Academic Kids talk:Selected anniversaries/April 14
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- 1894 - Thomas Edison demonstrates the kinetoscope, a device for peep-show viewing using photographs that flip in sequence, a precursor to movies
- 1910 - President William Howard Taft begins the tradition of throwing out the first baseball on opening day
assassination
I do not understand why you would say Booth "mortally shot" Lincoln instead of Booth "assassinated" Lincoln. If you read the definition of assassin, Booth's act fits the description. I just looked in the Columbia Encyclopedia and it uses the word assassin to describe Booth. Please explain your reasoning. Kingturtle 09:25, 14 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Weapon used
The gun was a Derringer, not a Deringer, which I cant find in any dictionary. Seems we have a mis spellingt on the main page for today, and in the relevant Derringer article too. I'm notusually pedantic, but can we not get the front page right?
TonyClarke 22:11, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- The act was not completed all on the 14th - Lincoln was alive for the whole day. So yes he was assassinated by Booth, but that act was not complete until Lincoln was dead. --mav 09:44, 14 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Mumbai harbour
I would like the Mumbai harbour explosion to be included in the selected anniversary. Here are some links:
- [1] (http://www.mumbainet.com/cityinfo/history.htm)
- [2] (http://www.info4india.com/indian-Cities/Mumbai.shtml)
=Nichalp (talk • contribs)= 20:02, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)
- Wikipages Mumbai & History of Mumbai lack the relevant info. Please add content to these pages first. The item on the sinking of the Titanic can be moved to April 15th to make way. (see Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/April 15). No rush, though. There is always next year. Thanks. -- PFHLai 16:25, 2005 Apr 13 (UTC)
- I never knew there was an article on it here since 2003. See Bombay Explosion (1944). Better late than never. =Nichalp «Talk»= 13:47, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)