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14 April, 2007
At least 200,000 demonstrators in Ankara, Turkey protest against the possible candidacy of incumbent Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
14 April, 2005
Oregon Supreme Court nullifies nearly 3,000 marriage licenses issued to gay couples a year earlier by Multnomah County.
14 April, 2003
Human Genome Project successfully completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to 99.99% accuracy.
14 April, 2003
U.S. troops in Baghdad capture Abu Abbas, leader of the Palestinian group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner the Achille Lauro in 1985.
14 April, 2002
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by his countrys military.
14 April, 2000
Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich filed a lawsuit against P2P sharing phenomenon Napster. This law-suit eventually led the movement against file-sharing programs.
14 April, 1999
NATO mistakenly bombs a convoy of ethnic Albanian refugees - Yugoslav officials say 75 people are killed.
14 April, 1999
A severe hailstorm strikes Sydney, Australia causing A$1.7 billion in insured damages, the most costly natural disaster in Australian history.
14 April, 1994
In a U.S. friendly fire incident during Operation Provide Comfort in northern Iraq, two United States Air Force aircraft mistakenly shoot-down two United States Army helicopters, killing 26 people.
14 April, 1988
USS Samuel B. Roberts strikes a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will.
14 April, 1988
In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
14 April, 1986
In retaliation for the April 5 bombing of the La Belle Discotheque in West Berlin in which two U.S. servicemen were killed, Ronald Reagan orders major bombing raids against Tripoli and Benghazi, in Libya, which kills 60 people.
14 April, 1986
2.2 pound (1 kg) hailstones fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92. These are the heaviest hailstones ever recorded.
14 April, 1981
The first operational space shuttle, U.S. Columbia, lands at Edwards Air Force Base, California after its first test flight.
14 April, 1978
1978 Tbilisi Demonstrations: thousands of Georgians demonstrate against the attempt by the Soviet authorities to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
14 April, 1968
At the U.S. Academy Awards, a tie between Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand results in the two sharing the Best Actress Oscar..
14 April, 1964
A Delta rockets third-stage motor prematurely ignites in an assembly room at Cape Canaveral, killing 3.
14 April, 1962
Georges Pompidou becomes Prime Minister of France.
14 April, 1958
The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days.
14 April, 1956
Videotape is first demonstrated at the 1956 NARTB (now NAB) convention in Chicago, Illinois, U.S..
14 April, 1945
Osijek, Croatia, is liberated from fascistic occupation.
14 April, 1944
A massive explosion rocks the Bombay harbor killing 300 and causing a loss of 20 million pounds at that time. See: Bombay Explosion (1944).
14 April, 1941
World War II: The Ustashe, a Croatian far-right organization that pursued Nazi and fascist policies, is put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis Powers after the April 6 invasion of Yugoslavia during Operation 25.
14 April, 1940
World War II: Royal Marines land in Namsos, Norway, occupying key points, preparatory to a larger force arriving two days later.
14 April, 1935
"Black Sunday", the worst dust storm of the U.S. Dust Bowl.
14 April, 1935
Babe Ruth plays his first National League game in Fenway Park in Boston, U.S..
14 April, 1931
Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the 2nd Spanish Republic.
14 April, 1927
The first Volvo car premieres, in Gothenburg, Sweden.
14 April, 1915
The Turks invade Armenia.
14 April, 1912
The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic, and sinks the following morning with the loss of 1,503 lives.
14 April, 1894
Thomas Edison demonstrates the kinetoscope, a device for peep-show viewing using photographs that flip in sequence, a precursor to movies.
14 April, 1890
The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington.
14 April, 1881
The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight erupted in El Paso, U.S..
14 April, 1865
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Fords Theatre by John Wilkes Booth.
14 April, 1865
U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked in his home by Lewis Powell.
14 April, 1864
Battle of Dybbøl: A Prussian-Austrian army defeats Denmark and gains control of Schleswig. Denmark surrenders the province in the following peace settlement.
14 April, 1860
The first Pony Express rider reaches Sacramento, U.S..
14 April, 1849
Hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Louis Kossuth as its leader.
14 April, 1846
The Donner Party of pioneers departs Springfield, Illinois, U.S. for California, on what will become a year-long journey of hardship, cannibalism, and survival.
14 April, 1831
Soldiers marching on a bridge in Manchester, England cause it to collapse.
14 April, 1828
Noah Webster copyrights the first edition of his dictionary.
14 April, 1775
The first abolition society in the North America is established. The "Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage" is organized in Philadelphia, U.S. by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
14 April, 1699
Khalsa. Birth of Khalsa, the brotherhood of the Sikh religion, in Northern India in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar.
14 April, 1632
Battle of Rain: Swedes under Gustavus Adolphus defeat the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years War.
14 April, 1471
In England, the Yorkists under Edward IV defeat the Lancastrians under Warwick at the battle of Barnet; the Earl of Warwick is killed and Edward IV resumes the throne.
14 April, 1434
The foundation stone of Cathedral St. Peter and St. Paul in Nantes, France was laid.
14 April, 1341
Sack of Saluzzo (Italy) by Italian-Angevine troops under Manfred V of Saluzzo
14 April, 1205
Battle of Adrianople between Bulgarians and Crusaders.
14 April, 1028
Henry III, son of Conrad, is elected king of the Germans.
14 April, 69
Vitellius, commander of the Rhine armies, defeats Emperor Otho in the Battle of Bedriacum and seizes the throne.

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