Historical Events In April - 14

1959  (Robert) Taft Memorial Bell Tower dedicated in Wash DC on April - 14.   

1960  On April - 14 montreal Canadiens sweep Toronto Maple Leafs for the Stanley Cup   

1960  On this day in history archibald McIndoe, plastic surgeon, dies   

1961  First live television broadcast from the Soviet Union on April - 14.   

1963  George Harrison is impressed by the unsigned group "Rolling Stones" on this day in history.   

1964  On April - 14 bert McGirr, cricketer (2 Tests for NZ, 51 runs), dies   

1965  Leonard Mudie, dies of heart ailment at 82 on April - 14.   

1968  On April - 14 roberto de Vicenzo loses Masters for signing an incorrect score card   

1969  On April - 14 41st Academy Awards   

1969  First major league baseball game outside US played in Montreal, Canada on April - 14.   

1969  Student Afro-American Society seized at Columbia College on April - 14.   

1969  Tornado strikes Dacca East Pakistan killing 540 on April - 14.   

1969  VQ-1 aircraft shot down by North Korean aircraft over Sea of Japan on April - 14.   

1971  On April - 14 fort Point, SF dedicated as a national historic site   

1971  On April - 14 armand Spitz, developer of small educational planetarium, dies   

1973  On April - 14 magda Janssens, Flemish actress (Nederlands in 7 Lessons), dies at 88   

1974  Gary Player wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament on April - 14.   

1974  The Navy donated the ASW carrier Yorktown to Charleston, South Carolina for the city's National Naval Museum on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history fredric March, actor (Inherit the Wind), dies at 77   

1976  On April - 14 maude Prickett, actress (Rosie-Hazel), dies at 60   

1977  On this day in history riekus Waskowsky, Dutch poet, dies at 44   

1978  On this day in history h Debehogne discovers asteroid #2364 Seillier   

1980  On April - 14 e Bowell discovers asteroids #2759 Idomeneus & #2830 Greenwich   

1980  On this day in history tom Fadden, actor (Duffeild-Broken Arrow, Cimarron City), dies at 84   

1981  Space Shuttle-Columbia 1-returns to Earth on this day in history.   

1981  The first space shuttle, Columbia, is successfully launched on April - 14.   

1982  M Watt discovers asteroid #2675 Tolkien on this day in history.   

1983  On April - 14 nina Dumbadze, Russian discus thrower (Oly-bronze-1952), dies at 64   

1985  Enver Hoxha, Albanian leader (1944-85), dies on this day in history.   

1986  US aircraft attacks 5 terrorist locations in Libya on this day in history.   

1987  Karl Holler, composer, dies at 79 on April - 14.   

1988  USS Samuel B. Roberts struck Iranian mine off Qatar on this day in history.   

1988  On April - 14 herbert Reynolds Inch, composer, dies at 83   

1989  First Navy ship arrives on scene to assist in Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup on this day in history.   

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1336  Emperor Go-Kōgon of Japan (d. 1374) was born on April - 14.   

1572  Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician (d. 1632) was born on this day in history.   

1578  Philip III, King of Spain & Portugal (1598-1621) was born on this day in history.   

1592  On April - 14 birth of abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher   

1629  Christian Huygens, Holland, astronomer (discovered Saturn's rings) was born on April - 14.   

1668  On this day in history birth of magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish General (d. 1741)   

1676  On this day in history birth of ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer   

1710  On this day in history birth of marie A C de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer   

0711  On this day in history childebert III, king of French, dies at about 27   

0911  Sergius III, Italian Pope (904-11), dies on this day in history.   

1099  Death of Conrad, bishop of Utrecht, stabbed to death on April - 14.   

1132  On April - 14 death of mstislav of Kiev (b. 1076)   

1240  On April - 14 llywelyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales, dies   

1279  On April - 14 death of boleslaus of Greater Poland   

1322  On April - 14 death of bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Lord Badlesmere, English soldier (b. 1275)   

1345  Death of Richard Aungerville, English bishop and writer (b. 1287) on this day in history.