April 14<\/p>\n
1775
\nBenjamin Rush was among those who founded the first American antislavery society.<\/p>\n
1828
\nNoah Webster copyrighted the first edition of his dictionary.<\/p>\n
1860
\nThe first pony express rider reached his destination of San Francisco. He left St. Joseph, Mo., on April 3.<\/p>\n
1865
\nAbraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.<\/p>\n
1894
\nThe first kinetoscope parlor opened in New York City.<\/p>\n
1912
\nTitanic hit the iceberg that would sink her the next morning.<\/p>\n
1969
\nIn a record-breaking night at the Academy Awards, a tie between Katherine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand resulted in the two sharing the Best Actress Oscar and Hepburn broke the record as the only actress to win three Best Actress Oscars.<\/p>\n
2002
\nHugo Ch\u00e1vez returned as president of Venezuela after being forced out of office two days previously.<\/p>\n
2003
\nAbu Abbas, the leader of the terrorist group Palestine Liberation Front when the group hijacked the liner Achille Lauro, was captured by U.S. forces in Iraq.<\/p>\n
2010
\nAn explosion in the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland results in a volcanic ash plume in the atmosphere over northern and central Europe. Air travel in the region is halted for several days.<\/p>\n
Birthdays<\/p>\n
Anne Sullivan Macy
\nAmerican educator, friend, and teacher of Helen Keller (1866)<\/p>\n
Arnold Joseph Toynbee
\nhistorian (1889)<\/p>\n
John Gielgud
\nactor (1904)<\/p>\n
Francois Duvalier
\ndictator of Haiti (1907)<\/p>\n
Loretta Lynn
\nsinger (1935)<\/p>\n
Sarah Michelle Gellar
\nactress (1977)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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