jueves, 14 de abril de 2011

April 14

On April 14, 1865, President Lincoln was shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth while attending the comedy "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. He died the next day.

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On April 14, 1866, Anne Sullivan Macy, the American teacher who helped educate the blind, deaf and mute Helen Keller, was born. Following her death on Oct. 20, 1936, her obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

1759	Composer George Frideric Handel died in London.
1775	The first American society for the abolition of slavery was organized by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
1828	The first edition of Noah Webster's "American Dictionary of the English Language" was published.
1902	J.C. Penney opened his first store, in Kemmerer, Wyo.
1904	Actor John Gielgud was born in London.
1910	William Howard Taft became the first U.S. president to throw the ceremonial first pitch at a baseball game at the Washington Senators' home opener.
1912	The British liner Titanic collided with an iceberg in the North Atlantic and began to sink.
1931	King Alfonso XIII of Spain went into exile and the Spanish Republic was proclaimed.
1939	"The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck was published.
1956	Ampex Corp. demonstrated its first commercial videotape recorder.
1997	Whitewater figure James McDougal drew a three-year prison sentence for 18 felony fraud and conspiracy counts.
2002	Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned to office two days after being ousted and arrested by his country's military.
2002	Tiger Woods became only the third golfer in history to win back-to-back Masters titles.
2003	U.S. commandos in Baghdad captured Abul Abbas, leader of the Palestinian group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner Achille Lauro in 1985.
2007	Singer Don Ho died in Honolulu, Hawaii, at age 76.
2008	Delta Air Lines Inc. and Northwest Airlines Corp., announced they were combining.

Current Birthdays

Actor Adrien Brody turns 38 years old today.

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Abigail Breslin, Actress (“Little Miss Sunshine”)

Actress Abigail Breslin ("Little Miss Sunshine") turns 15 years old today.

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1935	Loretta Lynn, Country singer, turns 76
1940	Julie Christie, Actress, turns 71
1941	Pete Rose, Baseball player, turns 70
1945	Ritchie Blackmore, Rock musician (Deep Purple), turns 66
1960	Brad Garrett, Actor ("'til Death," "Everybody Loves Raymond"), turns 51
1966	Greg Maddux, Baseball player, turns 45
1968	Anthony Michael Hall, Actor, turns 43
1969	Brad Ausmus, Baseball player, turns 42
1977	Sarah Michelle Gellar, Actress ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer"), turns 34

Historic Birthdays

Anne Sullivan Macy4/14/1866 - 10/20/1936American teacher of Helen Keller.Go to obituary »

64	Francois Duvalier 4/14/1907 - 4/21/1971 Haitian president (1957-1971)
70	Juan Belmonte 4/14/1892 - 4/8/1962 Spanish bullfighter
86	Arnold Toynbee 4/14/1889 - 10/22/1975 English historian; wrote 12-volume "Study of History"
79	James Branch Cabell 4/14/1879 - 5/5/1958 American novelist; wrote "Jurgen"
72	Adna R. Chaffee 4/14/1842 - 11/1/1914 American army officer; chief of staff (1904-06)
65	Gerhard Rohlfs 4/14/1831 - 6/2/1896 German explorer; journeyed across deserts of North Africa
73	Augustus Pitt-Rivers 4/14/1827 - 5/4/1900 English archaeologist called the "father of British archaeology"
74	Horace Bushnell 4/14/1802 - 2/17/1876 American Congregational minister and controversial theologian
66	Christiaan Huygens 4/14/1629 - 7/8/1695 Dutch mathematician, astronomer and physicist