"The Civil War - Episode One: The Cause (1861)" (Fort Sumter coverage at 50:38)
(Sunday, April 14, 1861) — Newspaper coverage of the 34-hour Battle of Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, which opened The American Civil War.
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Spain ousts king, proclaims republic
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(Tuesday, April 14, 1931) — King Alfonso XIII of Spain went into exile today and the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed.
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Space shuttle lands safely in desert
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnEnaKq57Yg
(Tuesday April 14, 1981, 10:21 a.m. PST) — The first test flight of America’s first operational space shuttle, the Columbia, ended successfully today with a landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
