April 14

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on April 14. From 1900 until now. April 14 is under the sign of Aries. Famous birthdays on this day include Sarah Michelle Gellar (1977), Veronica Zemanova (1975) and Adrien Brody (1973). Several movies were released around April 14 over the years, such as All Quiet on the Western Front in 1930 directed by Lewis Milestone and Kagemusha in 1980 directed by Akira Kurosawa.
But much more happened on April 14 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Vishu - Harvest festival in Kerala, India.
N'Ko Alphabet Day - the anniversary of the day the N'Ko alphabet was completed in 1949.
Tamil New Year - Celebrations for Tamils all over the world.
New Year Celebrations in parts of India and whole of Sri Lanka.
Baisakhi - Celebrations in Punjab, India.
Poila Baisakh - Celebrations in Bengal, India.
Youth Day in Angola.
Black Day - Informal celebration day for single people in South Korea.
2nd Day Passover (in 2006) - Jewish festival.
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Events

2019 Tornadoes of 2019: At least eight people are killed in the Southern United States amid severe storms bringing floods and tornadoes. (ABC News)
2018 Syrian Civil War: 2018 bombing of Damascus and Homs: The United States, France, and the United Kingdom target chemical weapon sites and other Syrian military sites with missile strikes on early Saturday morning Syrian time (EET), in response to the Douma chemical attack. (The Washington Post) (BBC)Russia calls for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council as it considers supplying S-300 missile systems to Syria. (Reuters)
2017 War in Afghanistan: The Afghan Ministry of Defense reports as many as 36 suspected ISIL militants were killed while no civilians were harmed in yesterday's bombing in Nangarhar Province using the so-called "mother of all bombs" (GBU-43). The ministry spokesman added these deaths have not been independently verified. (Reuters)
2016 War in Afghanistan (2001–present): Taliban militants kill eight people, including a police commander, in an ambush in northern Afghanistan. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
2015 Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017): At least seven people are dead after a car bomb blast south of Baghdad. (AP via Irish Times)
2014 Syrian Civil War:: Syria's political opposition urges US action in response to the Syrian government's barrel bombing campaign in the city of Aleppo. (Reuters)Syrian government troops recapture the towns of Al-Sarkha and Ma'loula near the Syria-Lebanon border. (The Daily Star)
2013 Somali Civil War (2009–present):: At least 20 people are killed in a series of bombings and gun attacks in Mogadishu, Somalia. (BBC) (Los Angeles Times) (AP via Fox News)
2012 Anti-austerity demonstrators take place at the ruling Labour Party's centenary conference with protesters using a coffin draped in the Irish tricolour. (The Belfast Telegraph) (The Irish Times) (Irish Examiner)
2011 Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye is shot and injured during a protest against rising food and oil prices in the capital Kampala; tear gas is also fired by police to disperse protesters. (BBC) (Capital FM Kenya)
2010 Nearly 2,700 are killed in a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Yushu, Qinghai, China.
2009 North Korea will depart the six-party talks and resume its nuclear program. (BBC)
2008 Delta Air Lines announces it will acquire Northwest Airlines for US$3 billion in stock, creating the world's biggest airline.
2007 At least 200,000 demonstrators in Ankara, Turkey protest against the possible candidacy of incumbent Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
2006 Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad criticizes Israel in a three-day conference attended by Palestinian Hamas officials. He calls the Israeli regime "a rotten, dried tree that will be eliminated by one storm." (Washington Post)
2005 The Oregon Supreme Court nullifies marriage licenses issued to gay couples a year earlier by Multnomah County.
2004 2004 South African legislative election: The African National Congress (ANC) of President Thabo Mbeki, which has been in power since the end of the apartheid system in 1994, is re-elected with an increased majority. (CNN)
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.
2002 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military.
1999 NATO mistakenly bombs a convoy of ethnic Albanian refugees : Yugoslav officials say 75 people are killed.
1997 Former S.S. Captain Erich Priebke is retried; on July 22 he is sentenced to 5 years in prison.
1996 Detroit Red Wings win NHL record 62 games.
1995 Burl Ives, American folk singer/actor (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), dies at age 85 (born 1909).
1994 Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley announces plans to divorce
1993 Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh promises to surrender after completion of his Seven Seals manuscript.
