Historical Events In April - 14

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

1990  Martin Kessel, writer, dies on 89th birthday on this day in history.  

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

1992  On April - 14 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  On this day in history brian Coffey, poet, dies at 89  

1996  Benjamin "Zik" Azikiwe Nnamdi, politician, dies at 91 on April - 14.  

2007  On April - 14 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  On April - 14 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.  

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 April - 14.  

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  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  On April - 14 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.  

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1336  Emperor Go-Kōgon of Japan (d. 1374) was born on April - 14.  

1572  Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician (d. 1632) was born on April - 14.  

1578  Philip III, King of Spain & Portugal (1598-1621) was born on this day in history.  

1592  On April - 14 birth of abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher  

1629  Christian Huygens, Holland, astronomer (discovered Saturn's rings) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1099  Death of Conrad, bishop of Utrecht, stabbed to death on April - 14.  

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

1240  Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales, dies on this day in history.  

1279  On April - 14 death of boleslaus of Greater Poland  

1322  Death of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Lord Badlesmere, English soldier (b. 1275) on this day in history.  

1345  On April - 14 death of richard Aungerville, English bishop and writer (b. 1287)