What Happened On 14th April 2014 In History

Historical Events for 14th April, 2014

• » April 2014 Abuja bombing called Twin bomb blasts in Abuja, Nigeria, kill at least 75 people and injures 141 others.

April 14th Famous Deaths for 2014

• » Nina Cassian, Romanian poet and critic (b. 1924)
• » Karl-Heinz Euling, German SS officer (b. 1919)
• » Brian Harradine, Australian politician (b. 1935)
• » Crad Kilodney, Canadian author (b. 1948)
• » Wally Olins, English businessman and academic (b. 1930)
• » Armando Peraza, Cuban-American drummer (Santana (band) e.g Santana) (b. 1924)
• » Mick Staton, American soldier and politician (b. 1940)

April 14th Holidays in History

• » B. R. Ambedkar or Ambedkar Jayanti (India)
• » Black Day (South Korea)
• » Christian Calendar of saints known as Feast Day:
• » Saints Tiburtius, Valerian, and Maximus
• » Bénézet
• » Henry Beard Delany (Episcopal Church (USA))
• » Domnina of Terni
• » Lidwina
• » Peter González
• » April 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• » Maldivian language Dhivehi Language Day named Dhivehi Language Day (Maldives)
• » 1978 Georgian demonstrations or Day of the Georgian language (Georgia (country) or Georgia)
• » Mologa e.g Day of Mologa (Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia)
• » New Year festivals in Southern Asia or South and Southeast Asian cultures, celebrated on the sidereal year called sidereal vernal equinox:
• » Burmese culture known as Burmese New Year, or Thingyan (Burma)
• » Khmer people e.g Khmer New Year, or Cambodian New Year known as Chol Chnam Thmey, most commonly celebrated on April 13 (Cambodia)
• » Lao culture Lao New Year, or Lao New Year Songkan / Pi Mai Lao, generally celebrated from 13 April 13 to 15 April (Laos)
• » Nepali New Year, or Bikram Samwat / Vaishak Ek (Nepal)
• » Sinhalese people or Sinhalese New Year, or Sinhala new year known as Aluth Avurudhu (Sri Lanka)
• » Thai culture Thai New Year, or Songkran (Thailand) Songkran, celebrated from 13 April 13 to 15 April (Thailand)
• » The first day of Takayama Festival known as Takayama Spring Festival (Takayama, Gifu, Japan)
• » Vaisakhi (Punjab region)

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