Hisdates•ComPage 8: Historical Events In April - 14
Saturday, 21 December 2024
1989 On April - 14 lance Pierre, cricketer (Test WI v Engl 1948, DNB, 7 overs 0-28), dies 
1990 On April - 14 martin Kessel, writer, dies on 89th birthday
1992 On April - 14 "Guys & Dolls" opens at Martin Beck theater on Broadway
1992 UAW ends 5 month strike against Caterpillar Inc on this day in history.
1992 On this day in history uN imposes embargo against Libya takes effect
1992 David Miller, dies of cancer at 82 on this day in history.
1993 On April - 14 jo Boer, Dutch painter/writer/author (Heir, dies at 85
1994 Selometsi Baholo, vice-premier of Lesotho, murdered on this day in history.
1995 Brian Coffey, poet, dies at 89 on April - 14.
1996 Benjamin "Zik" Azikiwe Nnamdi, politician, dies at 91 on April - 14.
2007 On this day in history 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.
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 this day in history.
2013 On April - 14 20 people are killed in attacks in Mogadishu, Somalia
2017 Meethotamulla rubbish dump collapses onto houses in Colombo, Sri Lanka killing 26 on this day in history.
2017 On April - 14 "The Fate of the Furious" directed by F. Gary Gray, starring Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson opens worldwide - highest-grossing weekend at $532 million
2018 On this day in history national Gardening Day, since 2018 and according to the National Day Calendar
2018 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
2018 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 on this day in history.
2019 On April - 14 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
2020 Barack Obama endorses his former Vice President Joe Biden for president on April - 14.
2020 PM Narendra Modi extends India's coronavirus COVID-19 lockdown until May 3 on April - 14.
2020 On April - 14 [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.
2020 On April - 14 [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.
2023 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 on April - 14.
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