On This Day — April 14

Famous events, births, and deaths from April 14 in history, plus the public holidays, religious observances, sports, and national days happening on this date today.

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58 events · 233 births · 96 deaths recorded for April 14.

🕰️ Notable Events on April 14

2014 — Twin bomb blasts in Abuja, Nigeria, kill at least 75 people and injures 141 others. Wikipedia ↗
2014 — Two hundred seventy-six schoolgirls are abducted by Boko Haram in Chibok, Nigeria. Wikipedia ↗
2010 — Nearly 2,700 are killed in a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Wikipedia ↗
2005 — The Oregon Supreme Court nullifies marriage licenses issued to gay couples a year earlier by Multnomah County. Wikipedia ↗
2003 — The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%. Wikipedia ↗
2003 — U.S. troops in Baghdad capture Abu Abbas, leader of the Palestinian group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner the MS Achille Lauro in 1985. Wikipedia ↗
2002 — Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military. Wikipedia ↗
1999 — NATO mistakenly bombs a convoy of ethnic Albanian refugees. Yugoslav officials say 75 people were killed. Wikipedia ↗
1999 — A severe hailstorm strikes Sydney, Australia causing A$2.3 billion in insured damages, the most costly natural disaster in Australian history. Wikipedia ↗
1994 — In a U.S. friendly fire incident during Operation Provide Comfort in northern Iraq, two United States Air Force aircraft mistakenly shoot-down two United States Army helicopters, killing 26 people. Wikipedia ↗
1991 — The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President after its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union. Wikipedia ↗
1988 — The USS Samuel B. Roberts strikes a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will. Wikipedia ↗
1988 — In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan. Wikipedia ↗
1986 — In retaliation for the April 5 bombing in West Berlin in which two U.S. servicemen were killed, U.S. president Ronald Reagan orders major bombing raids against Libya, killing 60 people. Wikipedia ↗
1986 — The heaviest hailstones ever recorded (1 kilogram (2.2 lb)) fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92. Wikipedia ↗
1981 — STS-1: The first operational Space Shuttle, Columbia completes its first test flight. Wikipedia ↗
1978 — Tbilisi Demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language. Wikipedia ↗
1967 — Gnassingbé Eyadéma overthrows President of Togo Nicolas Grunitzky and installs himself as the new president, a title he would hold for the next 38 years. Wikipedia ↗
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. Wikipedia ↗
1944 — Bombay explosion: A massive explosion in Bombay harbor kills 300 and causes economic damage valued then at 20 million pounds. Wikipedia ↗
1942 — Malta receives the George Cross for its gallantry. The George Cross was given by King George VI himself and is now an emblem on the Maltese national flag. Wikipedia ↗
1941 — World War II: German general Erwin Rommel attacks Tobruk. Wikipedia ↗
1940 — World War II: Royal Marines land in Namsos, Norway in preparation for a larger force to arrive two days later. Wikipedia ↗
1939 — The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press. Wikipedia ↗
1935 — The Black Sunday dust storm, considered one of the worst storms of the Dust Bowl, swept across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles and neighboring areas. Wikipedia ↗
1931 — The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic. Wikipedia ↗
1928 — The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west. Wikipedia ↗
1927 — The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden. Wikipedia ↗
1912 — The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th). Wikipedia ↗
1909 — A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia. Wikipedia ↗
1908 — Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, U.S., fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1 m) high downstream. Wikipedia ↗
1906 — The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement. Wikipedia ↗
1900 — The Exposition Universelle begins. Wikipedia ↗
1894 — The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films. Wikipedia ↗
1890 — The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C. Wikipedia ↗
1881 — The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas. Wikipedia ↗
