for peep-show viewing using photographs that flipped in sequence.
- 1969 - In a record breaking night at the Academy Awards, a tie between Katherine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand resulted in the two sharing the the Best Actress Oscar and Hepburn broke the record as the only actress to win three Best Actress Oscars.
Births
- 1831 - Gerhard Rohlfs, scientist (+ 1896)
- 1886 - Ernst Robert Curtis, romanist (+ 1956)
- 1891 - Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, politician (+ 1956)
- 1908 - Hermann Stahl, writer
- 1925 - Rod Steiger
- 1935 - Erich von Daniken, writer
- 1936 - Kenneth Mars
- 1940 - Loretta Lynn
- 1941 - Pete Rose
- 1945 - Ritchie Blackmore
- 1951 - Julian Lloyd Webber
- 1968 - Anthony Michael Hall
- 1977 - Sarah Michelle Gellar, actress
Deaths
- 1759 - Georg Friedrich Handel
- 2001 - Hiroshi Teshigahara, director, died of leukemia
Holidays and Observances
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December April 13 - April 15 - March 14 - May 14 - more historical anniversaries