April 14th facts
While investigating facts about April 14th, I found out little known, but curios details like:
In 1956 a man appeared on the popular TV show "I've Got A Secret" who had witnessed Abraham Lincoln's assassination on April 14th, 1865
The secret service was created on April 14th, 1865 by Abraham Lincoln...the same day he was assassinated.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 12 of the best facts about April 14th I managed to collect.
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April 14th is Black Day in South Korea. A day for single people to be sad together and eat jajangmyeon.
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When queen Anne of France died in 1514 her heart was cut out and placed in a golden heart casket where it sat for the last 500 years until it was stolen from the display case at the Thomas-Dobrée Archaeology Museum on April,14th of 2018.
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John Wilkes Booth learned that Abraham Lincoln was scheduled to attend a performance of Our American Cousin in Washington, D.C. on April 14th at the Ford Theatre.
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April 14th marks the anniversary of three tragic events: 1) the 1865 assassination of Abraham Lincoln; 2) the 1912 sinking of the Titanic; and 3) the Black Sunday dust storm of 1935
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Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, an actor and Confederate sympathizer, on April 14th, 1865.
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In South Korea on April 14th, singles who didn't receive a gift on Valentine's day celebrate "Black Day"
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April 14th is "Al-Anfal Remembrance Day", the 1986–1989 Iraqi campaign that killed 50,000-100,000 Kurdish people.
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In 1898, author Morgan Robertson wrote a novella centered around an 'unsinkable' ship named 'Titan' that was the largest to ever set sail. She met her fate after hitting an iceberg on a night in April. The novella was published 14 years before the sinking of the Titanic on April 14th, 1912.
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The Duststorm of April 14th, 1935 is immortalized in the Woody Guthrie song "Dusty old dust" aka "So long been good to know you"
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On 14 April 1912, the SS Amerika sent a telegram message reporting that the ship passed two large icebergs on the 14th of April. This message was relayed by the Marconi operator on Titanic because the transmitter of Amerika was not powerful enough to reach Cape Race directly.
