Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In April - 14
Thursday, 21 November 2024
1989 Lance Pierre, cricketer (Test WI v Engl 1948, DNB, 7 overs 0-28), dies on April - 14. 
1990 Martin Kessel, writer, dies on 89th birthday on April - 14.
1992 "Guys & Dolls" opens at Martin Beck theater on Broadway on this day in history.
1992 UAW ends 5 month strike against Caterpillar Inc on April - 14.
1992 UN imposes embargo against Libya takes effect on this day in history.
1992 On this day in history david Miller, dies of cancer at 82
1993 On April - 14 jo Boer, Dutch painter/writer/author (Heir, dies at 85
1994 Selometsi Baholo, vice-premier of Lesotho, murdered on April - 14.
1995 On April - 14 brian Coffey, poet, dies at 89
1996 On April - 14 benjamin "Zik" Azikiwe Nnamdi, politician, dies at 91
2007 Retired chess champion Garry Kasparov is detained in Moscow for participating in a banned mar. United States President George W. Bush with Virginia Tech Student Government Association President James Tyger after his speech at the school's convocation.apr 16 - 32 people are killed in the Virginia Tech massacre on the premises of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia on this day in history.
2010 Volcanic ash from one of several eruptions beneath Eyjafjallajökull, an ice cap in Iceland, begins to disrupt air traffic across northern and western Europe on April - 14.
2013 20 people are killed in attacks in Mogadishu, Somalia on April - 14.
2017 On April - 14 meethotamulla rubbish dump collapses onto houses in Colombo, Sri Lanka killing 26
2017 "The Fate of the Furious" directed by F. Gary Gray, starring Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson opens worldwide - highest-grossing weekend at $532 million on April - 14.
2018 National Gardening Day, since 2018 and according to the National Day Calendar on April - 14.
2018 On April - 14 beyoncé is the first black woman to headline the Coachella Music Festival, her performance on this day the most-watched performance ever on YouTube
2018 US, UK and French forces carry out airstrikes on sites associated with Syria's chemical weapons program, in response to Douma gas attack on April - 14.
2018 On April - 14 syrian Civil War: The United States, the United Kingdom and France order the bombing of Syrian military bases in response to the sarin attack allegedly by the Bashar al-Assad regime on civilians in Ghouta.
2019 83rd US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Tiger Woods wins his 5th Masters title by 1 stroke from Xander Schauffele, Dustin Johnson & Brooks Koepka; Woods' 15th major and first in 11 years on April - 14.
2020 On April - 14 barack Obama endorses his former Vice President Joe Biden for president
2020 PM Narendra Modi extends India's coronavirus COVID-19 lockdown until May 3 on this day in history.
2020 [COVID-19 pandemic] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it expects the world economy to shrink 3%, the worst contraction since the Great Depression of the 1930s on this day in history.
2020 [COVID-19 pandemic] U.S. president Donald Trump announces that the U.S. will suspend funding towards the World Health Organization (WHO) pending an investigation of its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and its relationship with China on April - 14.
2023 On April - 14 jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) is launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) to search for life in the Jovian system, with an expected arrival date of 2031.
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