Wikipedia 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

Contents 1 assassination 1.1 Weapon used 2 Mumbai harbour 3 Kevin Freeman & Osama

[edit] 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)

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)

[edit] 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)

Deringer with 1 R seems correct. Please see Deringer and Derringer. -- PFHLai 05:53, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mumbai harbour

I would like the Mumbai harbour explosion to be included in the selected anniversary. Here are some links:

• [1]
• [2]

 =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)

That's still a stub in 2006. -- PFHLai 05:53, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kevin Freeman & Osama

Hey folks, what do you think about this entry that appeared resently in section Birts? Here it is:
"1991 - Kevin Freeman, Plans to assassinate Osama Bin Laden"
Sounds to me like someone is having fun again, or?
GGenov 09:29, 23 January 2007 (UTC)