On this Day
April 14
Dolphin Day
1846 The Donner party head west leaving Springfield, IIIinois
1865 The president of The United States Abraham Lincoln is shoot by John Wilkes Booth
1892 Windsor is incorporated as a city
1894 The fist movie theater opens in New York City
1939 The Grapes of Wrath is published written by John Steinbeck
1968 The first NBA game is Played at Madison Square Gardens between New York Knicks and The San Diego clippers
1912 The RMS Titanic hits a Iceberg in the North Atlantic
Happy Birthday
1927 Volvo rolls out it’s first car
1956 The Videotape is first put out
1988 The Soviet Union sign an agreement with the UN to pull out of Afghanistan
1989 Say Anything open in movie Theatres
2008 The film Ironman premiers in Sydney Directed by Jon Favreau Starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, & Jeff Bridges
2013 Justin Trudeau is elected leader of the Liberal party of Canada
Happy Birthday
1941 Pete Rose MLB Baseball player
1945 Ritchie Blackmore played in the band Deep Purple
1949 Dave Gibbons comic book writer The Watchmen
1966 David Justice MLB Baseball player
1971 Gregg Zaun MLB baseball player sports caster
1974 Da Brat Rapper
1977 Sarah Michelle Gellar actress The Simpsons, Scooby-Doo, SNL, Cruel Intentions
1980 Win Butler musician in the band Arcade Fire
1996 Abigail Kathleen actress Little Miss Sunshine, Zombieland
