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File: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
File:EdwardIVofEngland-Yorkist.jpg|Edward IV of England
File:Gnassingbé Eyadema, 1972.jpg|Gnassingbé Eyadéma
File: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
▲File:1999 Sydney hailstorm stones.jpg|Hailstones from the 1999 Sydney hailstorm
▲File:Apollo 13 Service Module - AS13-59-8500 (cropped).jpg|Damage to the Apollo 13 service module
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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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| [[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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|'''[[N'Ko script|N'Ko Alphabet Day]]''' in West Africa ([[1949]])
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| '''[[M. Visvesvaraya|M. Visvesvaraya]]'''<!--Indian engineer--> |d|1962
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| '''[[Junko Sakurada]]'''<!--Japanese singer/actress--> |b|1958
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* [[966]] – Polish ruler [[Mieszko I
* [[1471]] – [[Wars of the Roses]]: The [[House of York|Yorkists]] under [[Edward IV of England
▲* [[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]]''' U.S. 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]].
* [[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,
* [[1909]] – Following [[31 March Incident|a reactionary military revolt]] against the [[Committee of Union and Progress]], a mob began '''[[Adana massacre|a massacre of Armenian Christians]]''' in the [[Adana Vilayet]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]].▼
* [[1935]] – [[Dust Bowl]]: '''[[Black Sunday (storm)|A severe dust storm]]'''<!-- ''(pictured)''--> swept across [[Oklahoma]] and northern [[Texas]], removing an estimated 300 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]] –
* [[1967]] – After leading a military coup three months earlier, '''[[Gnassingbé Eyadéma]]''' installed himself as [[List of presidents of Togo|President of Togo]], a post that he held until 2005.▼
* [[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]] –
* [[1994]] – In a [[friendly fire]] incident during [[Operation Provide Comfort]] in northern Iraq, two [[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]] aircraft mistakenly '''[[1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident|shot down]]''' two [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] helicopters, killing 26 people.▼
▲* [[1999]] – A storm '''[[1999 Sydney hailstorm|dropped]]''' an estimated 500,000 [[tonne]]s of [[hail]]stones in Sydney<!-- ''(examples pictured)''--> 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.
* [[2010]] – Nearly 2,700 people were killed in '''[[2010 Yushu earthquake|an earthquake]]''' registering {{nowrap|6.9 [[Moment magnitude scale|M<sub>w</sub>]]}} in [[Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture]], China.
* [[2014]] – [[Boko Haram]] militants '''[[Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping|kidnapped 276 schoolgirls]]''' from a government secondary school in the town of [[Chibok]], Nigeria.▼
* 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. Gordon Childe]]'''<!--Australian archaeologist--> |b|1892
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'''[[April 14]]''': '''[[Puthandu|Tamil New Year]]''' and [[South and Southeast Asian solar New Year|other New Year festivals
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* [[43 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]].
▲* [[1561]] – '''[[1561 celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg|A mass sighting of celestial phenomena]]''' ''(depicted)'' occurred in [[Nuremberg]], Germany, where observers described an "aerial battle" between odd-shaped objects.
▲* [[1944]] – The freighter '''''[[SS Fort Stikine|
▲* [[1865]] – Actor and [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] sympathizer [[John Wilkes Booth]] '''[[Assassination of Abraham Lincoln|fatally shot]]''' U.S. president [[Abraham Lincoln]] at [[Ford's Theatre]] in Washington, D.C.
* [[1970]] – After an oxygen tank aboard '''[[Apollo 13|Apollo 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)''.
▲* [[1909]] – Following [[31 March Incident|a reactionary military revolt]] against the [[Committee of Union and Progress]], a mob began '''[[Adana massacre|a massacre of Armenian Christians]]''' in the [[Adana Vilayet]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]].
* [[1983]] – '''''[[Let's Dance (David Bowie album)|Let's Dance]]''''', English musician [[David Bowie]]'s best-selling album, was released.
▲* [[1967]] – After leading a military coup three months earlier, '''[[Gnassingbé Eyadéma]]''' installed himself as [[List of presidents of Togo|President of Togo]], a post that he held until 2005.
▲* [[1994]] – [[Iraqi no-fly zones conflict]]: In a [[friendly fire|friendly-fire]] incident during [[Operation Provide Comfort]]
▲* [[2014]] – [[Boko Haram]] militants '''[[Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping|kidnapped 276 schoolgirls]]''' from a government secondary school in the town of [[Chibok]], Nigeria.
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