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ImageFile:Ap13.jpg|Apollo 13 mission patch
File:Apollo 13 Service Module - AS13-59-8500 (cropped).jpg|Damage to the Apollo 13 service module
File:Dust storm in Spearman,Texas, Wea01422.jpg|"Black Sunday" dust storm
File:Septimius Severus Glyptothek Munich 357.jpg|Bust of Septimius Severus
ImageFile:EdwardIVofEngland-Yorkist.jpg|Edward IV of England
File:Gnassingbé Eyadema, 1972.jpg|Gnassingbé Eyadéma
Image:1999 Sydney hailstorm stones.jpg|Hailstones from the 1999 Sydney hailstorm▼
File:2-inch Quad Tape Reel with miniDV cassette.jpg|Two-inch quadruplex videotape
File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-12783, Alcala Zamora.jpg|Niceto Alcalá-Zamora
File:Noah Webster engraving.jpg|Noah Webster
File:John Wilkes Booth-portrait.jpg|John Wilkes Booth
▲ImageFile:1999 Sydney hailstorm stones.jpg|Hailstones from the 1999 Sydney hailstorm
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| [[1434]] – The foundation stone of the '''[[Nantes Cathedral|Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul]]''' in [[Nantes]], [[Brittany]], France, was first laid, but the building was not completed until more than four centuries later in 1891.
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*| [[1561]] – In [[Nuremberg]], there was a '''[[1561 celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg|A mass sighting of celestial phenomena]]''' ''(illustration pictureddepicted)'' occurred in [[Nuremberg]], Germany, where observers described an "aerial battle" between odd-shaped objects.▼
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| [[1828]] – [[Lexicography|Lexicographer]] '''[[Noah Webster]]''' copyrighted the first edition of his [[Webster's Dictionary|dictionary of American English]]<!-- not bold, refimprove section-->.
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| [[1931]] – After King [[Alfonso XIII of Spain|{{nowrap|Alfonso XIII}}]] left Spain, the '''[[Second Spanish Republic]]''' was proclaimed by a [[provisional government]] led by [[Niceto Alcalá-Zamora]].
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| [[1939]] – '''''[[The Grapes of Wrath]]''''', [[John Steinbeck]]'s [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction|Pulitzer Prize]]–winning novel and a major factor in his 1962 [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] award, was first published.
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| [[1956]] – The use of '''[[Quadruplex videotape|2-inch quadruplex]]'''<!-- ''(example pictured)''-->, the first practical and commercially successful [[videotape]] format, was first demonstrated in public.
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| [[2007]] – In [[Ankara]], Turkey, the first of the '''[[Republic Protests]]''' took place, when hundreds of thousands of people protested against the possible [[President of Turkey|presidential]] candidacy of incumbent [[Primeprime Minister of Turkey|Prime Minister]]minister [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]].
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| '''[[John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu]]'''<!--English nobleman--> |d|1471
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| '''[[M. Visvesvaraya|M.&nbsp;Visvesvaraya]]'''<!--Indian engineer--> |d|1962
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==Eligible==
* [[193966]] – Polish ruler [[Mieszko I|Mieszko&nbsp;I]] '''[[SeptimiusChristianization of Poland|converted to SeverusChristianity]]''', seizedan theevent throneconsidered ofto be the '''[[Roman Empire]] after the deathHistory of [[Pertinax]]Poland during the [[YearPiast dynasty|founding of the FivePolish Emperorsstate]]'''.
* [[1471]] – [[Wars of the Roses]]: The [[House of York|Yorkists]] under [[Edward IV of England|{{Nowrap|Edward &nbsp;IV}}]] '''[[Battledefeated of Barnet|defeated]]''' the [[House of Lancaster|Lancastrians]] nearat the town'''[[Battle of [[Chipping Barnet|Barnet]]''', killing [[Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick|Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick]].▼
* [[966]] – [[Mieszko I of Poland|{{nowrap|Mieszko I}}]], ruler of the [[Polans (western)|Polans]], '''[[Christianization of Poland|converted to Christianity]]''', an event considered to be the '''[[History of Poland during the Piast dynasty|founding of the Polish state]]'''.
* [[1865]] – Actor and [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] sympathizer [[John Wilkes Booth]] '''[[Assassination of Abraham Lincoln|fatally shot]]''' [[President of the United States|U.S. President]]president [[Abraham Lincoln]] at [[Ford's Theatre]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]▼
▲* [[1471]] – [[Wars of the Roses]]: The [[House of York|Yorkists]] under [[Edward IV of England|{{Nowrap|Edward IV}}]] '''[[Battle of Barnet|defeated]]''' the [[House of Lancaster|Lancastrians]] near the town of [[Chipping Barnet|Barnet]], killing [[Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick|Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick]].