1865 — U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth; Lincoln died the next day. Wikipedia ↗
1865 — U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked at home by Lewis Powell. Wikipedia ↗
1849 — Hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Lajos Kossuth as its leader. Wikipedia ↗
1828 — Noah Webster copyrights the first edition of his dictionary. Wikipedia ↗
1816 — Bussa, a slave in British-ruled Barbados, leads a slave rebellion and is killed. For this, he is remembered as the first national hero of Barbados. Wikipedia ↗
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 by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush. Wikipedia ↗
1715 — The Yamasee War begins in South Carolina. Wikipedia ↗
1699 — Khalsa: The Sikh religion was formalised as the Khalsa - the brotherhood of Warrior-Saints - by Guru Gobind Singh in northern India, in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar. Wikipedia ↗
1639 — Imperial forces are defeated by the Swedes at the Battle of Chemnitz. The Swedish victory prolongs the Thirty Years' War and allows them to advance into Bohemia. Wikipedia ↗
1561 — A Celestial phenomenon is reported over Nuremberg, described as an aerial battle. Wikipedia ↗
1471 — In England, the Yorkists under Edward IV defeat the Lancastrians under the Earl of Warwick at the Battle of Barnet; the Earl is killed and Edward IV resumes the throne. Wikipedia ↗
1434 — The foundation stone of Nantes Cathedral, France is laid. Wikipedia ↗
1341 — Sack of Saluzzo (Italy) by Italian-Angevine troops under Manfred V, Marquess of Saluzzo. Wikipedia ↗
1294 — Temür, grandson of Kublai, is elected Khagan of the Mongols and Emperor of the Yuan dynasty with the reigning titles Oljeitu and Chengzong. Wikipedia ↗
1205 — Battle of Adrianople between Bulgarians and Crusaders. Wikipedia ↗
1028 — Henry III, son of Conrad, is elected King of Germany. Wikipedia ↗
972 — Co-Emperor Otto II, a son of Otto I (the Great), marries the Byzantine princess Theophanu. She is crowned empress by Pope John XIII at Rome. Wikipedia ↗
966 — After his marriage to the Christian Doubravka of Bohemia, the pagan ruler of the Polans, Mieszko I, converts to Christianity, an event considered to be the founding of the Polish state. Wikipedia ↗
193 — Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans). Wikipedia ↗
Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Caesar's assassin Decimus Brutus in Mutina, defeats the forces of the consul Pansa, but is then immediately defeated by the army of the other consul, Aulus Hirtius. Wikipedia ↗
Vitellius, commander of the Rhine armies, defeats Emperor Otho in the Battle of Bedriacum and seizes the throne. Wikipedia ↗
Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, surrounds the Jewish capital with four Roman legions. Wikipedia ↗

🎂 Notable Births on April 14

1996 — Abigail Breslin, American actress Wikipedia ↗
1993 — Kent Jones, American rapper Wikipedia ↗
1993 — Graham Phillips, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1992 — Frederik Sørensen, Danish footballer Wikipedia ↗
1990 — Markus Smarzoch, German footballer Wikipedia ↗
1989 — Aleksei Olegovich Alekseyev, Russian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1989 — Joe Haden, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1988 — Roberto Bautista Agut, Spanish tennis player Wikipedia ↗
1988 — Eric Gryba, Canadian ice hockey defenseman Wikipedia ↗
1988 — Eliška Klučinová, Czech heptathlete Wikipedia ↗
1988 — Vasileios Pliatsikas, Greek footballer Wikipedia ↗
1988 — Brad Sinopoli, Canadian football player Wikipedia ↗
1987 — Michael Baze, American jockey (d. 2011) Wikipedia ↗
1987 — Erwin Hoffer, Austrian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1987 — Wilson Kiprop, Kenyan runner Wikipedia ↗
1987 — Korina Perkovic, German tennis player Wikipedia ↗
1986 — Matt Derbyshire, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
1986 — Goran Gogić, Serbian footballer (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1985 — Grant Clitsome, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1984 — Blake Costanzo, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1984 — Charles Hamelin, Canadian speed skater Wikipedia ↗
1984 — Harumafuji Kōhei, Mongolian sumo wrestler, the 70th Yokozuna Wikipedia ↗
1984 — Adán Sánchez, American-Mexican musician (d. 2004) Wikipedia ↗
1984 — Tyler Thigpen, American football player Wikipedia ↗
