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 this day in history.  

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

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

1992  On April - 14 uN imposes embargo against Libya takes effect  

1992  David Miller, dies of cancer at 82 on April - 14.  

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  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 this day in history 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  On April - 14 20 people are killed in attacks in Mogadishu, Somalia  

2017  On this day in history meethotamulla rubbish dump collapses onto houses in Colombo, Sri Lanka killing 26  

2017  "The Fate of the Furious" directed by F. Gary Gray, starring Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson opens worldwide - highest-grossing weekend at $532 million on April - 14.  

2018  National Gardening Day, since 2018 and according to the National Day Calendar on April - 14.  

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  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  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 this day in history.  

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

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

1676  On April - 14 birth of ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer  

1710  On this day in history birth of marie A C de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer  

0711  Childebert III, king of French, dies at about 27 on April - 14.  

0911  Sergius III, Italian Pope (904-11), dies on this day in history.  

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

1132  Death of Mstislav of Kiev (b. 1076) on April - 14.  

1240  On April - 14 llywelyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales, dies  

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

1322  Death of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Lord Badlesmere, English soldier (b. 1275) on April - 14.  

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