▲* [[1865]] – Actor and [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] sympathizer [[John Wilkes Booth]] '''[[Assassination of Abraham Lincoln|fatally shot]]''' [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Abraham Lincoln]] at [[Ford's Theatre]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]
* [[1906]] – The '''[[Azusa Street Revival]]''', the primary catalyst for the spread of [[Pentecostalism]] in the 20th century, opened in Los Angeles.
* [[1908]] – The first '''[[Hauser Dam]]''' in the U.S. state of [[Montana]] failed, and causedcausing severe flooding and damage downstream.▼
* [[1909]] – Following a [[31 March Incident|a reactionary military revolt]] against the [[Committee of Union and Progress|constitutional government]], a mob began a '''[[Adana massacre|a massacre of ArmeniansArmenian Christians]]''' in the [[Adana Vilayet]], of the [[Ottoman Empire]].
* [[1935]] – A[[Dust Bowl]]: '''[[Black Sunday (storm)|massiveA severe dust storm]]'''<!-- ''(pictured)''--> swept across [[Oklahoma]] and northern [[Texas]], removing an estimated {{convert|300000000|ST|t}}300&nbsp;million tons of [[topsoil]] from the prairies.
* [[1944]] – The freighter [[SS Fort Stikine|SS ''Fort Stikine'']], carrying a mixed cargo of cotton bales, gold and ammunition, '''[[1944 Bombay explosion|exploded]]''' in the harbour in [[Mumbai|Bombay]], India, sinking surrounding ships and killing about 800 people.▼
* [[1945]] – The [[4thWorld CanadianWar&nbsp;II]]: (Armoured)The DivisionGerman town of [[Friesoythe]] '''[[Razing of Friesoythe|deliberatelywas destroyedrazed]]''' by the German[[4th townCanadian of [[FriesoytheDivision]] on the orders of [[Major general|Major General]] [[Christopher Vokes]].▼
* [[1967]] – After leading a military coup three months earlier, '''[[Gnassingbé Eyadéma]]''' installed himself as [[List of Presidentspresidents of Togo|President of Togo]], a post whichthat he held until 2005.
* [[1970]] – An oxygen tank aboard '''''[[Apollo 13]]''''' exploded, causing the [[NASA]] spacecraft to lose most of its oxygen and electrical power.
* [[1978]] – Thousands of Georgians '''[[1978 Georgian demonstrations|demonstrated]]''' in [[Tbilisi]] against an attempt by the [[Supreme Soviet]] of the [[Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic|Georgian SSR]] to change the constitutional status of the [[Georgian language]].
* [[1999]] – A storm '''[[1999 Sydney hailstorm|A storm dropped]]''' an estimatedaround 500,000 [[tonne]]stonnes of [[hail]]stones inon [[Sydney]] and''(examples alongpictured)'' and the east coast of [[New South Wales]], causing about [[Australian dollar|A$]]{{Nowrap|2.3 &nbsp;billion}} in damages, the costliest [[natural disaster]] in Australian insurance history.▼
* [[1994]] – In a [[friendly fire]] incident during [[Operation Provide Comfort]] in northern Iraq, two [[United States Air Force|US Air Force]] aircraft mistakenly '''[[1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident|shot down]]''' two [[United States Army|US Army]] helicopters, killing 26 people.▼
* [[2010]] – Nearly 2,700 people were killed in a'''[[2010 magnitudeYushu earthquake|an earthquake]]''' registering {{nowrap|6.9 [[Moment magnitude scale|M<sub>w</sub>]]}} '''[[2010 Yushu earthquake|earthquake]]''' in [[Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture|Yushu]], [[Qinghai]], China.▼
▲* [[1999]] – A storm '''[[1999 Sydney hailstorm|dropped]]''' an estimated 500,000 [[tonne]]s of [[hail]]stones in [[Sydney]] and along the east coast of [[New South Wales]], causing about [[Australian dollar|A$]]{{Nowrap|2.3 billion}} in damages, the costliest [[natural disaster]] in Australian insurance history.
* [[2014]] – [[Boko Haram]] militants '''[[Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping|kidnapped 276 schoolgirls]]''' 276 female students from thea Governmentgovernment Secondarysecondary Schoolschool in the town of [[Chibok]] in [[Borno State]], Nigeria.▼
▲* [[2010]] – Nearly 2,700 people were killed in a magnitude {{nowrap|6.9 [[Moment magnitude scale|M<sub>w</sub>]]}} '''[[2010 Yushu earthquake|earthquake]]''' in [[Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture|Yushu]], [[Qinghai]], China.