1983 — Simona La Mantia, Italian triple jumper Wikipedia ↗
1983 — James McFadden, Scottish footballer Wikipedia ↗
1983 — William Obeng, Ghanaian-American football player Wikipedia ↗
1983 — Nikoloz Tskitishvili, Georgian basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1982 — Uğur Boral, Turkish footballer Wikipedia ↗
1982 — Larissa França, Brazilian volleyball player Wikipedia ↗
1981 — Mustafa Güngör, German rugby player Wikipedia ↗
1981 — Amy Leach, English director and producer Wikipedia ↗
1980 — Win Butler, American-Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1980 — Jeremy Smith, New Zealand rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
1979 — Iain Balshaw, English rugby player Wikipedia ↗
1979 — Rebecca DiPietro, American wrestler and model Wikipedia ↗
1979 — Marios Elia, Cypriot footballer Wikipedia ↗
1979 — Ross Filipo, New Zealand rugby player Wikipedia ↗
1979 — Noé Pamarot, French footballer Wikipedia ↗
1979 — Patrick Somerville, American novelist and short story writer Wikipedia ↗
1979 — Kerem Tunçeri, Turkish basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1978 — Roland Lessing, Estonian biathlete Wikipedia ↗
1977 — Nate Fox, American basketball player (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1977 — Martin Kaalma, Estonian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1977 — Sarah Michelle Gellar, American actress and producer Wikipedia ↗
1977 — Rob McElhenney, American actor, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1976 — Christian Älvestam, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
1976 — Georgina Chapman, English model, actress, and fashion designer, co-founded Marchesa Wikipedia ↗
1976 — Anna DeForge, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
1976 — Kyle Farnsworth, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1976 — Jason Wiemer, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1975 — Lita, American wrestler Wikipedia ↗
1975 — Luciano Almeida, Brazilian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1975 — Avner Dorman, Israeli-American composer and academic Wikipedia ↗
1975 — Konstantinos Nebegleras, Greek footballer Wikipedia ↗
1975 — Anderson Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist and boxer Wikipedia ↗
1974 — Da Brat, American rapper Wikipedia ↗
1973 — Roberto Ayala, Argentinian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1973 — Adrien Brody, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1973 — David Miller, American tenor Wikipedia ↗
1972 — Paul Devlin, English-Scottish footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1972 — Roberto Mejía, Dominican baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1972 — Dean Potter, American rock climber and BASE jumper (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
1971 — Miguel Calero, Colombian footballer and manager (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
1971 — Carlos Pérez, Dominican-American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1971 — Gregg Zaun, American baseball player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
1970 — Steve Avery, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
1970 — Shizuka Kudō, Japanese singer and actress Wikipedia ↗
1969 — Brad Ausmus, American baseball player and manager Wikipedia ↗
1969 — Martyn LeNoble, Dutch-American bass player Wikipedia ↗
1969 — Vebjørn Selbekk, Norwegian journalist Wikipedia ↗
1968 — Anthony Michael Hall, American actor Wikipedia ↗
1967 — Nicola Berti, Italian footballer Wikipedia ↗
1967 — Steve Chiasson, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1999) Wikipedia ↗
1967 — Alain Côté, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
1967 — Barrett Martin, American drummer, songwriter, and producer Wikipedia ↗
1967 — Julia Zemiro, French-Australian actress, comedian, singer and writer Wikipedia ↗
1966 — André Boisclair, Canadian lawyer and politician Wikipedia ↗
1966 — David Justice, American baseball player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
1966 — Greg Maddux, American baseball player, coach, and manager Wikipedia ↗
1965 — Tom Dey, American director and producer Wikipedia ↗
1965 — Alexandre Jardin, French author Wikipedia ↗
1965 — Craig McDermott, Australian cricketer and coach Wikipedia ↗
1964 — Brian Adams, American wrestler (d. 2007) Wikipedia ↗
1964 — Jeff Andretti, American race car driver Wikipedia ↗
1964 — Greg Battle, American-Canadian football player Wikipedia ↗
