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Today is April 14th, 2021 and is a Wednesday.

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2010: Nearly 2,700 are killed in a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Yushu, Qinghai, China.

2007: At least 200,000 demonstrators in Ankara, Turkey, protest against the possible candidacy of incumbent Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

2005: The Oregon Supreme Court nullifies marriage licenses issued to gay couples a year earlier by Multnomah County.

2003: U.S. troops in Baghdad capture Abu Abbas, leader of the Palestinian group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner the in 1985.

2002: Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military.