* Born/died this day: | '''[[Lucia Visconti]]'''<!--Italian/English noblewoman--> |d|1424| '''[[Christiaan Huygens]]'''<!--Dutch physicist--> |b|1629| '''[[William Whitehead (poet)|William Whitehead]]'''<!--English--> |d|1785| '''[[Harriett Ellen Grannis Arey]]'''<!--American educator--> |b|1819| '''[[Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton]]'''<!--Australian biologist--> |b|1852| '''[[Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom]]''' |b|1857| '''[[V. Gordon Childe|V.&nbsp;Gordon Childe]]'''<!--Australian archaeologist--> |b|1892| '''[[L. L. Zamenhof|{{Nowrap|L. L.}} Zamenhof]]'''<!--Polish inventor of Esperanto--> |d|1917| '''[[Rod Steiger]]'''<!--American actor--> |b|1925| '''[[Berry Berenson]]'''<!--American photographer, female--> |b|1948| '''[[Rachel Carson]]'''<!--American environmentalist--> |d|1964| '''[[Lita (wrestler)|Lita]]'''<!--American--> |b|1975| '''[[Sarah Michelle Gellar]]'''<!--American actress--> |b|1977
* Born/died this day: '''[[Rod Steiger]]''' (b.&nbsp;1925){{·}} '''[[Sarah Michelle Gellar]]''' (b.&nbsp;1977)
 
==Notes==
* [[RMS Titanic]] listed on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 15|April 15]]
* [[A Dictionary of the English Language]] appears on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 15|April 15]] so Noah Webster should not appear in the same year.
* [[Battle of Barnet]] and [[John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu]], should not be featured in the same year
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'''[[April 14]]''': <!--'''[[PalmPuthandu|Tamil Sunday]]'''New (Western Christianity, 2019); refimprove-->'''[[Rama NavamiYear]]'''<!-- and '''[[SwaminarayanSouth Jayanti]]''';and stub-->Southeast (Hinduism,Asian 2019); '''[[Pahela Baishakh|Bengalisolar New Year]]''', '''[[Vaisakhi]]''' ([[Sikhism]]), '''[[Puthandu|Tamilother New Year]]''', andfestivals [[Aprilin 14#HolidaysSouth and observances|otherSoutheast New Year festivalsAsia]] in Asia (20182024); '''[[1978 Georgian demonstrations|Day of the Georgian languageLanguage]]''' in Georgia ([[1978]])
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* [[43&nbsp;BC]] – [[War of Mutina]]: Despite initial success, troops loyal to [[Mark Antony]] '''[[Battle of Forum Gallorum|were defeated]]''' near the ''[[Via Aemilia]]'' in northern Italy by legions loyal to the [[Roman Senate]].
{{main page image|File:Nuremberg Apr 14 1561.jpg|Illustration of celestial phenomena in Nuremberg}}
▲* [[1944]] – The freighter '''''[[SS Fort Stikine|SS ''Fort Stikine'']]''''', carrying a mixed cargo of cotton bales, gold and ammunition, '''[[1944 Bombay explosion|exploded]]''' in the harbour]]''' inof [[Mumbai|Bombay]], India, sinking surrounding ships and killingcausing about 800 peopledeaths.
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* [[1970]] – After an oxygen tank aboard '''[[Apollo 13|Apollo&nbsp;13]]''' exploded<!-- ''(damage pictured)''-->, disabling the spacecraft's electrical and [[life-support system]]s, astronaut [[Jack Swigert]] reported: "'''[[Houston, we have a problem|Houston, we've had a problem here]]'''" ''(audio featured)''.
▲* [[1561]] – In [[Nuremberg]], there was a '''[[1561 celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg|mass sighting of celestial phenomena]]''' ''(illustration pictured)'' where observers described an "aerial battle" between odd-shaped objects.
* [[1983]] – '''''[[Let's Dance (David Bowie album)|Let's Dance]]''''', English musician [[David Bowie]]'s best-selling album, was released.
▲* [[1908]] – The first '''[[Hauser Dam]]''' in the U.S. state of [[Montana]] failed and caused severe flooding and damage downstream.
▲* [[1994]] – [[Iraqi no-fly zones conflict]]: In a [[friendly fire|friendly-fire]] incident during [[Operation Provide Comfort]] in northern Iraq, two [[United States Air Force|USU.S. Air Force]] aircraft mistakenly '''[[1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident|mistakenly shot down]]''' two [[United States Army|USU.S. Army]] helicopters over northern Iraq, killing 26 people.
▲* [[1945]] – The [[4th Canadian (Armoured) Division]] '''[[Razing of Friesoythe|deliberately destroyed]]''' the German town of [[Friesoythe]] on the orders of [[Major general|Major General]] [[Christopher Vokes]].
{{Born and died list| '''[[Anne Sullivan]]'''<!--American educator--> |b|1866| '''[[John Gielgud]]'''<!--English actor--> |b|1904| '''[[Yakov Dzhugashvili]]'''<!--Georgian soldier, son of Stalin--> |d|1943}}
▲* [[2014]] – [[Boko Haram]] '''[[Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping|kidnapped]]''' 276 female students from the Government Secondary School in the town of [[Chibok]] in [[Borno State]], Nigeria.
'''[[Christiaan Huygens]]''' (b.&nbsp;1629){{·}} '''[[Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom]]''' (b.&nbsp;1857){{·}} '''[[L. L. Zamenhof|{{Nowrap|L. L.}} Zamenhof]]''' (d.&nbsp;1917)
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