14 April
Notable Births
Patrick Surtain II
b. 2000
American football player (born 2000)
Chase Young
b. 1999
American football player (born 1999)
D. J. Moore
b. 1997
American football player (born 1997)
Abigail Breslin
b. 1996
American actress (born 1996)
Baker Mayfield
b. 1995
American football player (born 1995)
Joe Haden
b. 1989
American football player (born 1989)
Eric Gryba
b. 1988
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1988)
Eliška Klučinová
b. 1988
Czech heptathlete
Brad Sinopoli
b. 1988
Canadian football wide receiver
Anthony Modeste (French footballer)
b. 1988
French footballer (born 1988)
Michael Baze
b. 1987
American jockey (1987–2011)
Erwin Hoffer
b. 1987
Austrian footballer
Wilson Kiprop
b. 1987
Kenyan long-distance runner (born 1987)
Rob McElhenney
b. 1977
American actor and screenwriter (born 1977)
Anderson Silva
b. 1975
Brazilian mixed martial artist (born 1975)
Greg Maddux
b. 1966
American baseball player (born 1966)
Ritchie Blackmore
b. 1945
British guitarist (born 1945)
Loretta Lynn
b. 1932
American country singer (1932–2022)
John Gielgud
b. 1904
English actor and theatre director (1904–2000)
Christiaan Huygens
b. 1629
Dutch mathematician and physicist (1629–1695)
Notable Deaths
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
d. 2025
Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2003 to 2009 (1939–2025)
Ken Holtzman
d. 2024
American baseball pitcher (1945–2024)
Mark Sheehan
d. 2023
Irish musician (1975–2023)
Mike Bossy
d. 2022
Canadian ice hockey player (1957–2022)
Ilkka Kanerva
d. 2022
Finnish politician (1948–2022)
Orlando Julius
d. 2022
Nigerian singer and saxophonist (1943–2022)
Bernie Madoff
d. 2021
American fraudster and financier (1938–2021)
Bibi Andersson
d. 2019
Swedish actress (1935–2019)
Klaus Bednarz
d. 2015
German journalist and writer (1942–2015)
Percy Sledge
d. 2015
American R&B, soul and gospel singer (1940–2015)
Roberto Tucci
d. 2015
Catholic cardinal
Nina Cassian
d. 2014
Romanian writer
Wally Olins
d. 2014
British brand consultant
Mick Staton
d. 2014
American politician
Efi Arazi
d. 2013
Colin Davis
d. 2013
English conductor
R. P. Goenka
d. 2013
Indian industrialist (1930–2013)
Armando Villanueva
d. 2013
Peruvian politician
Charlie Wilson (Ohio politician)
d. 2013
American businessman and politician (1943–2013)
Émile Bouchard
d. 2012
Canadian ice hockey player
On This Day in History
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2024
Flooding in the Persian Gulf starts, killing 19 in Oman.
2024 Persian Gulf floods
2023
The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) is launched by the European Space Agency.
Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer
2022
Russian invasion of Ukraine: The Russian warship Moskva is struck by two anti-ship missiles and sinks into the Black Sea.
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
2016
The foreshock of a major earthquake occurs in Kumamoto, Japan.
2016 Kumamoto earthquakes
2014
Two bombs detonate at a bus station in Nyanya, Nigeria, killing at least 88 people and injuring hundreds. Boko Haram claims responsibility.
April 2014 Nyanya bombing
2014
Boko Haram abducts 276 girls from a school in Chibok, Nigeria.
Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping
2006
Twin blasts triggered by crude bombs during Asr prayer in the Jama Masjid mosque in Delhi injure 13 people.
2006 Jama Masjid bombings
2005
The Oregon Supreme Court nullifies marriage licenses issued to same-sex couples a year earlier by Multnomah County.
Oregon Supreme Court
2003
The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%.
Human Genome Project
2003
U.S. troops in Baghdad capture Abu Abbas, leader of the Palestinian group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner MS Achille Lauro in 1985.
Baghdad
2002
Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military.
Venezuela
2001
Series of bombings at Ramna Park in Dhaka during the Bengali New Year celebrations leave 10 people dead and dozens other injured.
2001 Ramna Batamul bombings
1999
NATO mistakenly bombs a convoy of ethnic Albanian refugees. Yugoslav officials say 75 people were killed.
NATO
1999
A severe hailstorm strikes Sydney, Australia causing A$2.3 billion in insured damages, the most costly natural disaster in Australian history.
1999 Sydney hailstorm
1997
Pai Hsiao-yen, daughter of Taiwanese artiste Pai Bing-bing, is kidnapped on her way to school, preceding her murder.
Murder of Pai Hsiao-yen
1994
In a friendly fire incident during Operation Provide Comfort in northern Iraq, two U.S. Air Force aircraft mistakenly shoot-down two U.S. Army helicopters, killing 26 people.
Friendly fire
1991
The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President following its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
Georgia (country)
1988
The USS Samuel B. Roberts strikes a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will.
USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58)
1988
In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
United Nations
1986
The heaviest hailstones ever recorded, each weighing 1 kilogram (2.2 lb), fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92.
Hail