April 14

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1	966	After his marriage to the Christian Dobrawa of Bohemia, the pagan ruler of the Polans, Mieszko I, converts to Christianity, an event considered to be the founding of the Polish state.	Novi Singers	Introduction	Polish Funk, Vol. 1
2	1775	The first abolition society in North America is established. The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage is organized in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.	The Bens	Stop!	The Bens
3	1828	Noah Webster copyrights the first edition of his dictionary.	Hopesfall	The Frailty of Words	The Frailty of Words
4	1846	The Donner Party of pioneers departs Springfield, Illinois, for California, on what will become a year-long journey of hardship, cannibalism, and survival.	Wolf Parade	Fine Young Cannibals	At Mount Zoomer
5	1865	U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth.	The John Wilkes Kissing Booth	My Most Hated Love Song	A Threat in the Broadcast
6	1865	U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked in his home by Lewis Powell.	Shark Attack	On the Attack	Blood in the Water
7	1881	The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.	Bane	The Big Gun Down	Give Blood
8	1912	The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 11:40pm. The ship sinks the following morning with the loss of 1,517 lives.	Saves the Day	Collision	Can't Slow Down
9	1927	The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden.	Portraits of Past	KQED Equals Volvo	Discography
10	1935	"Black Sunday Storm", the worst dust storm of the U.S. Dust Bowl.	Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band	The Dust Blows Forward 'n the Dust Blows Back	Trout Mask Replica
11	1939	The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press.	Camel	Rose of Sharon	Dust and Dreams

(Historical facts about April 14 are from Wikipedia.)