1992 Guys & Dolls opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 1143 performances
1991 Mule Bone closes at Ethel Barrymore Theater NYC after 67 performances
1989 In the Iran-Contra trial, Oliver North's case goes to the jury.
1988 Mail opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 36 performances
1987 Turkey asks to join European market.
1986 US aircraft attacks 5 terrorist locations in Libya
1985 Take Me Along! opens / closes at Martin Beck Theater, New York City
1984 Farewell concert of Doe Maar in Den Bosch Neth
1983 Isles tie own rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs. Ranger
1981 First Space Shuttle - Columbia 1 - returns to Earth.
1980 1st Cubans of the Mariel boatlift sail to Florida
1979 Susan Horvath, of Pennsylvania, crowned America's Young Woman of the Year.
1978 WRR-AM in Dallas Texas changes call letters to KAAM
1977 US Supreme Court rules people may refuse to display state motto on car license.
1974 38th Golf Masters Championship: Gary Player wins, shooting a 278.
1973 Acting FBI director L Patrick Gray resigns after admitting he destroyed evidence in the Watergate scandal.
1971 Fort Point, San Francisco dedicated as a national historic site.
1970 Boy Friend opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 119 performances
1969 41st Academy Awards - Oliver, Cliff Robertson, and Katharine Hepburn/ Barbra Streisand win.
1968 32nd Golf Masters Championship: Bob Goalby wins, shooting a 277.
1967 Red Sox rookie Billy Rohome comes within 1 strike of a no hitter at
1966 The South Vietnamese government promises free elections in 3–5 months.
1965 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
1964 Sandy Koufax throws his 9th complete game without allowing a walk.
1963 George Harrison is impressed by unsigned group Rolling Stones
1962 Demonstration for sovereign status of New-Guinea in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
1961 US element 103 (Lawrencium) discovered.
1960 Bye Bye Birdie opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 607 performances
1959 KDIN TV channel 11 in Des Moines, IA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1958 Sputnik 2 (with dog Laika) burns up in atmosphere
1957 Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Dallas Golf Open.
1956 Plain & Fancy closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 476 performances
1955 Elston Howard becomes the 1st black to wear the Yankee uniform
1954 Soviet diplomat Vladimir Petrov asks for political asylum in Canberra, Australia.
1953 WHYN (now WGGB) TV channel 40 in Springfield-Holyoke, MA (ABC) begins
1950 1st edition of British strip Eagle
1949 The day the N'Ko alphabet is held to have been completed by Solomana Kante.
1948 New York City subway fares jump from 5 cents to 10 cents
1946 Day Before Spring closes at National Theater NYC after 167 performances
1945 American planes bombed Tokyo and damaged the Imperial Palace
1944 Freighter Fort Stikene explodes in Bombay India, killing 1,376
1943 Generals Alexander, Dwight Eisenhower, Anderson, Bradley discuss assault on Tunis.
1942 Destroyer Roper sinks German submarine U-85 off US east coast.
1941 King Peter leaves Yugoslavia.
1940 Allied troops land in Norway
1939 John Steinbeck novel The Grapes of Wrath published
1935 Sandstorm ravages US midwest (Dust Bowl)
1931 Spain becomes Republic with overthrow of King Alfonso XIII
1929 he inaugural Monaco Grand Prix is won by William_Grover-Williams.
1928 Maddus Airlines starts first regular passenger flights between San Francisco and Los Angeles.
1925 1st regular-season Cubs game to be broadcast on radio (WGN)
1923 Etienne Oehmichen sets helicopter distance record of 358 metres.
1922 Republic rebels occupies four government courts in Dublin.
1921 Prince Henry opens Rotterdam-Amsterdam-Bremen-Hamburg air route.
1920 Tornadoes killed 219 people in Alabama and Mississippi.
1919 The Emperor of Austria moves to exile in Switzerland.
1918 Douglas Campbell is first US ace pilot (shooting down 5th German plane).
1917 Chicago White Sox Ed Cicotte no-hits Saint Louis Browns, 11-0.
1915 Dutch merchant navy ship Katwijk sunk by Germany torpedo.
1914 Stacy G Carkhuff patents non-skid tire pattern.
1913 Belgium begins general strike for voting rights.
1912 Pan American Union forms.
1910 President Taft begins tradition of throwing out ball on opening day
1909 Anglo-Persian Oil Company forms in London.
1906 President Theodore Roosevelt denounces "muckrakers" in US press.
1903 Dr Harry Plotz discovers vaccine against typhoid (New York City, New York).
1902 Marie and Pierre Curie isolate the radioactive element radium.
1900 President Loubet opens International Fairs in Paris France.
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