On This Day - April 14th

Featured Event:

Abraham Lincoln shot (1865) ⚰️

On this day in 1865, just after the effective end of the American Civil War, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending a production at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., and died the next morning.

Other Events:

1828: Noah Webster published An American Dictionary of the English Language. 📕

1912: RMS Titanic, the world's largest ocean liner, hits an iceberg at 11.40pm off Newfoundland, sinks in the early hours of April 15. 🚢

2010: Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland began sending ash plumes into the skies, disrupting air traffic for days across northern and central Europe. 🌋

2017: Kendrick Lamar releases his fourth studio album "DAMN." 🎤

Holidays:

Bengali New Year 🇧🇩

Black Day 🇰🇷

Day of the Georgian Language 🇬🇪

Youth Day 🇦🇴

Featured Birthdays:

1932: Loretta Lynn 🇺🇸 (Singer)

1945: Ritchie Blackmore 🇬🇧 (Guitarist)

1973: Adrien Brody 🇺🇸 (Actor)

1977: Sarah Michelle Gellar 🇺🇸 (Actress)

Featured Deaths:

1759: George Friedrich Handel 🇩🇪 (Composer)

1986: Simone de Beauvoir 🇫🇷 (Writer)

2021: Bernie Madoff 🇺🇸 (Hedge-fund Investor)