On This Day in History
April 14
Historical Events
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1865 US President Abraham Lincoln is shot in the head by John Wilkes Boothat Ford's Theatre in Washington; he dies a day later
1912 RMS Titanic, the world's largest ocean liner, hits an iceberg at 11:40pm off Newfoundland and sinks in the early hours of April 15
1914 Dr. Harry Plotz isolates the bacteria that causes typhus fever at Mount Sinai Hospital in NYC
1935 Black Sunday dust storm ravages the US Midwest, leading to the region being named the "Dust Bowl"
1981 The first Space Shuttle, Columbia, returns to Earth after 2 days and 6 hours in space
2003 The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%
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Famous Birthdays
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Famous Deaths
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Tragedy Writ Large for Charles Dickens
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Charles Dickens was struck with grief on this day when his tiny daughter, Dora, died after suffering convulsions. She was less than eight months old.
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