Talk:April 14

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April 14: Pohela Baishakh in Bengal; Vaisakhi in India; N'Ko Alphabet Day in West Africa 1471 – Wars of the Roses: The Yorkists under Edward IV (pictured) defeated the Lancastrians near the town of Barnet, killing Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick. 1865 – Actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth shot U.S. President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. 1931 – King Alfonso XIII left Spain. The Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed by a provisional government led by Niceto Alcalá-Zamora. 1970 – An oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13 exploded, causing the NASA spacecraft to lose most of its oxygen and electrical power. 1978 – Thousands of Georgians demonstrated in Tbilisi against an attempt by the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian SSR to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language. More events: April 13 – April 14 – April 15 Archive – By email – More anniversaries... It is now 03:06, June 14, 2008 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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Contents 1 removed item about police officer shooting (no context or links) 2 Titanic 3 Apollo 13 4 Bear with us!

[edit] removed item about police officer shooting (no context or links)

I removed this line "1972 - Police Officer Phillip Cardillo responded to a 10-13 at Mosque Number 7 in Harlem and was shot to death while other responding NY Officers were severely beaten." My reason = there is no context or links to the story and it's not clear how it is significant. If this is note-worthy then please create an article of the episode and link to it from this date page. If not, then please do neither. Thanks, Hu Gadarn 17:39, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Titanic

Surely the sinking of the Titanic should be a noteable date. I think people would be more interested in the sinking of the Titanic than the Georgian language, for example. (no offence to the Georgian Language). Codu ^(t)⁄_(c) •  14:10, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

The Titanic sank on April 15. --213.6.20.203 (talk) 07:53, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Apollo 13

It was listed on the main wikipedia page as occurring then... I think it should be included here. US time doesn't apply in space unfortunately- our times zones only matter on land. ~~ DaRkAgE7 (talk) 01:18, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

In most cases local time is used for events. In this case, there is no local time so doesn't it seem reasonable that the time should be relative to those experiencing the event? According to the astronauts and Mission Control, the date was April 13. Time in space is usually relative to the home base because they often schedule activities based on daytime at the home base (not always). Also, since it was an American event, shouldn't it be listed as it was reported in the American sources? When you look at the Nasa sources it says April 13. It would be confusing to list it on April 14. -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 01:28, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Valid point, and I agreed I suppose. But this makes me wonder why it was listed on the Main Page of Wikipedia and nobody said anything...time. Also, aboard the ISS, UTC is used. Understandably it is an international venture, but I don't feel like arguing- kinda a lame edit war to start. ~~ DaRkAgE7 (talk) 07:25, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bear with us!

How is one's death an event more than it is a death? For instance, didn't Licoln die on April 14? :-| --213.6.20.203 (talk) 07:52, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Lincoln was shot on the 14th, he didn't die until the 15th. Just as the titanic hit the iceburg on the 14th, but didn't sink until the 15th. ~~ DaRkAgE7 (talk) 18:08, 15 April 2008 (UTC)