In History, Today on April 14

An explosion near a hotel in the Pakistani city of Quetta killed five people and injured many others. The attack was later claimed by the Pakistani Taliban.

Tiger Woods wins the Masters Tournament, marking his first major championship victory in 11 years and his 15th major overall.

The United States, United Kingdom, and France launch coordinated airstrikes against Syrian government sites in response to a chemical weapons attack in Douma.

Boko Haram militants kidnapped 276 schoolgirls from a secondary school in Chibok, Nigeria, sparking international outrage and the #BringBackOurGirls campaign.

A volcanic eruption began under the Eyjafjallajökull glacier in Iceland, leading to widespread air travel disruption across Europe due to volcanic ash clouds.

The national security advisor, Condoleezza Rice, testifies before the 9/11 Commission.

The Human Genome Project was completed, with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%.

A severe hailstorm strikes Sydney, Australia, causing insured damages estimated at $1.7 billion, the costliest natural disaster in Australian history at the time.

In a referendum, South Africans approved a new, non-racial constitution, paving the way for the first democratic elections in the nation's history.

The United States launched Operation El Dorado Canyon, bombing Libya in retaliation for the Berlin discotheque bombing that killed two American servicemen.

A United States federal court rules that poet Ezra Pound, who was charged with treason after World War II due to his pro-fascist radio broadcasts in Italy, is to be released from St. Elizabeths Hospital for the Insane, where he had been confined since 1945.

The first transports of Jewish people from Greece arrived at Auschwitz concentration camp, part of the Holocaust during World War II.

The Grapes of Wrath, a novel by John Steinbeck depicting the struggles of Dust Bowl migrants, was published.

The Black Sunday dust storm, one of the worst dust storms in American history, swept across the Midwest, causing extensive damage and exacerbating the Dust Bowl conditions.

The Spanish Cortes deposed King Alfonso XIII and proclaimed the Second Spanish Republic, marking the end of the monarchy and the beginning of a new political era in Spain.

The RMS Titanic struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean at 11:40 PM ship's time, leading to its sinking and the loss of over 1,500 lives.

The first commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope.

U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the following day, marking a pivotal moment in American history.

Hungarian Republic proclaimed in the midst of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, marking a significant moment in Hungary's struggle for independence from the Austrian Empire.

The Donner Party, a group of American pioneers, left Springfield, Illinois, heading for California but eventually became trapped in the Sierra Nevada mountains and suffered from extreme hardship during the winter of 1846-1847.

Noah Webster published his American Dictionary of the English Language, which standardized American English spelling and usage.

The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage, the first American abolition society, is formed in Philadelphia.

The King James Version of the Bible is published for the first time in London by printer Robert Barker.

The city of Nördlingen witnessed a celestial phenomenon known as a 'sun dog' which was widely interpreted as a miraculous sign due to its strange visual effects, similar to multiple suns appearing in the sky.

The Battle of Barnet took place during the Wars of the Roses, where Edward IV defeated the Lancastrian forces led by the Earl of Warwick, solidifying his claim to the English throne.

The Truce of Leulinghem was signed, extending a period of peace between the Kingdoms of England and France during the Hundred Years' War.

The Treaty of Brétigny was ratified between England and France, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War.

Constance of Arles is crowned as Holy Roman Empress.

Mieszko I, the first ruler of Poland, is baptized, marking the beginning of the Christianization of Poland.

The Siege of Masada culminated in a mass suicide, ending the First Jewish–Roman War.