April 14
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1561 - A celestial phenomenon is reported over Nuremberg, described as an aerial battle.
1912 - The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic and begins to sink.
1958 - The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days.
- This was the first spacecraft to carry a living animal (a female dog named Laika, who likely lived only a few hours).
In 2008, a monument to Laika depicting her standing atop a rocket was unveiled near the military research facility in Moscow that prepared her flight.
- This was the first spacecraft to carry a living animal (a female dog named Laika, who likely lived only a few hours).
1981 - The first operational space shuttle, Columbia (OV-102) completes its first test flight.
2003 - The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%.
