Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
April 14
| 1471 | The Earl of Warwick, who fought on both sides in the War of the Roses, is killed at the Battle of Barnet with the defeat of the Lancastrians. | |
| 1543 | Bartoleme Ferrelo returns to Spain after discovering a large bay in the New World (San Francisco). | |
| 1775 | The first abolitionist society in United States is organized in Philadelphia. | |
| 1793 | A royalist rebellion in Santo Domingo is crushed by French republican troops. | |
| 1828 | The first edition of Noah Webster's dictionary is published. | |
| 1860 | The first Pony Express rider arrives in San Francisco with mail originating in St. Joseph, Missouri. | |
| 1865 | President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated in Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth. | |
| 1894 | Thomas Edison's kinetoscope is shown to the public for the first time. | |
| 1900 | The World Exposition opens in Paris. | |
| 1912 | The passenger liner Titanic–deemed unsinkable–strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage and begins to sink. The ship will go under the next day with a loss of 1,500 lives. | |
| 1931 | King Alfonso XIII of Spain is overthrown. | |
| 1945 | American B-29 bombers's damage the Imperial Palace during firebombing raid over Tokyo. | |
| 1953 | The Viet Minh invade Laos with 40,00 troops in their war against French colonial forces. | |
| 1959 | The Taft Memorial Bell Tower is dedicated in Washington, D.C. | |
| 1961 | The first live broadcast is televised from the Soviet Union. | |
| 1969 | The first major league baseball game is played in Montreal, Canada. | |
| 1981 | America's first space shuttle, Columbia, returns to Earth. | |
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Born on April 14 |
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| 1578 | Philip III, king of Spain and Portugal (1598-1621). | |
| 1629 | Christian Huygens, Dutch astronomer. | |
| 1866 | Anne Mansfield Sullivan, teacher who educated Helen Keller. | |
| 1889 | Arnold Toynbee, English historian. | |
| 1898 | Harold Black, electrical engineer. | |
| 1904 | Sir John Gielgud, British actor. | |
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