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Hatch Sun 05 Jun 2016, 3:32 pm
HERE ARE THE LIST OF GREAT EVENTS THAT HAPPENED ON APRIL 14TH
- 1242 - Russian troops repelled an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights.
- 1614 - American Indian Pocahontas married English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia.
- 1621 - The Mayflower sailed from Plymouth, MA, on a return trip to England.
- 1792 - U.S. President George Washington cast the first presidential veto. The measure was for apportioning representatives among the states.
- 1806 - Isaac Quintard patented the cider mill.
- 1827 - James H. Hackett became the first American actor to appear abroad as he performed at Covent Garden in London, England.
- 1843 - Queen Victoria proclaimed Hong Kong to be a British crown colony.
- 1869 - Daniel Bakeman, the last surviving soldier of the U.S. Revolutionary War, died at the age of 109.
- 1887 - Anne Sullivan taught Helen Keller the meaning of the word "water" as spelled out in the manual alphabet.
- 1892 - Walter H. Coe patented gold leaf in rolls.
- 1892 - In New York, the Ithaca Daily Journal published an ad introducing a new 10 cent Ice Cream Specialty called a Cherry Sunday.
- 1895 - Playwright Oscar Wilde lost his criminal libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry. Wilde had been accused of homosexual practices.
- 1908 - The Japanese Army reached the Yalu River as the Russians retreated.
- 1919 - Eamon de Valera became president of Ireland.
- 1923 - Firestone Tire and Rubber Company began the first regular production of balloon tires.
- 1930 - Mahatma Ghandi defied British law by making salt in India.
- 1933 - The first operation to remove a lung was performed at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, MO.
- 1941 - German commandos secured docks along the Danube River in preparation for Germany’s invasion of the Balkans.
- 1951 - Americans Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for committing espionage for the Soviet Union.
- 1953 - Jomo Kenyatta was convicted and sentenced to 7 years in prison for orchestrating the Mau-Mau rebellion in Kenya.
- 1955 - Winston Churchill resigned as British prime minister.
- 1984 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Los Angeles Lakers) became the all-time NBA regular season scoring leader when he broke Wilt Chamberlain's record of 31,419 career points.
- 1985 - John McEnroe said "any man can beat any woman at any sport, especially tennis."
- 1986 - A discotheque in Berlin was bombed by Libyan terrorists. The U.S. attacked Libya with warplanes in retaliation on April 15, 1986.
- 1987 - FOX Broadcasting Company launched "Married....With Children" and "The Tracey Ullman Show". The two shows were the beginning of the FOX lineup.
- 1989 - In Poland, accords were signed between Solidarity and the government that set free elections for June 1989. The eight-year ban on Solidarity was also set to be lifted.
- 1998 - The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Japan opened becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world. It links Shikoku and Honshu. The bridge cost about $3.8 billion.
- 1999 - Two Libyans suspected of bombing a Pan Am jet in 1988 were handed over so they could be flown to the Netherlands for trial. 270 people were killed in the bombing.
- 1999 - In Laramie, WY, Russell Henderson pled guilty to kidnapping and felony murder in the death of Matthew Shepard.
- 2004 - Near Mexico City's international airport, lightning struck the jet Mexican President Vicente Fox was on.
- 2009 - North Korea launched the Kwangmyongsong-2 rocket, prompting an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council.
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