1964 — Stuart Duncan, American bluegrass musician Wikipedia ↗
1964 — Gina McKee, English actress Wikipedia ↗
1962 — Guillaume Leblanc, Canadian athlete Wikipedia ↗
1961 — Robert Carlyle, Scottish actor and director Wikipedia ↗
1961 — Daniel Clowes, American cartoonist and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1960 — Brad Garrett, American actor and comedian Wikipedia ↗
1960 — Myoma Myint Kywe, Burmese historian and journalist Wikipedia ↗
1960 — Osamu Sato, Japanese graphic artist, programmer, and composer Wikipedia ↗
1960 — Tina Rosenberg, American journalist and author Wikipedia ↗
1960 — Pat Symcox, South African cricketer Wikipedia ↗
1959 — Marie-Thérèse Fortin, Canadian actress Wikipedia ↗
1958 — Peter Capaldi, Scottish actor Wikipedia ↗
1957 — Lothaire Bluteau, Canadian actor Wikipedia ↗
1957 — Mikhail Pletnev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor Wikipedia ↗
1956 — Boris Šprem, Croatian lawyer and politician, 8th President of Croatian Parliament (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
1954 — Sue Hill, English pathologist and civil servant Wikipedia ↗
1954 — Katsuhiro Otomo, Japanese director, screenwriter, and illustrator Wikipedia ↗
1952 — Kenny Aaronson, American bass player Wikipedia ↗
1952 — Mickey O'Sullivan, Irish footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
1952 — David Urquhart, Scottish bishop Wikipedia ↗
1951 — José Eduardo González Navas, Spanish politician Wikipedia ↗
1951 — Julian Lloyd Webber, English cellist, conductor, and educator Wikipedia ↗
1951 — Elizabeth Symons, Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean, English politician Wikipedia ↗
1950 — Francis Collins, American physician and geneticist Wikipedia ↗
1950 — Péter Esterházy, Hungarian author (d. 2016) Wikipedia ↗
1949 — Dave Gibbons, English author and illustrator Wikipedia ↗
1949 — DeAnne Julius, American-British economist and academic Wikipedia ↗
1949 — Chris Langham, English actor and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1949 — Chas Mortimer, English racing motorcyclist Wikipedia ↗
1949 — John Shea, American actor and director Wikipedia ↗
1948 — Berry Berenson, American model, actress, and photographer (d. 2001) Wikipedia ↗
1948 — Anastasios Papaligouras, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Justice Wikipedia ↗
1947 — Dominique Baudis, French journalist and politician (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1947 — Bob Massie, Australian cricketer Wikipedia ↗
1946 — Mireille Guiliano, French-American author Wikipedia ↗
1946 — Michael Sarris, Cypriot economist and politician, Cypriot Minister of Finance Wikipedia ↗
1946 — Knut Kristiansen, Norwegian pianist and orchestra leader Wikipedia ↗
1945 — Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, Samoan economist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Samoa Wikipedia ↗
1945 — Ritchie Blackmore, English guitarist and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
1945 — Roger Frappier, Canadian producer, director and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
1944 — John Sergeant, English journalist Wikipedia ↗
1943 — Fouad Siniora, Lebanese businessman and politician, 65th Prime Minister of Lebanon Wikipedia ↗
1942 — Valeriy Brumel, Soviet high jumper (d. 2003) Wikipedia ↗
1942 — Valentin Lebedev, Russian engineer and astronaut Wikipedia ↗
1942 — Björn Rosengren, Swedish politician, Swedish Minister of Enterprise and Innovation Wikipedia ↗
1941 — Pete Rose, American baseball player and manager Wikipedia ↗
1940 — Julie Christie, English actress and activist Wikipedia ↗
1940 — David Hope, Baron Hope of Thornes, English archbishop and academic Wikipedia ↗
1940 — Richard Thompson, English physician and academic Wikipedia ↗
1938 — Mahmud Esad Coşan, Turkish author and academic (d. 2001) Wikipedia ↗
1937 — Efi Arazi, Israeli businessman, founded the Scailex Corporation (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
1937 — Sepp Mayerl, Austrian mountaineer (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
1936 — Arlene Martel, American actress and singer (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
1936 — Bobby Nichols, American golfer Wikipedia ↗
1936 — Frank Serpico, American-Italian soldier, police officer and lecturer Wikipedia ↗
1935 — Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Baroness Masham of Ilton, English table tennis player, swimmer, and politician Wikipedia ↗