^B{^#!16!14 April^N! Feast day of St Tiburtius and Companions, St Caradoc, St Lambert of Lyons, St Ardalion, Saints Anthony, John, and Eustace, St Benezet, St John of Vilna, St Bernard of Tiron or Abbeville, and the Martyrs of Lithuania.
^B{1471^B} The Battle of Barnet took place in the Wars of the Roses, in which Yorkist forces defeated the Lancastrians, leading to the restoration of Edward IV. ^B{1828^B} US lexicographer Noah Webster published his ^I{American Dictionary of the English Language^I}. ^B{1865^B} US President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. ^B{1929^B} The first Monaco Grand Prix was held in Monte Carlo. ^B{1931^B} Spanish King Alfonso XIII fled the country after Republican successes in elections. ^B{1931^B} The British Ministry of Transport published the first Highway Code. ^B{1983^B} The first cordless telephone went on sale in Britain.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Christiaan Huygens, Dutch astronomer and physicist, ^B{1629^B}; Peter Behrens, German architect and designer, ^B{1868^B}; John Gielgud, English actor, ^B{1904^B}; Franτois Duvalier, Haitian dictator, ^B{1907^B}; Rod Steiger, US film actor, ^B{1925^B}; John Roberts, English historian, ^B{1928^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Richard Neville, 'the Kingmaker', killed at the Battle of Barnet, ^B{1471^B}; Thomas Otway, English playwright, ^B{1685^B}; George Frederick Handel, English composer, ^B{1759^B}; Lazarus Zamenhof, Polish linguist who devised Esperanto, ^B{1917^B}; Ernest Bevin, British politician and labor-union leader, ^B{1951^B}; Simone de Beauvoir, French feminist writer, ^B{1986^B}.
