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, 27,498,240 minutes 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
- 966 –After his marriage to the Christian Dobrawa of Bohemia, the pagan ruler of the Polans, Mieszko I, converts to Christianity, an event considered to be the founding of the Polish state.
- 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.
- 1846 –The Donner Party of pioneers departs Springfield, Illinois, for California, on what will become a year-long journey of hardship, cannibalism, and survival.
- 1849 –Hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Lajos Kossuth as its leader.
- 1939 –The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press.
- 1940 –World War II: Royal Marines land in Namsos, Norway in preparation for a larger force to arrive two days later.
- 1967 –Gnassingbé Eyadéma overthrows President of Togo Nicolas Grunitzky and installs himself as the new president, a title he would hold for the next 38 years.
- 1978 –1978 Tbilisi Demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
- 1981 –STS-1 – The first operational space shuttle, Columbia (OV-102) completes its first test flight.
Who were born on April 14?
- 1738 –William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1809)
- 1788 –David G. Burnet, interim president of the Republic of Texas (d. 1870)
- 1814 –Dimitri Kipiani, Georgian politician and writer (d. 1887)
- 1868 –Peter Behrens, German architect (d. 1940)
- 1881 –Husain Salaahuddin, Maldivian writer (d. 1948)
- 1907 –François “Papa Doc” Duvalier, Haitian dictator (d. 1971)
- 1936 –Frank Serpico, American policeman
- 1941 –Julie Christie, British actress
- 1976 –Jason Wiemer, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1984 –Tyler Thigpen, American football player
Who died on April 14?
- 1662 –William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (b. 1582)
- 1716 –Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington, British admiral
- 1864 –Charles Lot Church, Nova Scotia politician (b. 1777)
- 1914 –Hubert Bland, English co-founder of the Fabian Society (b. 1855)
- 1917 –L. L. Zamenhof, Polish creator of Esperanto (b. 1859)
- 1943 –Yakov Dzhugashvili, the oldest child of Stalin (b. 1907)
- 1964 –Rachel Carson, American author and environmentalist (b. 1907)
- 1990 –Thurston Harris, American singer (b. 1931)
- 2008 –Tommy Holmes, American baseball player (b. 1918)
- 2010 –Peter Steele, American musician (b. 1962)
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