April 14 - The Day in History

April 14 : General Interest
1865: Lincoln is shot

On this day in 1865, John Wilkes Booth, an actor and Confederate sympathizer, fatally shoots President Abraham Lincoln at a play at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C... read more


American Revolution
1775 : First American abolition society founded in Philadelphia
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-american-abolition-society-founded-in-philadelphia

Automotive
2005 : Pontiac Solstice stars on "The Apprentice"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pontiac-solstice-stars-on-the-apprentice

Civil War
1865 : President Lincoln is shot
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lincoln-is-shot

Cold War
1950 : President Truman receives NSC-68
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-truman-receives-nsc-68

Crime
1865 : John Wilkes Booth shoots Abraham Lincoln
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-wilkes-booth-shoots-abraham-lincoln

Disaster
1944 : Explosion on cargo ship rocks Bombay, India
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/explosion-on-cargo-ship-rocks-bombay-india

General Interest
1912 : RMS Titanic hits iceberg
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rms-titanic-hits-iceberg
1918 : U.S. fliers in first dogfight over western front
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-fliers-in-first-dogfight-over-western-front
1986 : U.S. bombs Libya
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-bombs-libya
1988 : Soviets to withdraw from Afghanistan
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-to-withdraw-from-afghanistan

Hollywood
1969 : Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand tie for Best Actress Oscar
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/katharine-hepburn-and-barbra-streisand-tie-for-best-actress-oscar

Literary
1818 : Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language is printed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/websters-american-dictionary-of-the-english-language-is-printed

Music
1935 : Country legend Loretta Lynn is born in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/country-legend-loretta-lynn-is-born-in-butcher-hollow-kentucky

Old West
1935 : A major Dust Bowl storm strikes
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-major-dust-bowl-storm-strikes
1935 : Loretta Lynn is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/loretta-lynn-is-born

Presidential
1865 : President Lincoln is shot
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-lincoln-is-shot

Sports
1960 : Montreal Canadiens win fifth consecutive Stanley Cup
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/montreal-canadiens-win-fifth-consecutive-stanley-cup

Vietnam War
1965 : 173rd Airborne Brigade ordered to South Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/173rd-airborne-brigade-ordered-to-south-vietnam
1975 : Operation "Baby Lift" concludes
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/operation-baby-lift-concludes

World War I
1916 : Battle of Lake Naroch ends
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-lake-naroch-ends

World War II
1945 : U.S. Fifth Army joins in Italian offensive
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-fifth-army-joins-in-italian-offensive