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 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 261 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 1, 2022 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 458,304 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 283 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 3,401 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 14 Historical Events
- 1341 –Sack of Saluzzo (Italy) by Italian-Angevine troops under Manfred V of Saluzzo.
- 1865 –U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked in his home by Lewis Powell.
- 1909 –A massacre is organized by Ottoman Empire against Armenian population of Cilicia.
- 1912 –The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 11:40pm. The ship sinks the following morning with the loss of 1,517 lives.
- 1927 –The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden.
- 1939 –The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press.
- 1941 –World War II: The Ustashe, a Croatian far-right organization is put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis Powers after the Axis Operation 25 invasion. Rommel attacks Tobruk.
- 1944 –Bombay Explosion: A massive explosion in Bombay harbor kills 300 and causes economic damage valued then at 20 million pounds.
- 1999 –A severe hailstorm strikes Sydney, Australia causing A$2.3 billion in insured damages, the most costly natural disaster in Australian history.
- 2003 –U.S. troops in Baghdad capture Abu Abbas, leader of the Palestinian group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner the MS Achille Lauro in 1985.
Who were born on April 14?
- 1882 –Moritz Schlick, Austrian philosopher, (d. 1936)
- 1917 –Marvin Miller, American labor activist
- 1929 –Gerry Anderson, English television producer
- 1952 –Mickey O'Sullivan, Irish sportsman
- 1969 –Martyn LeNoble, Dutch musician
- 1975 –Anderson Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist
- 1975 –Konstantinos Nebegleras, Greek footballer
- 1975 –Luciano Almeida, Brazilian footballer
- 1975 –Rajeshwari Sachdev, Indian actress
- 1989 –Joe Haden, American football player
Who died on April 14?
- 1716 –Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington, British admiral
- 1785 –William Whitehead, English writer (b. 1715)
- 1792 –Maximilian Hell, Hungarian astronomer (b. 1720)
- 1911 –Henri Elzéar Taschereau, French Canadian jurist and Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1836)
- 1914 –Hubert Bland, English co-founder of the Fabian Society (b. 1855)
- 1917 –L. L. Zamenhof, Polish creator of Esperanto (b. 1859)
- 1964 –Rachel Carson, American author and environmentalist (b. 1907)
- 1983 –Gianni Rodari, Italian writer and journalist, winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1970 (b. 1920)
- 1983 –Pete Farndon, English bassist (The Pretenders) (b. 1952)
- 2010 –Peter Steele, American musician (b. 1962)
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