Historical Events In April - 14

1910  On April - 14 president Taft begins tradition of throwing out ball on opening day  

1910  On April - 14 werner Wolf Glaser, composer  

1912  On April - 14 the liner 'Titanic' strikes an ice berg at 11.40pm, and begins to sink  

1912  On April - 14 the Titanic,launched on 31 May 1911, on route from Southampton to New York with 2200 passengers, strikes Iceburg off the coast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and sinks. (1500+ death toll)  

1912  On this day in history pan American Union forms  

1912  On April - 14 belinda Quirey, dance historian/teacher  

1913  On April - 14 belgium begins general strike for voting rights  

1913  On April - 14 everhard van Royen, Dutch flautist/founder (Alma musica)  

1913  Karl Hagenbeck, German animal trainer (Von Tieren), dies at 68 on April - 14.  

1914  Stacy G Carkhuff patents non-skid tire pattern on this day in history.  

1914  Paul Ehrenreich, German etnologist/mythologist, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

1915  A's Herb Pennock is within 1 out of pitching 1st Opening Day no-hitter on this day in history.  

1915  On April - 14 james Hutton Brew, Pioneer of West African Journalism, dies  

1916  On this day in history commandur Rajagopalachari Rangachari, cricketer (India 1947-48)  

1917  Chic White Sox Ed Cicotte no-hits St Louis Browns, 11-0 on this day in history.  

1917  Valerie Hobson, North Ireland, actress (Great Expectations) on April - 14.  

1917  On this day in history lew [Lejzer L] Zamenhof, Polish doc/linguist (Esperanto), dies at 57  

1918  Douglas Campbell is 1st US ace pilot (shooting down 5th German plane) on this day in history.  

1918  Mary Healy, New Orleans, actress (2nd Fiddle, He Married his Wife) on this day in history.  

1920  Tornadoes killed 219 people in Alabama & Mississippi on this day in history.  

1920  Eduardo Maturana, composer on April - 14.  

1921  On April - 14 nHL Championship: Ottawa Senators sweep Toronto St Patricks in 2 games  

1921  Thomas Schelling, American economist, Nobel laureate on April - 14.  

1922  Republic rebels occupies 4 govt courts in Dublin on this day in history.  

1922  David Alexandrovich Toradze, composer on this day in history.  

1923  Etienne Oehmichen sets helicopter distance record of 358 meters on this day in history.  

1923  On this day in history william Darling, journalist  

1924  On this day in history shorty Rogers, [Milton M Rajonsky], composer  

1924  Louis H Sullivan, architect (Wainwright building St Louis), dies at 67 on April - 14.  

1925  The birth of Rod Steiger, American film actor on this day in history.  

1925  1st regular-season Cubs game to be broadcast on radio (WGN) on April - 14.  

1925  Abel Muzorewa, bishop/premier (Rhodesia) on this day in history.  

1925  Pieter D van Essen, Dutch artillery officer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1926  K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1095 Tulipa on April - 14.  

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1336  Emperor Go-Kōgon of Japan (d. 1374) was born on this day in history.  

1572  On this day in history birth of adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician (d. 1632)  

1578  On April - 14 birth of philip III, King of Spain & Portugal (1598-1621)  

1592  On this day in history birth of abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher  

1629  On April - 14 birth of christian Huygens, Holland, astronomer (discovered Saturn's rings)  

1668  Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish General (d. 1741) was born on April - 14.  

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 April - 14 childebert III, king of French, dies at about 27  

0911  On this day in history sergius III, Italian Pope (904-11), dies  

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

1132  Death of Mstislav of Kiev (b. 1076) on this day in history.  

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

1279  Death of Boleslaus of Greater Poland on this day in history.  

1322  Death of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Lord Badlesmere, English soldier (b. 1275) on this day in history.  

1345  Death of Richard Aungerville, English bishop and writer (b. 1287) on April - 14.