A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on April 14th. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On April 14, 1561, numerous Germans witnessed what they described as an aerial battle over Nuremberg, Germany. On April 14, 1772, the building tension toward open rebellion of Americans against the British erupted in New Hampshire in an incident known as The Pine Tree Riot. On April 14, 1775, Benjamin Franklin along with Benjamin Rush founded the first abolitionist society in the…
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A Brief History Today, April 14, 2021, I would like to write a general message to everyone who has been sending or intends to send me messages requesting to contribute guest or sponsored articles on this site or to have links inserted into existing articles. On a daily basis, my inbox is flooded with numerous emails from individuals asking about having guest or sponsored articles on this site or having links inserted into existing articles. I am hoping that this article will discourage anyone from doing so any further. Digging Deeper Following the unexpected death of the original, previous owner…
A Brief History On April 14, 1986, the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh experienced the largest hailstones ever recorded, with an incredible weight of 1 kilogram for a single hailstone! As you can imagine, the damage caused was extensive, but even worse, 92 people were killed by the giant ice balls from above. Today we take a look at this particular weather phenomenon. Digging Deeper Hail is basically frozen rain. Little balls of ice, or irregular shaped lumps, hail differs from ice pellets in that ice pellets usually fall in the winter or cold weather and are smaller. Hail varies in…
A Brief History On April 14, 2019, Eldrick “Tiger” Woods just pulled off a come from behind victory in the fabled Masters golf tournament, the first come from behind win in his illustrious career of destroying opponents in major tournaments. At the age of 43, Woods is now 3 Major tournament (US Open, British Open, PGA and Masters) wins behind all time leader Jack Nicklaus. (See our previous article, “Will Tiger Woods Ever Catch Jack Nicklaus?”) Digging Deeper Not only has Tiger stunned the golf world, he also made a major boost for those of us thought to be somewhat…
A Brief History On April 14, 1775, Benjamin Franklin, inventor, statesman, scientist, musician, publisher and Most Interesting Man in the World co-founded the first Abolitionist society in what would soon become the United States, an event we used to name him as The Most Interesting Man in the World. The task for us today is to nominate several men for the current title of Most Interesting Man in the World. (We will address women at another date, so do not get all irate and stuff!) There is no significance to the order listed, but we are including only those people…
