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 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 261 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 1, 2025 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 29,076,480 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 309 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 4,497 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 14 Historical Events
- 70 –Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, surrounds the Jewish capital, with four Roman legions.
- 1434 –The foundation stone of Cathedral St. Peter and St. Paul in Nantes, France is laid.
- 1865 –U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated in Ford’s Theatre by John Wilkes Booth.
- 1909 –A massacre is organized by Ottoman Empire against Armenian population of Cilicia.
- 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.
- 1956 –In Chicago, Illinois, videotape is first demonstrated.
- 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.
- 1969 –At the U.S. Academy Awards there is a tie for the Academy Award for Best Actress between Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand.
- 1988 –The USS Samuel B. Roberts strikes a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will.
Who were born on April 14?
- 1741 –Emperor Momozono of Japan (d. 1762)
- 1903 –Henry Corbin, French philosopher and iranologist (d. 1978)
- 1930 –René Desmaison, French mountaineer (d. 2007)
- 1933 –Boris Kolar, Croatian animator
- 1948 –Anastasios Papaligouras, Greek lawyer and politician
- 1967 –Barrett Martin, American drummer and composer
- 1976 –Jason Wiemer, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1977 –Chandra Levy, American intern (d. 2001)
- 1979 –Noé Pamarot, French footballer
- 1983 –James McFadden, Scottish footballer
Who died on April 14?
- 1574 –Louis of Nassau, Dutch general (killed in battle) (b. 1538)
- 1662 –William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (b. 1582)
- 1910 –Mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter (b. 1856)
- 1968 –Al Benton, American baseball player (b. 1911)
- 1976 –José Revueltas, Mexican writer (b. 1914)
- 1978 –Joe Gordon, American baseball player (b. 1915)
- 1983 –Gianni Rodari, Italian writer and journalist, winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1970 (b. 1920)
- 1994 –Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, Pakistani scientist and scholar (b. 1897)
- 2006 –Mahmut Bakalli, Kosovo politician (b. 1936)
- 2007 –June Callwood, Canadian journalist, author and social activist (b. 1924)
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