Tukuk-OS📅 April 14
23 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on April 14? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2024 — Flooding in the Persian Gulf began, killing 19 in Oman.
- 2015 — Western Kentucky University announced a five-year suspension of their swimming and diving programs as a result of a hazing scandal.
Western Kentucky UniversityWestern Kentucky University swim team hazing scandal
- 2010 — Plumes of ash from a major eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland led to widespread disruption of air travel throughout Europe for several days.
2010 eruptions of EyjafjallajökullEyjafjallajökullAir travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption
- 2010 — Nearly 2,700 people were killed in an earthquake registering 6.9 Mw in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, China.
2010 Yushu earthquakeMoment magnitude scaleYushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
- 2005 — The Oregon Supreme Court nullified marriage licenses issued to same-sex couples a year earlier by Multnomah County.
Oregon Supreme CourtSame-sex marriage in OregonSame-sex marriage
- 1999 — A storm dropped around 500,000 tonnes of hailstones on Sydney (examples pictured) and the east coast of New South Wales, causing about A$2.3 billion in damages, the costliest natural disaster in Australian insurance history.
- 1994 — Iraqi no-fly zones conflict: In a friendly-fire incident during Operation Provide Comfort, two U.S. Air Force aircraft mistakenly shot down two U.S. Army helicopters over northern Iraq, killing 26 people.
Iraqi no-fly zones conflictFriendly fireOperation Provide Comfort
- 1983 — Let's Dance, English musician David Bowie's best-selling album, was released.
- 1978 — Thousands of Georgians demonstrated in Tbilisi against an attempt by the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian SSR to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
- 1970 — After an oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13 (mission patch pictured) exploded, disabling the spacecraft's electrical and life-support systems, astronaut Jack Swigert reported: "Houston, we've had a problem here".
- 1967 — After leading a military coup three months earlier, Gnassingbé Eyadéma installed himself as President of Togo, a post that he held until 2005.
- 1945 — World War II: The German town of Friesoythe was razed by the 4th Canadian Division on the orders of Major General Christopher Vokes.
- 1944 — The freighter Fort Stikine, carrying cotton bales, gold and ammunition, exploded in the harbour of Bombay, India, sinking surrounding ships and causing about 800 deaths.
- 1935 — Dust Bowl: A severe dust storm swept across Oklahoma and northern Texas, removing an estimated 300 million tons of topsoil from the prairies.
- 1931 — After King Alfonso XIII left Spain, the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed by a provisional government led by Niceto Alcalá-Zamora.
- 1909 — Following a reactionary military revolt against the Committee of Union and Progress, a mob began a massacre of Armenian Christians in the Adana Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire.
31 March incidentCommittee of Union and ProgressAdana massacre
- 1908 — The first Hauser Dam in the U.S. state of Montana failed, causing severe flooding and damage downstream.
- 1906 — The Azusa Street Revival, the primary catalyst for the spread of Pentecostalism in the 20th century, opened in Los Angeles.
- 1865 — Actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth fatally shot U.S. president Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.
Confederate States of AmericaJohn Wilkes BoothAssassination of Abraham Lincoln
- 1828 — Lexicographer Noah Webster copyrighted the first edition of his dictionary of American English
- 1471 — Wars of the Roses: The Yorkists under Edward IV defeated the Lancastrians at the Battle of Barnet, killing Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick.
- 966 — Mieszko I, the ruler of Poland, converted to Christianity, an event considered to be the founding of the Polish state.
Mieszko IChristianization of PolandHistory of Poland during the Piast dynasty
- -43 — War of Mutina: Despite initial success, troops loyal to Mark Antony were defeated near the Via Aemilia in northern Italy by legions loyal to the Roman Senate.
Births
- 2001 — Jalen Williams, American basketball player
- 2000 — Patrick Surtain II, American football player
- 1999 — Chase Young, American football player
- 1997 — D. J. Moore, American football player
- 1996 — Abigail Breslin, American actress
- 1995 — Baker Mayfield, American football player
- 1995 — Georgie Friedrichs, Australian rugby sevens player
- 1989 — Joe Haden, American football player
- 1988 — Eric Gryba, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1988 — Eliška Klučinová, Czech heptathlete
- 1988 — Brad Sinopoli, Canadian football player
- 1988 — Anthony Modeste, French footballer
Deaths
- 2025 — Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Malaysian civil servant and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia (born 1939)
- 2024 — Ken Holtzman, American baseball player (born 1945)
- 2023 — Mark Sheehan, Irish guitarist (The Script) (born 1976)
- 2022 — Mike Bossy, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (born 1957)
- 2022 — Ilkka Kanerva, Finnish politician (born 1948)
- 2022 — Orlando Julius, Nigerian saxophonist, singer (born 1943)
- 2021 — Bernie Madoff, American mastermind of the world's largest Ponzi scheme (born 1938)
- 2020 — Carol D'Onofrio, American public health researcher (born 1936)
- 2019 — Bibi Andersson, Swedish actress (born 1935)
- 2015 — Klaus Bednarz, German journalist and author (born 1942)
- 2015 — Mark Reeds, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (born 1960)
- 2015 — Percy Sledge, American singer (born 1940)
Observances & holidays
- Ambedkar Jayanti (India)
- Bengali New Year (Bangladesh)
- Black Day (South Korea)
- Burt Gummer Day
- Cake and Cunnilingus Day
- Christian feast day: Anthony, John, and Eustathius
- Christian feast day: Bénézet
- Christian feast day: Henry Beard Delany (U.S. Episcopal Church)
- Christian feast day: Domnina of Terni
- Christian feast day: Lidwina
- Christian feast day: Peter González
- Christian feast day: Tiburtius, Valerian, and Maximus
- Christian feast day: April 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Commemoration of Anfal Genocide Against the Kurds (Iraqi Kurdistan)
- Day of Mologa (Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia)
- Day of the Georgian language (Georgia)
- Dhivehi Language Day (Maldives)
- N'Ko Alphabet Day (Mande speakers)
- Pan American Day (several countries in the Americas)
- Takayama Spring Festival begins (Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan)
- Vaisakhi (Since 2011)
- Youth Day (Angola)
- World Quantum Day
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