14 April History
- 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.
14 April Birthdays
- 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.