Today is Friday, April 14, 2023. Let's get caught up.
This morning's headlines: Friday, April 14
Jared "Drake" Bell, an actor best known as a star of the Nickelodeon television show "Drake & Josh," was found safe Thursday, hours after authorities in Florida said he was "missing and endangered."
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Firefighters pour water on an industrial fire in Richmond, Ind., Thursday, April 13, 2023. Multiple fires that began burning Tuesday afternoon were still burning within about 14 acres of various types of plastics stored inside and outside buildings at the former factory site. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Today in history: April 14
1865: Abraham Lincoln
In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth during a performance of “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theater in Washington.
1949: “Wilhelmstrasse Trial”
In 1949, the “Wilhelmstrasse Trial” in Nuremberg ended with 19 former Nazi Foreign Office officials sentenced by an American tribunal to prison terms ranging from four to 25 years.
1960: Berry Gordy
In 1960, Tamla Records and Motown Records, founded by Berry Gordy Jr., were incorporated as Motown Record Corp.
1994: U.S. Air Force F-15
In 1994, two U.S. Air Force F-15 warplanes mistakenly shot down two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters over northern Iraq, killing 26 people, including 15 Americans.
2007: Vladimir Putin
In 2007, riot police beat and detained protesters as thousands defied an official ban and attempted to stage a rally in Moscow against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government.
2017: Aaron Hernandez
Five years ago: Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez, already serving a life sentence for a 2013 murder, was acquitted in Boston in a 2012 double slaying prosecutors said was fueled by his anger over a drink spilled at a nightclub. (Five days later, Hernandez hanged himself in his prison cell.)
2020: Donald Trump
In 2020, President Donald Trump announced that he was cutting off U.S. payments to the U.N. health agency, the World Health Organization; Trump said it had not done enough to stop the coronavirus from spreading.
2021: Carlos Rodón
Carlos Rodón threw the second no-hitter of the young baseball season, losing his bid for a perfect game on a hit batter with one out in the ninth inning, and the Chicago White Sox cruised to an 8-0 victory over the Cleveland Indians.
2021: Kim Potter
In 2021, A white former suburban Minneapolis police officer, Kim Potter, was charged with second-degree manslaughter for killing 20-year-old Black motorist Daunte Wright in a shooting that ignited days of unrest.
2022: Elon Musk
In 2022, Tesla CEO Elon Musk offered to buy Twitter, saying the social media platform he criticized for not living up to free speech principles needed to be transformed as a private company. (Musk would become Twitter's owner about six months later.)
Celebrity birthdays: April 14
Abigail Breslin
Actor Abigail Breslin is 27.
Adrien Brody
Actor Adrien Brody is 50.
Anthony Michael Hall
Actor Anthony Michael Hall is 54.
Brad Garrett
Actor Brad Garrett is 62.
Da Brat
Rapper Da Brat is 48.
JD McPherson
Roots singer JD McPherson is 45.
John Shea
Actor John Shea is 74.
Pete Rose
Retired MLB All-Star Pete Rose is 82.
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Actor Sarah Michelle Gellar is 45.
