What are the important events that happened on April 14? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
April 14: Facts & Myths About This Day
April 14 is the 104th day of the year 2017 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 261 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 1, 2017 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 414,480 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectatetragon’ day.
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Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 311 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 1,575 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 14 Historical Events
- 1205 –Battle of Adrianople between Bulgarians and Crusaders.
- 1294 –Temür, grandson of Kublai, is elected Khagan of the Mongols and Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty with the reigning titles Oljeitu and Chengzong.
- 1639 –Imperial forces are defeated by the Swedes at the Battle of Chemnitz. The Swedish victory prolongs the Thirty Year’s War and allows them to advance into Bohemia.
- 1816 –Bussa, a slave in British-ruled Barbados, leads a slave rebellion and is killed. For this, he is remembered as the first national hero of Barbados.
- 1865 –U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated in Ford’s Theatre by John Wilkes Booth.
- 1956 –In Chicago, Illinois, videotape is first demonstrated.
- 1958 –The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days.
- 1969 –At the U.S. Academy Awards there is a tie for the Academy Award for Best Actress between Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand.
- 1986 –In retaliation for the April 5 bombing in West Berlin that killed two U.S. servicemen, U.S. president Ronald Reagan orders major bombing raids against Libya, killing 60 people.
- 2002 –Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country’s military.
Who were born on April 14?
- 1738 –William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1809)
- 1773 –Jean-Baptiste de Villèle, French statesman (d. 1854)
- 1905 –Elizabeth Huckaby, American educator (d. 1999)
- 1925 –Rod Steiger, American actor (d. 2002)
- 1932 –Loretta Lynn, American country musician/singer
- 1965 –Kirk Windstein, American guitarist (Crowbar, Down)
- 1966 –André Boisclair, Quebec politician (Parti Québécois)
- 1975 –Luciano Almeida, Brazilian footballer
- 1980 –Win Butler, American/Canadian musician (Arcade Fire)
- 1996 –Abigail Breslin, American actress
Who died on April 14?
- 1132 –Mstislav I of Kiev (b. 1076)
- 1574 –Louis of Nassau, Dutch general (killed in battle) (b. 1538)
- 1682 –Avvakum, Russian priest and writer (b. 1621) (April 1 O.S.)
- 1785 –William Whitehead, English writer (b. 1715)
- 1965 –Dick Hickock (b. 1933) and Perry Smith (b. 1928) American murderers
- 1995 –Burl Ives, American singer and actor (b. 1909)
- 2000 –Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball player (b. 1910)
- 2000 –Wilf Mannion, English footballer (b. 1918)
- 2006 –Mahmut Bakalli, Kosovo politician (b. 1936)
- 2007 –Don Ho, American musician (b. 1930)
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