Historical Events In April - 14

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

1960  On this day in history montreal Canadiens sweep Toronto Maple Leafs for the Stanley Cup  

1960  On April - 14 archibald McIndoe, plastic surgeon, dies  

1961  On this day in history first live television broadcast from the Soviet Union  

1963  George Harrison is impressed by the unsigned group "Rolling Stones" on April - 14.  

1964  Bert McGirr, cricketer (2 Tests for NZ, 51 runs), dies on this day in history.  

1965  Leonard Mudie, dies of heart ailment at 82 on this day in history.  

1968  On this day in history roberto de Vicenzo loses Masters for signing an incorrect score card  

1969  41st Academy Awards on April - 14.  

1969  First major league baseball game outside US played in Montreal, Canada on this day in history.  

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

1969  Tornado strikes Dacca East Pakistan killing 540 on this day in history.  

1969  On this day in history vQ-1 aircraft shot down by North Korean aircraft over Sea of Japan  

1971  Fort Point, SF dedicated as a national historic site on April - 14.  

1971  Armand Spitz, developer of small educational planetarium, dies on this day in history.  

1973  On this day in history magda Janssens, Flemish actress (Nederlands in 7 Lessons), dies at 88  

1974  On this day in history gary Player wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament  

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

1975  Fredric March, actor (Inherit the Wind), dies at 77 on April - 14.  

1976  Maude Prickett, actress (Rosie-Hazel), dies at 60 on April - 14.  

1977  Riekus Waskowsky, Dutch poet, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

1978  On April - 14 h Debehogne discovers asteroid #2364 Seillier  

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

1980  Tom Fadden, actor (Duffeild-Broken Arrow, Cimarron City), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

1981  Space Shuttle-Columbia 1-returns to Earth on April - 14.  

1981  On April - 14 the first space shuttle, Columbia, is successfully launched  

1982  M Watt discovers asteroid #2675 Tolkien on April - 14.  

1983  Nina Dumbadze, Russian discus thrower (Oly-bronze-1952), dies at 64 on April - 14.  

1985  On April - 14 enver Hoxha, Albanian leader (1944-85), dies  

1986  US aircraft attacks 5 terrorist locations in Libya on April - 14.  

1987  On April - 14 karl Holler, composer, dies at 79  

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

1988  Herbert Reynolds Inch, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

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

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1336  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Kōgon of Japan (d. 1374)  

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 April - 14.  

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

1629  On this day in history birth of christian Huygens, Holland, astronomer (discovered Saturn's rings)  

1668  Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish General (d. 1741) was born on this day in history.  

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

1710  Marie A C de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer was born on April - 14.  

0711  On April - 14 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  Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales, dies on this day in history.  

1279  On this day in history death of boleslaus of Greater Poland  

1322  Death of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Lord Badlesmere, English soldier (b. 1275) on April - 14.  

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