WHAT HAPPENED ON 14. APRIL
Want to find out what all happened on 14. April

U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth (died April 15th). (14. April 1865)

U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked in his home by Lewis Powell. (14. April 1865)

The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas. (14. April 1881)

The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C. (14. April 1890)

The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films. (14. April 1894)

The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement. (14. April 1906)

A massacre is organized by Ottoman Empire against Armenian population of Cilicia. (14. April 1909)

The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 11:40pm (sinks morning of April 15th). (14. April 1912)

The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden. (14. April 1927)

The Bremen, a German Junkers W33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west. (14. April 1928)

The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic. (14. April 1931)

First edition of the Highway Code published in Great Britain. (14. April 1931)

"Black Sunday Storm", the worst dust storm of the U.S. Dust Bowl. (14. April 1935)

The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press. (14. April 1939)

World War II: Royal Marines land in Namsos, Norway in preparation for a larger force to arrive two days later. (14. April 1940)

World War II: The Ustashe, a Croatian far-right organization is put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis Powers after the Axis Operation 25 invasion. (14. April 1941)

World War II: Rommel attacks Tobruk. (14. April 1941)

Malta received the George Cross for its gallantry. The George Cross was given by King George VI himself and is now an emblem on the Maltese national flag. (14. April 1942)

Bombay Explosion: A massive explosion in Bombay harbor kills 300 and causes economic damage valued then at 20 million pounds. (14. April 1944)

Osijek, Croatia, is liberated from fascist occupation. (14. April 1945)