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* [[966]] – Polish ruler [[Mieszko I|Mieszko I]] '''[[Christianization of Poland|converted to Christianity]]''', an event considered to be the '''[[History of Poland during the Piast dynasty|founding of the Polish state]]'''.▼
* [[1471]] – [[Wars of the Roses]]: The [[House of York|Yorkists]] under [[Edward IV of England|Edward IV]] defeated the [[House of Lancaster|Lancastrians]] at the '''[[Battle of 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]]''' 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, causing severe flooding and damage downstream.▼
* [[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.
* [[1945]] – [[World War II]]: The German town of [[Friesoythe]] '''[[Razing of Friesoythe|was razed]]''' by the [[4th Canadian Division]] on the orders of Major General [[Christopher Vokes]].▼
* [[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.▼
* [[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.
* [[1970]] – An oxygen tank aboard '''[[Apollo 13|{{nowrap|Apollo 13}}]]''' exploded<!-- ''(damage pictured)''-->, 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]] – '''[[1999 Sydney hailstorm|A storm dropped]]''' around 500,000 tonnes of [[hail]]stones on Sydney ''(examples pictured)'' and the east coast of [[New South Wales]], causing about [[Australian dollar|A$]]2.3 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|U.S. Air Force]] aircraft mistakenly '''[[1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident|shot down]]''' two [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] helicopters, killing 26 people.▼
* [[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.
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'''[[April 14]]''': '''[[Vaisakhi]]''' (Sikhism, 2022); '''[[Puthandu|Tamil New Year]]''' and [[South and Southeast Asian solar New Year|other New Year festivals]] in South and Southeast Asia (2022); '''[[1978 Georgian demonstrations|Day of the Georgian Language]]''' ([[1978]])
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* [[43 BC|{{nowrap|43 BC}}]] – [[War of Mutina]]: Despite initial success, troops loyal to [[Mark Antony]] were '''[[Battle of Forum Gallorum|defeated]]''' near the ''[[Via Aemilia]]'' in northern Italy by legions loyal to the [[Roman Senate]]
▲* [[966]] – Polish ruler [[Mieszko I|Mieszko I]] '''[[Christianization of Poland|converted to Christianity]]''', an event considered to be the '''[[History of Poland during the Piast dynasty|founding of the Polish state]]'''.
▲* [[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.
▲* [[1471]] – [[Wars of the Roses]]: The [[House of York|Yorkists]] under [[Edward IV of England|Edward IV]] defeated the [[House of Lancaster|Lancastrians]] at the '''[[Battle of Barnet]]''', killing [[Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick|Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick]].
▲* [[1970]] –
▲* [[1908]] – The first '''[[Hauser Dam]]''' in the U.S. state of [[Montana]] failed, causing severe flooding and damage downstream.
* [[1983]] – '''''[[Let's Dance (David Bowie album)|Let's Dance]]''''', [[David Bowie]]'s best-selling album, was released.
▲* [[1945]] – [[World War II]]: The German town of [[Friesoythe]] '''[[Razing of Friesoythe|was razed]]''' by the [[4th Canadian Division]] on the orders of Major General [[Christopher Vokes]].
▲* [[1994]] – [[Iraqi no-fly zones conflict]]: 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]] – '''[[1999 Sydney hailstorm|A storm dropped]]''' around 500,000 tonnes of [[hail]]stones on Sydney ''(examples pictured)'' and the east coast of [[New South Wales]], causing about [[Australian dollar|A$]]2.3 billion in damages, the costliest [[natural disaster]] in Australian insurance history.
{{Born and died list| '''[[Anne Sullivan]]'''<!--American educator--> |b|1866| '''[[John Gielgud]]'''<!--English actor--> |b|1904| '''[[M. Visvesvaraya|M. Visvesvaraya]]'''<!--Indian engineer--> |d|1962}}
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