This Day In History

April 14

Sts. Tiburius, Valerian & Maximus

1828  Webster's dictionary is first published
1865  Abraham Lincoln shot and dies the following morning.
1894  Kinetoscope demonstrated by Thomas Alva Edison in New York City.
1902  JC Penny opens its (his) first store in Wyoming.
1912  Titanic runs into an iceberg in the North Atlantic and begins sinking.
1956  Ampex Corporation demonstrates the first commercial VCR.

1904  Actor Sir John Gielgud
1925  Actor Rod Steiger
1932  Actor Anthony Perkins
1935  Country Singer Loretta Lynn
1942  Baseball Great Pete Rose
1968  Actor Anthony Michael Hall

1955

• Melody of Love - Billy Vaughn / The Four Aces / David Carroll

• The Breeze and I - Caterina Valente

• Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So) - Perry Como

• Open Up Your Heart and Let the Sun Shine In - Cowboy Church Sunday School

1964

• Can't Buy Me Love - The Beatles

• Glad All Over - The Dave Clark Five

• The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss) - Betty Everett

• My Heart Belongs to Only You - Bobby Vinton

1973

• The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia - Vicki Lawrence

• Ain't No Woman - Four Tops

• Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree - Tony Orlando & Dawn

• A Shoulder to Cry On - Charley Pride

1982

• I Love Rock 'N Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

• Key Largo - Bertie Higgins

• Do You Believe in Love - Huey Lewis & The News

• Big City - Merle Haggard

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