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April 14
1775Benjamin Rush was among those who founded the first American antislavery society. 1828Noah Webster copyrighted the first edition of his dictionary. 1860The first pony express rider reached his destination of San Francisco. He left St. Joseph, Mo., on April 3. 1865Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. 1894The first kinetoscope parlor opened in New York City. 1912Titanic hit the iceberg that would sink her the next morning. 1969In a record breaking night at the Academy Awards, a tie between Katherine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand resulted in the two sharing the the Best Actress Oscar and Hepburn broke the record as the only actress to win three Best Actress Oscars. 2002Hugo Chávez returned as president of Venezuela after being forced out of office two days previously. 2003Abu Abbas, the leader of the terrorist group Palestine Liberation Front when the group hijacked the liner Achille Lauro, was captured by U.S. forces in Iraq. 
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