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Friday, April 14, 2028

Good Friday

Good Friday, also known as Great Friday, Holy Friday, or Sorrowful Friday, is a major Christian observance that commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ. It is a time for Christians to reflect upon his suffering and willing sacrifice to atone for the sins of mankind. Churches may offer special services, as well as cover crosses with black cloth as a sign of mourning. For some worshippers, it is a day of fasting.

Good Friday occurs two days before Easter (which celebrates Christ’s resurrection). It is part of Holy Week, which starts with Palm Sunday and ends on Holy Saturday, the day before Easter. In certain countries, such as Canada, it is an official public holiday. In the United States, a number of states declare this a state holiday.

Traditional foods served on Good Friday include hot cross buns. These spiced sweet buns usually contain currants or raisins and are topped with icing in the shape of a cross.”

Born

  • Anne Sullivan (teacher and mentor to Helen Keller) –
  • Loretta Lynn (American country music singer-songwriter ) –
  • Pete Rose (baseball player) –
  • Brad Garrett (actor) –
  • Adrien Brody (actor) –
  • Sarah Michelle Gellar (actress) –
  • Abigail Breslin (actress) –

Died

  • Burl Ives (actor & singer) –
  • Buck Baker (race car driver) –
  • Don Ho (entertainer) –
  • Trevor Bannister (actor) –
  • Walter Breuning (retired railroad worker from Montana who was, at the time of his death, the world’s oldest man at 114 years old.) –

Events

  • The sky was full of unknown moving objects in Nuremberg, Germany –
  • Noah Webster’s American Dictionary of the English Language printed –
  • President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater, Washington, D.C. –
  • New Jersey passed the first law providing state aid for public roads –
  • John Harvey Kellogg patented process to make cornflakes –
  • James Cash Penney opened his first store, Kemmerer, Wyoming –
  • President William Howard Taft threw a pitch to open the baseball season –
  • The world’s largest passenger ship, the RMS Titanic, struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage –
  • Dr. Harry Plotz’s discovery of the cause of typhus was formally announced –
  • Judge ruled “aspirin” is generic trademark in U.S. –
  • Katharine Hepburn became the first to win three Best Actress Oscars –
  • First major league baseball game in Canada, Expos vs. Cardinals –
  • Don Calhoun won $1 million by making a 79-foot shot in a basketball contest –
  • 51-pound 4-ounce monkfish caught in Stellwagen Bank, Massachusetts –
  • Beatle George Harrison received a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame –
  • A 7.1-magnitude earthquake devastated China’s Yushu County in the Qinghai Province –
  • A massive fireball shot across the evening sky, visible for about 15 minutes in the Midwest. A sonic boom and lightning were reported. –

Weather

  • Severe coastal storm, Virginia and North Carolina –
  • Devastating tornado cut 20 mile path through St. Cloud, Minnesota –
  • Today into the following day: 87 inches of snow fell in 27.5 hours in Silver Lake, Colorado –
  • The Black Blizzard, a huge dust storm, blew through the drought-stricken Great Plains. The day became known as “Black Sunday.” –
  • “Black Sunday” dust storms hit the Great Plains, displacing more than 300,000 tons of topsoil. –
  • Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, received 13 inches of snow –