APRIL 14 | Birthdays and Events

Notable Birthdays for April 14

Harriett Ellen Grannis Arey (1819-1901) - Educator and author who was one of the first women to study in a co-ed environment.

Shorty Rogers (1924-1994) - Trumpet and flugelhorn player who was one of the creators of West Coast Jazz.

Loretta Lynn (1932-2022) - Iconic country singer with hits like Coal Miner's Daughter, The Pill, You Ain't Woman Enough and Fist City, to name a few.

Pete Rose (1941-2024) - Considered one of the greatest MLB players of all time.

Brad Garrett (1960-Still Living) - Actor known for his role as Robert in Everybody Loves Raymond.

Anthony Michael Hall (1968-Still Living) - Actor whose long-time career includes several films, including Sixteen Candles, the Breakfast Club, War Machine, and Halloween Kills.

1973 - Award-winning actor with lead roles in The Pianist, The Thin Red Line, and King Kong.

Memorable Events of April 14

1775 - The abolitionist society forms in Philadelphia.

1818 -  The U.S. Medical Corps forms.

1828 - Noah Webster copyrights the first American dictionary.

1841 - Edgar Allan Poe publishes his first detective story (Murders in Rue Morgue).

1863 - William Bullock patents "continuous-roll printing press."

1865 - John Wilkes Booth shoots President Lincoln in Ford's Theatre.

1890 - Pan American Day is celebrated as the first conference of American states in Washington, D.C.

1894 - The first ever commercial motion picture house (movie theatre) opens in NY.

1902 - James Cash Penney opens his first The Golden Rule Store, which later becomes becomes JCPenney.

1912 - The RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic and begins to sink enroute to the states.

1914 - Dr. Harry Plotz isolates the bacteria that causes Typhus Fever.

1914 - Stacy G. Carkhuff (Firestone Tire and Rubber Company) receives a patent for non-skid tire pattern.

1935 - The Black Sunday dust storm sweeps across OK and TX. The storm becomes known as the Dust Bowl.

1939 - John Steinbeck publishes his novel The Grapes of Wrath.

1956 - The Ampex Corporation demonstrates the first commercial videotape  recorder.