This Day in History
14 Apr 1028
German emperor Conrad II the Sailor crowns his son Henry III king
14 Apr 1191
85-year old Giacinto Bobo becomes Pope Coelestinus III
14 Apr 1341
Sack of Saluzzo (Italy) by Italian-Angevine troops under Manfred V of Saluzzo.
14 Apr 1434
The foundation stone of Cathedral St. Peter and St. Paul in Nantes France is laid
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American pilots engage in first dogfight over the western front
Six days after being assigned for the first time to the western front two American pilots from the U.S. First Aero Squadron engage in Americas first ae...
U.S. bombs terrorist and military targets in Libya
On April 14 1986 the United States launches air strikes against Libya in retaliation for the Libyan sponsorship of terrorism against American troops and citiz...
Soviets to withdraw from Afghanistan
Representatives of the USSR Afghanistan the United States and Pakistan sign an agreement calling for the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan. In exc...
RMS Titanic hits iceberg
Just before midnight in the North Atlantic the RMS Titanic fails to divert its course from an iceberg ruptures its hull and begins to sink.Four days earlier...
Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth
On this day in 1865 John Wilkes Booth an actor and Confederate sympathizer fatally shoots President Abraham Lincoln at a play at Fords The...
U.S. Fifth Army joins British Allies in Italian offensive
On this day in 1945 the U.S. Fifth Army joins its British allies in the assault on the German occupiers of Italy.The Fifth Army now under Lucian K. Truscott (...
Operation Baby Lift concludes after flying 2,600 South Vietnamese orphans to the U.S.
The American airlift of Vietnamese orphans to the United States ends after 2600 children are transported to America. The operation began disastrously on April ...
173rd Airborne Brigade ordered to South Vietnam
The Joint Chiefs of Staff order the deployment of the 173rd Airborne Brigade from Okinawa to South Vietnam. The 173rd arrived in Vietnam in May 1965 and was the...
Montreal Canadiens win fifth consecutive Stanley Cup
On April 14 1960 the Montreal Canadiens defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs to win the Stanley Cup for a record fifth year in a row.The Canadiens reached the Stanl...
President Lincoln is shot
At Fords Theater in Washington D.C. John Wilkes Booth an actor and Confederate sympathizer fatally wounds President Abraham Lincoln. The attack came...
Loretta Lynn is born
Loretta Lynn a singer who greatly expanded the opportunities for women in the male-dominated world of country-western music is born in Butcher Hollow Kentuck...
Black Sunday Dust Bowl storm strikes
In what came to be known as Black Sunday one of the most devastating storms of the 1930s Dust Bowl era swept across the region on this day. High ...
Country legend Loretta Lynn is born in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky
If theres one thing nearly everyone knows about country-music legend Loretta Lynn its what her father Ted Webb did for a living. Like any man...
Webster’s American Dictionary of the English Language is printed
Noah Webster a Yale-educated lawyer with an avid interest in language and education publishes his American Dictionary of the English Language.Websters...
Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand tie for Best Actress Oscar
On this day in 1969 the 41st annual Academy Awards are broadcast live to a television audience in 37 nations. It was the first time the awards had been televis...
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