April 14th, 1906

Born on April 14th, 1906

Age in days, weeks and months
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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on April 14th?

April 14th, 2014

Boko Haram militants kidnapped 276 schoolgirls from a government secondary school in the town of Chibok, Nigeria.

April 14th, 1999

A storm dropped around 500,000 tonnes of hailstones on Sydney (examples pictured) and the east coast of New South Wales, causing about A$2.3 billion in damages, the costliest natural disaster in Australian insurance history.

April 14th, 1994

Iraqi no-fly zones conflict: In a friendly-fire incident during Operation Provide Comfort, two U.S. Air Force aircraft mistakenly shot down two U.S. Army helicopters over northern Iraq, killing 26 people.

April 14th, 1983

Let's Dance, English musician David Bowie's best-selling album, was released.

April 14th, 1970

After an oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13 exploded, disabling the spacecraft's electrical and life-support systems, astronaut Jack Swigert reported: "Houston, we've had a problem here" (audio featured).

April 14th, 1967

After leading a military coup three months earlier, Gnassingbé Eyadéma installed himself as President of Togo, a post that he held until 2005.

April 14th, 1945

World War II: The German town of Friesoythe was razed by the 4th Canadian Division on the orders of Major General Christopher Vokes.

April 14th, 1944

The freighter Fort Stikine, carrying cotton bales, gold and ammunition, exploded in the harbour of Bombay, India, sinking surrounding ships and causing about 800 deaths.

April 14th, 1935

Dust Bowl: A severe dust storm swept across Oklahoma and northern Texas, removing an estimated 300 million tons of topsoil from the prairies.

April 14th, 1909

Following a reactionary military revolt against the Committee of Union and Progress, a mob began a massacre of Armenian Christians in the Adana Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire.

April 14th, 1908

The first Hauser Dam in the U.S. state of Montana failed, causing severe flooding and damage downstream.

April 14th, 1865

Actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth fatally shot U.S. president Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.

April 14th, 1471

Wars of the Roses: The Yorkists under Edward IV defeated the Lancastrians at the Battle of Barnet, killing Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick.

April 14th, 0966

Polish ruler Mieszko I converted to Christianity, an event considered to be the founding of the Polish state.

April 14th, 2024

Flooding in the Persian Gulf starts, killing 19 in Oman.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 14th

Born on April 14th, 1906

70

Elmyr de Hory

Hungarian painter and art forger (1906-1976)

*April 14th, 1906, Budapest †December 11th, 1976, Ibiza

92

Hunter Johnson

American composer (1906-1998)

*April 14th, 1906, Benson †August 27th, 1998, Benson

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Who's birthday is on April 14th?

96

John Gielgud

British actor and theatre director

*April 14th, 1904, South Kensington †May 21st, 2000, Wotton House

89

Egil Monn-Iversen

Norwegian composer, conductor and producer

*April 14th, 1928, Oslo †July 7th, 2017, Oslo

65

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

Indian polymath, philosopher, and social reformer (1891–1956)

*April 14th, 1891, Bhim Janmabhoomi †December 6th, 1956, Dr. Ambedkar National Memorial

64

François Duvalier

40th President of the Republic of Haiti (1907-1971)

*April 14th, 1907, Port-au-Prince †April 21st, 1971, Port-au-Prince

95

Thomas Schelling

American economist (1921-2016)

*April 14th, 1921, Oakland †December 13th, 2016, Bethesda

29

Niklas Stark

German footballer

*April 14th, 1995, Neustadt an der Aisch

69

King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

King of Saudi Arabia (1906-1975)

*April 14th, 1905, Riyadh †March 25th, 1975, Riyadh

89

Erich von Däniken

Swiss writer

*April 14th, 1935, Zofingen

87

Bradford Dillman

American actor (1930–2018)

*April 14th, 1930, San Francisco †January 16th, 2018, Santa Barbara

64

Brad Garrett

American actor and stand-up comedian

*April 14th, 1960, Woodland Hills

57

Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger

Nazi leader (1890-1947)

*April 14th, 1890, Zielonowo, Greater Poland Voivodeship †April 25th, 1947, Nuremberg

