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What Happened on April 14th This Day in History

Year	Name
2022	Russian invasion of Ukraine: The flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, the Moskva, sinks in disputed circumstances.
2016	In Japan, the foreshock of the Kumamoto earthquakes, which will strike two days later, is felt.
2010	Nearly 2,700 are killed in a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.
2006	Twin blasts triggered by crude bombs during Asr prayer in the Jama Masjid mosque in Delhi injure 13 people.
2005	The Oregon Supreme Court nullifies marriage licenses issued to same-sex couples a year earlier by Multnomah County.
2002	Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military.
1997	Pai Hsiao-yen, daughter of Taiwanese artiste Pai Bing-bing is kidnapped on her way to school, preceding her murder.
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.
1991	The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President following its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
1986	The heaviest hailstones ever recorded, each weighing 1 kilogram (2.2 lb), fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92.
1981	STS-1: The first operational Space Shuttle, Columbia completes its first test flight.
1979	The Progressive Alliance of Liberia stages a protest, without a permit, against an increase in rice prices proposed by the government, with clashes between protestors and the police resulting in over 70 deaths and over 500 injuries.
1978	Tbilisi demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
1967	Gnassingbé Eyadéma overthrows Nicolas Grunitzky and installs himself as the new President of Togo, a title he will hold for the next 38 years.
1958	The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days. This was the first spacecraft to carry a living animal, a female dog named Laika, who likely lived only a few hours.
1945	Razing of Friesoythe: The 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division deliberately destroys the German town of Friesoythe on the orders of Major General Christopher Vokes.
1944	Bombay explosion: A massive explosion in Bombay harbor kills 300 and causes economic damage valued at 20 million pounds.
1941	World War II: German and Italian forces attack Tobruk, Libya.
1940	World War II: Royal Marines land in Namsos, Norway, preceding a larger force which will arrive two days later.
1935	The Black Sunday dust storm, considered one of the worst storms of the Dust Bowl, sweeps across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles and neighboring areas.
1931	The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic.
1929	The inaugural Monaco Grand Prix takes place in the Principality of Monaco. William Grover-Williams wins driving a Bugatti Type 35.
1928	The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada, completing the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
1912	The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic and begins to sink.
1909	Muslims in the Ottoman Empire begin a massacre of Armenians in Adana.
1908	Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1 m) high downstream.
1906	The first meeting of the Azusa Street Revival, which will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement, is held in Los Angeles.
1900	The world's fair Exposition Universelle opens in Paris.
1894	The first ever commercial motion picture house opens in New York City, United States. It uses ten Kinetoscopes, devices for peep-show viewing of films.
1890	The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
1881	The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
1849	Hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Lajos Kossuth as its leader.
1816	Bussa, a slave in British-ruled Barbados, leads a slave rebellion, for which he is remembered as the country's first national hero.
1775	The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage, the first abolition society in North America, is organized in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
1639	Thirty Years' War: Forces of the Holy Roman Empire and Electorate of Saxony are defeated by the Swedes at the Battle of Chemnitz, ending the military effectiveness of the Saxon army for the rest of the war and allowing the Swedes to advance into Bohemia.
1561	A celestial phenomenon is reported over Nuremberg, described as an aerial battle.
1471	In England, the Yorkists under Edward IV defeat the Lancastrians under the Earl of Warwick at the Battle of Barnet; the Earl is killed and Edward resumes the throne.
1395	Tokhtamysh–Timur war: At the Battle of the Terek River, Timur defeats the army of the Golden Horde, beginning the khanate's permanent military decline.
972	Otto II, Co-Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, marries Byzantine princess Theophanu. She is crowned empress by Pope John XIII in Rome the same day.
966	Following his marriage to the Christian Doubravka of Bohemia, the pagan ruler of the Polans, Mieszko I, converts to Christianity, an event considered to be the founding of the Polish state.
69	Vitellius, commanding Rhine-based armies, defeats Roman emperor Otho in the First Battle of Bedriacum to take power over Rome.
43	Legions loyal to the Roman Senate, commanded by Gaius Pansa, defeat the forces of Mark Antony in the Battle of Forum Gallorum.

Famous People Born on April 14

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Year	Name
1995	Georgie Friedrichs, Australian rugby sevens player
1932	Loretta Lynn, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2022)
1929	Inez Andrews, African-American singer-songwriter (d. 2012)
1917	Valerie Hobson, English actress (d. 1998)
1929	Gerry Anderson, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1924	Joseph Ruskin, American actor and producer (d. 2013)
1886	Ernst Robert Curtius, German philologist and scholar (d. 1956)
1949	DeAnne Julius, American-British economist and academic
1800	John Appold, English engineer (d. 1865)
1960	Brad Garrett, American actor and comedian

Famous People Deaths On April 14

Here is a list of some famous peope who died on April 14. For full list please click on the link above.

Date	Name
1480	Thomas de Spens, Scottish statesman and prelate (b. c. 1415)
2013	Efi Arazi, Israeli businessman, founded the Scailex Corporation (b. 1937)
1587	Edward Manners, 3rd Earl of Rutland (b. 1548)
1662	William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English politician (b. 1582)
2012	Émile Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1919)
1978	Joe Gordon, American baseball player and manager (b. 1915)
1886	Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint, Dutch novelist (b. 1812)
1938	Gillis Grafström, Swedish figure skater and architect (b. 1893)
1975	Günter Dyhrenfurth, German-Swiss mountaineer, geologist, and explorer (b. 1886)
1914	Hubert Bland, English activist, co-founded the Fabian Society (b. 1855)