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2021

Coinbase becomes the first major cryptocurrency company to trade shares on the New York Stock Exchange.

U.S. President Biden declares, “It is time to end America’s longest war,” thereby confirming his decision to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by September 11.

2019

83rd Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Tiger Woods wins his fifth Masters title by one stroke over Xander Schauffele, Dustin Johnson, and Brooks Koepka; Woods’ 15th major title and his first in 11 years.

2013

Justin Trudeau, the son of former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, is elected leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.

2010

The Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland erupts, forming a crater in the center of a glacier.

2003

Researchers from the Human Genome Project announce that they have sequenced the human genome with 99.99% accuracy.

1981

The space shuttle Columbia returns to Earth after its first three-day flight.

1956

An inventor unveils the first VCR in Chicago.

1944

Hydro-Québec is formed through the merger of several small electricity-generating companies in Quebec.

1927

The first Volvo car is produced in Gothenburg, Sweden.

1912

The Titanic struck an iceberg at 11:40 p.m. (local time).

1871

Canada adopts the dollar and cent.

1865

U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth while at Ford’s Theater in Washington. He dies the following day.

It happened on… April 14

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