Historical Events In April - 14

1989  On this day in history lance Pierre, cricketer (Test WI v Engl 1948, DNB, 7 overs 0-28), dies  

1990  Martin Kessel, writer, dies on 89th birthday on April - 14.  

1992  On this day in history "Guys & Dolls" opens at Martin Beck theater on Broadway  

1992  UAW ends 5 month strike against Caterpillar Inc on April - 14.  

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 this day in history.  

1996  Benjamin "Zik" Azikiwe Nnamdi, politician, dies at 91 on this day in history.  

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 EyjafjallajÃ�kull, an ice cap in Iceland, begins to disrupt air traffic across northern and western Europe on this day in history.  

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

2018  Beyoncé is the first black woman to headline the Coachella Music Festival, her performance on this day the most-watched performance ever on YouTube on April - 14.  

2018  On this day in history uS, UK and French forces carry out airstrikes on sites associated with Syria's chemical weapons program, in response to Douma gas attack  

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  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 this day in history barack Obama endorses his former Vice President Joe Biden for president  

2020  On this day in history pM Narendra Modi extends India's coronavirus COVID-19 lockdown until May 3  

2020  On this day in history [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  [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.  

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1336  Emperor Go-Kōgon of Japan (d. 1374) was born on this day in history.  

1572  On this day in history birth of adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician (d. 1632)  

1578  On this day in history birth of philip III, King of Spain & Portugal (1598-1621)  

1592  On this day in history birth of abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher  

1629  Christian Huygens, Holland, astronomer (discovered Saturn's rings) was born on April - 14.  

1668  On April - 14 birth of magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish General (d. 1741)  

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  Childebert III, king of French, dies at about 27 on April - 14.  

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

1099  On April - 14 death of conrad, bishop of Utrecht, stabbed to death  

1132  On April - 14 death of mstislav of Kiev (b. 1076)  

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

1279  On this day in history death of boleslaus of Greater Poland  

1322  On April - 14 death of bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Lord Badlesmere, English soldier (b. 1275)  

1345  On this day in history death of richard Aungerville, English bishop and writer (b. 1287)