April 14 is the 104th day of the year (105th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 261 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Sunday or Monday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Wednesday or Friday (56).
NATIONAL EX-SPOUSE DAY
1434 ― The foundation stone of Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul in Nantes, France is laid. The Romanesque cathedral took 457 years to complete (1891).
1699 ― Khalsa: Birth of Khalsa, the brotherhood of the Sikh religion, in Northern India in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar.
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.
1818 ― The U.S. Medical Corp is formed.
1828 ― The first American Dictionary: its author Noah Webster registers its copyright for publication.
1865 ― The U.S. Secret Service is created, initially, to fight counterfeiting.
1865 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth (died April 15th).
1906 ― U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt denounces "muckrakers" in U.S. press, taken from John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress.
1910 ― President William H. Taft begins the tradition of throwing the ceremonial first pitch on opening day of the MLB season.
1912 – The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 and sinks the morning of April 15th in 12,500 feet of water.
1918 ― Douglas Campbell becomes the first United States "ace" pilot by shooting down his 5th German plane in WWI.
1927 – The first Volvo car rolls of the assembly line in Gothenburg, Sweden.
1935 ― Black Sunday: The worst sandstorm ravages the U.S. mid-west (which had become known as the Dust Bowl).
1945 ― On this day in 1945, the U.S. Fifth Army joins up with its British allies in the assault on the German occupiers of Italy.
1977 ― The United States Supreme Court says people may refuse to display state motto on license plates.
43 BC – The Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony (Marcus Antonius), 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.
1434 ― The foundation stone of Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul in Nantes, France is laid. The Romanesque cathedral took 457 years to complete (1891).
1699 ― Khalsa: Birth of Khalsa, the brotherhood of the Sikh religion, in Northern India in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar.
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.
1818 ― The U.S. Medical Corp is formed.
1828 ― The first American Dictionary: its author Noah Webster registers its copyright for publication.
1865 ― The U.S. Secret Service is created, initially, to fight counterfeiting.
1865 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth (died April 15th).
1906 ― U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt denounces "muckrakers" in U.S. press, taken from John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress.
1910 ― President William H. Taft begins the tradition of throwing the ceremonial first pitch on opening day of the MLB season.
1912 – The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 and sinks the morning of April 15th in 12,500 feet of water.
1918 ― Douglas Campbell becomes the first United States "ace" pilot by shooting down his 5th German plane in WWI.
1927 – The first Volvo car rolls of the assembly line in Gothenburg, Sweden.
1935 ― Black Sunday: The worst sandstorm ravages the U.S. mid-west (which had become known as the Dust Bowl).
1950 ― President Harry S. Truman receives National Security Council Paper Number 68 (NSC-68), forming the United States' Cold War policy for the next two decades.
1960 ― The first underwater launching of a Polaris missile from a nuclear submarine is achieved by the U.S.
1977 ― The United States Supreme Court says people may refuse to display state motto on license plates.
1988 ― Representatives of the USSR, Afghanistan, the United States, and Pakistan sign an agreement calling for the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan.
1992 ― A U.S. Court throws out Apple's lawsuit against Microsoft.
1992 ― A U.S. Court throws out Apple's lawsuit against Microsoft.
2003 ― The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%.
BORN TODAY
1527 – Abraham Ortelius, Flemish cartographer and geographer (d. 1598)
1866 – Anne Sullivan, American educator (d. 1936)
1906 – Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabian king (d. 1975)
1936 – Frank Serpico, American-Italian soldier, police officer and lecturer
1527 – Abraham Ortelius, Flemish cartographer and geographer (d. 1598)
1866 – Anne Sullivan, American educator (d. 1936)
1906 – Faisal of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabian king (d. 1975)
1936 – Frank Serpico, American-Italian soldier, police officer and lecturer
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