Quick glance of 14 April in the pages of History

April 14: Here are the major events that occurred on 14 April….

• 14 April, 1469: Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak Dev, was born on Baisakhi in a Khatri family in Talwandi Rae Bhoe in Pakistan, known as Nankana Sahib. Guru Nanak’s birthday has been traditionally celebrated on Katik Poornamashi.
• 14 April, 1563: Guru Arjun Dev, Sikh Guru, was born.
• 14 April, 1659: Aurangzeb defeated his brother Dara Shukoh to capture the throne of Delhi.
• 14 April, 1792: France declares war on Austria, starting French Revolutionary Wars.

• 14 April, 1828: First American Dictionary: its author Noah Webster registers its copyright for publication.
• 14 April, 1868: US President Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater in Washingt
• 14 April, 1891: Dr. Bhimrao Ramji ‘Babasaheb’ Ambedkar, India’s great social reformer, politician, author, architect, lawyer and agitator, architect of our constitutionwas born in Maharashtra.
• 14 April, 1907: P. C. Joshi, famous Leftist leader and thinker, was born.

• 14 April, 1912: RMS Titanic hits an iceberg at 11.40pm off Newfoundland.
• 14 April, 1922: Ali Akbar Khan, Hindustani classical musician, was born.
• 14 April, 1944: Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter ‘S. S. Fort Stikine’ which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food.

• 14 April, 1952: Three integrated Railway Zones, Northern, North Eastern and Eastern inaugurated.
• 14 April, 1958: Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2 with space dog Laika aboard burns up during reentry into Earth’s atmosphere.
• 14 April, 1979: Sanjiva Reddy,President, flagged off the first electric train in Madras.
• 14 April, 1988: Hindi filmstar Ashok Kumar, actor, recieved the Dada Saheb Phalke Award.

• 14 April, 1990: Over 90 persons killed in an Airbus crash in Bangalore.
• 14 April, 1995: India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah.
• 14 April, 2012: J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter novels, launches her website “Pottermore”