April 14th, 1974

Born on April 14th, 1974

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 1974

50

Laura Tonke

German actress

*April 14th, 1974, West Berlin

50

Quentin Dupieux

French electronic musician and film director

*April 14th, 1974, Paris

50

Da Brat

American rapper

*April 14th, 1974, Chicago

50

Marko Mühlstein

German politician

*April 14th, 1974, Aschersleben

50

Merila Zarei

Iranian actress

*April 14th, 1974, Tehran

50

Sun Fuming

Chinese judoka

*April 14th, 1974, Tieling

50

Michael Lambert

American volleyball player

*April 14th, 1974, Kaneohe

Same Day
Who's birthday is on April 14th?

49

Tino Chrupalla

German politician

*April 14th, 1975, Weißwasser

51

Adrien Brody

American actor

*April 14th, 1973, Woodhaven

48

Georgeta Damian

Romanian rower

*April 14th, 1976, Dracșani

29

Niklas Stark

German footballer

*April 14th, 1995, Neustadt an der Aisch

89

Egil Monn-Iversen

Norwegian composer, conductor and producer

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

47

Sarah Michelle Gellar

American actress

*April 14th, 1977, New York City

48

Santiago Abascal Conde

Absurd and useless Spanish politician and leader of the VOX party

*April 14th, 1976, Bilbao

64

Brad Garrett

American actor and stand-up comedian

*April 14th, 1960, Woodland Hills

58

Lloyd Owen

British actor

*April 14th, 1966, Charing Cross

56

Nicolas Pothier

French comics artist

*April 14th, 1968, Poitiers

35

Joe Haden

American football player (born 1989)

*April 14th, 1989, Fort Washington

37

Steven Holcomb

American bobsledder

*April 14th, 1980, Park City †May 6th, 2017, Lake Placid

51

David Miller

American singer

*April 14th, 1973, San Diego

65

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

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

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

89

Erich von Däniken

Swiss writer

*April 14th, 1935, Zofingen

51

Roberto Ayala

Argentine footballer

*April 14th, 1973, Paraná

82

Margaret Alva

Governor of the Indian state of Rajasthan

*April 14th, 1942, Mangaluru

54

Emre Altuğ

Turkish singer and actor (1970-)

*April 14th, 1970, Levent

95

Thomas Schelling

American economist (1921-2016)

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

96

John Gielgud

British actor and theatre director

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

Same year
Born in 1974

49

Arianne Zucker

American actress and model

*June 3rd, 1974, Northridge

50

Ty Olsson

Canadian actor (born 1974)

*January 28th, 1974, Halifax

50

Anggun

Indonesian-born French singer-songwriter and television personality

*April 29th, 1974, Jakarta

50

Maulik Pancholy

Indian American actor, author, activist, and speaker

*January 18th, 1974, Kissimmee

49

Yoo Yong-sung

Badminton player

*October 25th, 1974, Dangjin

49

Michelle Edwards

Badminton player

*July 11th, 1974, Durban

49

Kenneth Jonassen

Badminton player

*July 3rd, 1974, Herning

49

Markus Weinzierl

German association football player and manager

*December 28th, 1974, Straubing

49

Marina Andrievskaia

Badminton player

*November 20th, 1974, Moscow

49

Florentine Lahme

TV and film actress

*July 21st, 1974, Berlin

50

Anna Grisebach

German actress

*March 20th, 1974, Göttingen

49

Leonardo DiCaprio

American actor and film producer (born 1974)

*November 11th, 1974, Los Angeles

50

Adrian Holmes

Welsh-Canadian actor

*March 31st, 1974, Wrexham

50

Martin Dulig

German politician (SPD)

*February 26th, 1974, Plauen

50

Steve Lomas

Northern Irish association football player and manager

*January 18th, 1974, Hanover

49

Bas Böttcher

German writer and poetry slam performer

*December 31st, 1974, Bremen

50

Alyson Hannigan

American actress and television presenter

*March 24th, 1974, Washington, D.C.

50

Tri Kusharyanto

Badminton player

*January 18th, 1974, Yogyakarta City

49

Ye Zhaoying

Chinese badminton player

*May 7th, 1974, Hangzhou

49

Kim Ji-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*September 10th, 1974, Busan

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1974 is a normal year and no leap year.

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