82

Margaret Alva

Governor of the Indian state of Rajasthan

*April 14th, 1942, Mangaluru

81

Robert Doisneau

French photographer

*April 14th, 1912, Gentilly †April 1st, 1994, Montrouge

93

Jean Pierre-Bloch

French politician (1905-1999)

*April 14th, 1905, Paris †March 17th, 1999, Paris

95

Lydia Clarke

American actress and photographer (1923-2018)

*April 14th, 1923, Two Rivers †September 3rd, 2018, Santa Monica

81

Valerie Hobson

Irish actress

*April 14th, 1917, Larne †November 13th, 1998, Westminster

69

Phyllis Konstam

English film actress (1907-1976)

*April 14th, 1907, London †August 20th, 1976, Somerset

66

Dominique Baudis

French political figure and journalist (1947-2014)

*April 14th, 1947, 9th arrondissement of Paris †April 10th, 2014, Val-de-Grâce

79

Alan MacDiarmid

New Zealand chemist (1927-2007)

*April 14th, 1927, Masterton †February 7th, 2007, Drexel Hill

84

Julie Christie

British actress (born 1940)

*April 14th, 1940, Chabua

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Born in 1906

92

Joan Hickson

British actress

*August 5th, 1906, Kingsthorpe †October 17th, 1998, Wivenhoe

75

Friedrich Karl Kaul

German screenwriter

*February 21st, 1906, Poznań †April 16th, 1981, East Berlin

78

Gian Töndury

(1906-1985)

*March 17th, 1906, Samedan †March 15th, 1985, Zürich

73

Hans von Aulock

German private banker, coin collector and numismatist

*November 27th, 1906, Oława †November 23rd, 1980, Ankara

67

Bernhard Rösler

German entrepreneur

*June 9th, 1906, Essen †December 2nd, 1973, Düsseldorf

75

Leonid Brezhnev

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1906–1982)

*December 19th, 1906, Kamyanske †November 10th, 1982, Zareche

53

Jacques Becker

French screenwriter and film director (1906-1960)

*September 15th, 1906, 1st arrondissement of Paris †February 21st, 1960, 16th arrondissement of Paris

98

Hans Bethe

German-American nuclear physicist

*July 2nd, 1906, Strasbourg †March 6th, 2005, Ithaca

69

Hannah Arendt

German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)

*October 14th, 1906, Lindener Marktplatz 2, Hannover †December 4th, 1975, Upper West Side

58

Diana Wynyard

English actress (1906-1964)

*January 16th, 1906, London †May 13th, 1964, London

95

Léopold Sédar Senghor

First president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist (1906–2001)

*October 9th, 1906, Joal-Fadiouth †December 20th, 2001, Verson

71

Kurt Gödel

Austrian-American logician, mathematician, and philosopher of mathematics (1906-1978)

*April 28th, 1906, Brno †January 14th, 1978, Princeton

68

Josephine Baker

American-born French dancer, singer and actress (1906–1975)

*June 3rd, 1906, St. Louis †April 12th, 1975, Paris

100

Bruce Bennett

American actor (1906–2007)

*May 19th, 1906, Tacoma †February 24th, 2007, Los Angeles

30

Matthias Auckenthaler

Austrian mountaineer

*January 27th, 1906, Mutters †June 21st, 1936, Leutasch

79

Hermione Baddeley

British character actress of theatre, film and television (1906-1986)

*November 13th, 1906, Broseley †August 19th, 1986, Los Angeles

91

Henny Youngman

American comedian (1906-1998)

*March 16th, 1906, Liverpool †February 24th, 1998, Manhattan

61

Puyi

Last Emperor of Qing dynasty and Manchukuo (1906–1967)

*February 7th, 1906, Prince Chun Mansion †October 17th, 1967, Peking Union Medical College Hospital

81

Hans Ils

German politician (1906-1988)

*May 12th, 1906, Weißenhorn †March 25th, 1988, Freiburg im Breisgau

69

Luchino Visconti

Italian theatre, opera and cinema director (1906–1976)

*November 2nd, 1906, Milan †March 17th, 1976, Rome

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1906 is a normal year and no leap year.

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