2021

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

2010
The Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland erupts, forming a crater in the center of a glacier.

2003

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1981

1956

1944
Hydro-Québec is formed through the merger of several small electricity-generating companies in Quebec.

1927

1912

1871

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