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Bengali New Year, expansion
1434 – The foundation stone of the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul in Nantes, Brittany, France, was first laid, but the building was not completed until more than four centuries later in 1891. refimprove
1561A mass sighting of celestial phenomena (depicted) occurred in Nuremberg, Germany, where observers described an "aerial battle" between odd-shaped objects. Not MP worthy
1828Lexicographer Noah Webster copyrighted the first edition of his dictionary of American English. refimprove section
1927 – The first Volvo automobile was built in the factory in Hisingen, Gothenburg, Sweden. date not cited, refimprove section
1931 – After King Alfonso XIII left Spain, the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed by a provisional government led by Niceto Alcalá-Zamora. lead too long
1939The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize–winning novel and a major factor in his 1962 Nobel Prize award, was first published. refimprove sections
1956 – The use of 2-inch quadruplex, the first practical and commercially successful videotape format, was first demonstrated in public. unreferenced section
2003 – The completion of the Human Genome Project was announced. refimprove section
2007 – In Ankara, Turkey, the first of the Republic Protests took place, when hundreds of thousands of people protested against the possible presidential candidacy of incumbent prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. list should be converted to prose
2010 – Plumes of ash from a major eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland led to widespread disruption of air travel throughout Europe for several days. need to verify date -- earliest date with citation is 15 Apr
John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu |d|1471 lead too long
N'Ko Alphabet Day in West Africa (1949) Date not cited
M. Visvesvaraya |d|1962 conflicting dates
Junko Sakurada |b|1958 date failed verification

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April 14: Tamil New Year and other New Year festivals in South and Southeast Asia (2024); Day of the Georgian Language (1978)

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