Page 8: Historical Events In April - 14

1989  Lance Pierre, cricketer (Test WI v Engl 1948, DNB, 7 overs 0-28), dies on April - 14.   

1990  On this day in history martin Kessel, writer, dies on 89th birthday   

1992  On April - 14 "Guys & Dolls" opens at Martin Beck theater on Broadway   

1992  On this day in history uAW ends 5 month strike against Caterpillar Inc   

1992  UN imposes embargo against Libya takes effect on this day in history.   

1992  On April - 14 david Miller, dies of cancer at 82   

1993  On this day in history 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  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  On April - 14 volcanic ash from one of several eruptions beneath Eyjafjallajökull, an ice cap in Iceland, begins to disrupt air traffic across northern and western Europe.   

2013  20 people are killed in attacks in Mogadishu, Somalia on April - 14.   

2017  Meethotamulla rubbish dump collapses onto houses in Colombo, Sri Lanka killing 26 on April - 14.   

2017  On this day in history "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  National Gardening Day, since 2018 and according to the National Day Calendar on this day in history.   

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 April - 14.   

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 April - 14.   

2019  On this day in history 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  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 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  On this day in history 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.   

2024  88th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: World #1 golfer Scottie Scheffler beats Sweden's Ludvig Åberg by 4 strokes for his second Masters win in 3 years on April - 14.   

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1336  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Kōgon of Japan (d. 1374)   

1572  Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician (d. 1632) was born on this day in history.   

1578  On April - 14 birth of philip III, King of Spain & Portugal (1598-1621)   

1592  Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher was born on this day in history.   

1629  On this day in history birth of christian Huygens, Holland, astronomer (discovered Saturn's rings)   

1668  Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish General (d. 1741) was born on April - 14.   

1676  Ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer was born on this day in history.   

1710  Marie A C de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer was born on this day in history.   

0711  On April - 14 childebert III, king of French, dies at about 27   

0911  Sergius III, Italian Pope (904-11), dies on April - 14.   

1099  On this day in history death of conrad, bishop of Utrecht, stabbed to death   

1132  On this day in history death of mstislav of Kiev (b. 1076)   

1240  On this day in history llywelyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales, dies   

1279  Death of Boleslaus of Greater Poland on April - 14.   

1322  On this day in history death of bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Lord Badlesmere, English soldier (b. 1275)   

1345  Death of Richard Aungerville, English bishop and writer (b. 1287) on April - 14.