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  Archibald McIndoe, plastic surgeon, dies on this day in history.  

1961  On April - 14 first live television broadcast from the Soviet Union  

1963  On April - 14 george Harrison is impressed by the unsigned group "Rolling Stones"  

1964  Bert McGirr, cricketer (2 Tests for NZ, 51 runs), dies on April - 14.  

1965  On this day in history leonard Mudie, dies of heart ailment at 82  

1968  Roberto de Vicenzo loses Masters for signing an incorrect score card on April - 14.  

1969  41st Academy Awards on this day in history.  

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

1969  On this day in history student Afro-American Society seized at Columbia College  

1969  On this day in history tornado strikes Dacca East Pakistan killing 540  

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

1971  On this day in history fort Point, SF dedicated as a national historic site  

1971  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history maude Prickett, actress (Rosie-Hazel), dies at 60  

1977  On April - 14 riekus Waskowsky, Dutch poet, dies at 44  

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

1980  E Bowell discovers asteroids #2759 Idomeneus & #2830 Greenwich on April - 14.  

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 April - 14.  

1981  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1985  On this day in history enver Hoxha, Albanian leader (1944-85), dies  

1986  On April - 14 uS aircraft attacks 5 terrorist locations in Libya  

1987  Karl Holler, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1988  On this day in history uSS Samuel B. Roberts struck Iranian mine off Qatar  

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

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

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  Christian Huygens, Holland, astronomer (discovered Saturn's rings) was born on this day in history.  

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

1676  Ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer was born on this day in history.  

1710  On April - 14 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 this day in history.  

1132  On this day in history death of mstislav of Kiev (b. 1076)  

1240  Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales, dies on this day in history.  

1279  On April - 14 death of boleslaus of Greater Poland  

1322  On this day in history death of bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Lord Badlesmere, English soldier (b. 1275)  

1345  On April - 14 death of richard Aungerville, English bishop and writer (b. 1287)