This Day in History 14/04
APRIL 14TH
1611 – Word “telescope” is 1st used (Prince Federico Cesi
1828 – First American Dictionary: its author Noah Webster registers its copyright for publication
1849 – Hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Louis Kossuth as its leader.
1962 – Georges Pompidou becomes president of France
1971 – Fort Point, SF dedicated as a national historic site
1971 – President Nixon ends blockade against People’s Republic of China
1986 – Desmond Tutu elected Anglican archbishop of Capetown
1992 – UN imposes embargo against Libya takes effect
2002 – 66th Golf Masters Championship: Tiger Woods becomes the third golfer to win in two consecutive years
2002 – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country’s military.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
1886 – Ernst R Curtius, German literature historian
1889 – Arnold Toynbee, England, historian (Study of History)
1892 – Vere G Childe, British archaeologist/prehistorian
1977 – Sarah Michelle Gellar, actress (Kendall-All My Children, Buffy
FAMOUS DEATHS
1915 – James Hutton Brew, Pioneer of West African Journalism, dies
1993 – Sam Ntombani, ANC-secretary in Soweto South-Africa, shot to death
1994 – Selometsi Baholo, vice-premier of Lesotho, murdered
2006 – Mahmut Bakalli, Kosovo politician (b. 1936)
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