April 14th 2013 - This Date in History.

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43 BC – Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Caesar's assassin Decimus Brutus in Mutina, defeats the forces of the consul Pansa, but is then immediately defeated by the...

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1912 TITANIC RADIOS FOR HELP
Cape Race, Newfoundland -
Two young wireless radio operators, Robert Hunston and James Goodwin, hear the first distress call from the luxury liner RMS Titanic, en route to New York south of the Grand Banks. An iceberg has grazed the ship's side, popping iron rivets and shearing off a fatal number of hull plates below the waterline.

10:25 pm: According to Hunston's first entry in the log, Goodwin "hears the Titanic calling C.Q.D. [Come Quickly, Danger - the precursor to S.O.S.], giving position."
10:35 pm: Titanic calls that they have moved five or six miles and "Have struck iceberg."
10:40 pm: They hear Titanic call the nearest ship, the Carpathia, saying "We require immediate assistance."
10:58 pm: They hear the terrible news: "Have struck iceberg and sinking."
11:36 pm: They hear another ship, the Olympic, asking the Titanic where it is steering; Titanic replies "We are putting women off in boats." [continued tomorrow... ]

1612
Hudson Strait Quebec/ NWT - Thomas Button d1634 sails Henry Hudson's old ship the Discovery, with the Resolution, into Hudson Bay to search for Hudson's remains; names island at entrance to Hudson Strait after the Resolution; discovers the Nelson River and winters there, calling the territory New Wales.

1997 Ottawa Ontario - Quebec City lawyer Guy Bertrand places his petition asking for a ruling on the legality of Quebec separation before the Supreme Court of Canada.
1996 Detroit Michigan - Scotty Bowman's Detroit Red Wings wrap up the winningest season in NHL history by defeating Dallas 5-1. The Red Wings finished with 62 victories, beating the 60 wins of the 1976-77 Montreal Canadiens.
1992 Ottawa Ontario - Supreme Court, citing new evidence, rules unanimously that David Milgaard's 1970 murder conviction in the death of Saskatoon nursing aide Gail Miller should be quashed; recommends a new trial. The Saskatchewan government sets Milgaard free two days later, but decides not to have another trial, nor offer compensation, since the Supreme Court did not rule if he was innocent or a victim of a miscarriage of justice.
1980 Ottawa Ontario - Opening of first session of the 32nd Parliament; until July 18, 1981.
1978 Ottawa Ontario - Anti Inflation Board wound up; oil stocks begin three year price boom.
1976 Quebec - 90,000 Quebec teachers stage 24-hour illegal walkout; summonses served on 100 teachers' union locals.
1975 Toronto Ontario - Ontario Court of Appeal rules that divorced women can sue their former husbands for damages.
1975 Toronto Ontario - Judy LaMarsh chairs Ontario Royal Commission to examine violence in the media; former Secretary of State of Canada.
1960 Montreal Quebec - Montreal Canadiens sweep Toronto Maple Leafs in four games for their fifth Stanley Cup in a row.
1955 Detroit Michigan - Detroit Red Wings beat the Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 3 for the Stanley Cup.
1953 Montreal Quebec - Montreal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins 4 games to 1 for the Stanley Cup.
1948 Toronto Ontario - Toronto Maple Leafs sweep the Detroit Red Wings in four games for the Stanley Cup.
1945 Arnhem Netherlands - Canadian Army occupies Arnhem, completes liberation of the low countries.
1944 Montreal Quebec - Hydro-Québec founded by the Quebec Hydro-Electric Commission after the Duplessis government expropriates Montreal Light, Heat and Power Consolidated and its subsidiary, Beauharnois Light, Heat and Power Company; after public criticism of poor service and high rates.
1931 Montreal Quebec - Montreal Canadiens beat the Chicago Black Hawks 3 games to 2 for the Stanley Cup.
1928 New York City - NY Rangers beat the Montreal Maroons 3 games to 2 for the Stanley Cup.
1892 Windsor Ontario - Windsor incorporated; gets city charter.
1871 Ottawa Ontario - Parliament passes Act to create uniform currency in Canada; sets denominations of currency as dollars, cents and mills.
1869 Ottawa Ontario - Noon cannon on Parliament Hill fired for the first time.

End of C/P.