14 APRIL

1900 - Philippine President Emilio Aguinaldo congratulates Capt. Galicano Calvo, a guerrilla force commander in Ilocos province, for victories scored against the imperialist American forces and the patriotic stance of the Ilocanos; the congratulation came amidst Aguinaldo's feeling of dejection when two Filipino generals surrendered to the enemy during the Philippine-American War.

1865 - United States President Abraham Lincoln is shot dead by actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth during a play at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.; Lincoln, the 16th US President, led the nation during the American Civil War fought over the Union states and the Confederates who wanted to secede over the issue of the black slavery.

1979 - Yusufu Lule is sworn in as new President of Uganda, a month after military ruler and dictator Idi Amin was forced to flee by the combined forces of anti-Amin Ugandans and Tanzanians; the next few years will witness an unstable period marked by the army's ouster of two presidents  although some stability will be achieved during the administration of Yoweri Museveni.

1988 - The Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan in a United Nations ceremony in Geneva following negotiations with the US, Pakistan, and Afghanistan; the pact ends nine years of Soviet occupation that began in 1979 in the bid to prop up a fledgling communist government.