14 April 1865

President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford’s Theatre by John Wilkes Booth; He dies the following day. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln occurred on the…

14 April 1639

Thirty Years’ War: Forces of the Holy Roman Empire and Electorate of Saxony are defeated by the Swedes at the Battle of Chemnitz, ending the…

14 April 1986

The heaviest hailstones ever recorded, each weighing 1 kilogram (2.2 lb), fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92. Hail stones are formed when…

14 April 1909

A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.

14 April 1909

A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.

14 April 1927

The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo’]

14 April 1828

Noah Webster copyrights the first edition of his dictionary. Noah Webster Jr. October 16, 1758 – May 28, 1843 was an American lexicographer, textbook pioneer,…

14 April 1881

The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas. On April 14, 1881, a group of about 75 heavily armed Mexicans…

14 April 1828

Noah Webster copyrights the first edition of Webster’s Dictionary. Noah Webster was a lexicographer and a language reformer. He is often called the “Father of…

14 April 1986

92 people are killed in Bangladesh when the heaviest hailstones ever recorded (~1 kilogram) fall.