What Happened In April 2014 In History

Historical Events for April, 2014

• 2nd » A 2014 Fort Hood shooting named spree shooting occurs at the Fort Hood Army Base near the town of Killeen, Texas, with four people dead, including the gunman, and 16 others sustaining injuries.
• 10th » Kathleen Sebelius resigns as Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, in light of fallout from the botched rollout of HealthCare.gov.
• 12th » A 2014 Valparaíso wildfire named wildfire ravages the Chilean city of Valparaíso, killing 16, displacing nearly 10,000, and destroying over 2,000 homes.
• 13th » A bus traveling from Villahermosa to Mexico City Acayucan bus crash known as crashes into a tractor-trailer and catches fire, killing at least 36 people.
• 14th » April 2014 Abuja bombing called Twin bomb blasts in Abuja, Nigeria, kill at least 75 people and injures 141 others.
• 15th » More than 200 female students are declared missing after a 2014 Chibok kidnapping named mass kidnapping in Borno State, Nigeria.
• 15th » A total April 2014 lunar eclipse named lunar eclipse occurs, producing a Blood Moon.
• 16th » A ferry carrying more than 450 people Sinking of the MV Sewol known as capsizes near Jindo (island) known as Jindo Island off South Korea, leaving at least 284 dead and 20 more missing.
• 18th » 16 people are killed in an 2014 Mount Everest avalanche e.g avalanche on Mount Everest.
• 20th » Eight people are killed in an 2014 Jämijärvi Comp Air 8 crash or aviation accident in Jämijärvi, Finland.
• 27th » Popes Pope John XXIII John XXIII and Pope John Paul II John Paul II are declared saints in the first papal Canonization of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II canonization since 1954.
• 27th » A April 27–30, 2014 tornado outbreak e.g tornado outbreak over much of the eastern United States kills more than 45 people.
• 30th » A April 2014 Ürümqi attack called bomb blast in Ürümqi kills 3 people and injures 79 others.

Famous Deaths for April 2014

• 1st » King Fleming, American pianist and bandleader (b. 1922)
• 1st » Rudolph Hargrave, American lawyer and judge (b. 1925)
• 1st » Jacques Le Goff, French historian and author (b. 1924)
• 1st » Andrew Joseph McDonald, American bishop (b. 1923)
• 1st » Bill Mitchell (ice hockey) known as Bill Mitchell, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1930)
• 1st » Rolf Rendtorff, German theologian and academic (b. 1925)
• 2nd » Al Bolton, American soldier and meteorologist (b. 1925)
• 2nd » Harris Goldsmith, American pianist, educator, and critic (b. 1937)
• 2nd » Lyndsie Holland, English actress and singer (b. 1939)
• 2nd » Lucy Hood, American businesswoman, founded Fox Mobile Entertainment (b. 1957)
• 2nd » Glyn Jones (South African writer) e.g Glyn Jones, South African actor and screenwriter (b. 1931)
• 2nd » Miloš Mikeln, Slovene director and playwright (b. 1930)
• 2nd » Carl Epting Mundy, Jr., American general (b. 1935)
• 2nd » Unnikrishnan Puthur, Indian author (b. 1933)
• 2nd » David Werdyger, Polish-American singer (b. 1919)
• 2nd » Urs Widmer, Swiss author and playwright (b. 1938)
• 3rd » Régine Deforges, French author, playwright, and director (b. 1935)
• 3rd » Fred Kida, American illustrator (b. 1920)
• 3rd » Jovan Pavlović, Serbian metropolitan (b. 1936)
• 3rd » Paul Salamunovich, American conductor and educator (b. 1927)
• 3rd » Tommy Lynn Sells, American serial killer (b. 1964)
• 3rd » Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, American guitarist, fiddler, and composer (b. 1921)
• 3rd » Michael Prinz von Preußen, German author (b. 1940)
• 4th » İsmet Atlı, Turkish wrestler (b. 1931)
• 4th » Wayne Henderson (musician) e.g Wayne Henderson, American trombonist and producer (The Crusaders) (b. 1939)
• 4th » Kumba Ialá, Bissau-Guinean politician, List of heads of state of Guinea-Bissau called President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1953)
• 4th » Margo MacDonald Scottish politician (b. 1943)
• 4th » Curtis Bill Pepper, American journalist and author (b. 1917)
• 4th » Muhammad Qutb, Egyptian author and academic (b. 1919)
• 5th » Azamour, Irish race horse (b. 2001)
• 5th » Willis Blair, Canadian politician (b. 1923)
• 5th » Alan Davie, Scottish saxophonist and painter (b. 1920)
• 5th » Peter Matthiessen, American author (b. 1927)
• 5th » John Pinette, American comedian and actor (b. 1964)
• 5th » Gordon Smith (footballer born July 1954) named Gordon Smith, Scottish footballer (b. 1954)
• 5th » José Wilker, Brazilian actor, director, and producer (b. 1947)
• 6th » Mary Anderson (actress, born 1918) called Mary Anderson, American actress (b. 1918)
• 6th » Jacques Castérède, French pianist and composer (b. 1926)
• 6th » Liv Dommersnes, Norwegian actress (b. 1922)
• 6th » Erzsi Kovács, Hungarian singer (b. 1928)
• 6th » Mickey Rooney, American actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1920)
• 6th » Chuck Stone, American soldier, journalist, and academic (b. 1924)
• 6th » Massimo Tamburini, Italian motorcycle designer (b. 1943)
• 7th » George Dureau, American painter and photographer (b. 1930)
• 7th » Peaches Geldof, English model and television host (b. 1989)
• 7th » James Alexander Green, American-English mathematician and academic (b. 1926)
• 7th » V. K. Murthy, Indian cinematographer (b. 1923)
• 7th » Zeituni Onyango, Kenyan-American computer programmer (b. 1952)
• 7th » John Shirley-Quirk, English opera singer (b. 1931)
• 7th » George Shuffler, American guitarist (The Bailey Brothers and the Happy Valley Boys) (b. 1925)
• 7th » Josep Maria Subirachs, Spanish sculptor and painter (b. 1927)
• 7th » Royce Waltman, American basketball player and coach (b. 1942)
• 8th » Sandy Brown (footballer born 1939) called Sandy Brown, Scottish footballer (b. 1939)
• 8th » Emmanuel III Delly, Iraqi patriarch (b. 1927)
• 8th » Karlheinz Deschner, German author and activist (b. 1924)
• 8th » Eric Harroun, American criminal (b. 1982)
• 8th » Ivan Mercep, New Zealand architect, designed the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa called Te Papa Tongarewa Museum (b. 1930)
• 8th » Cornelius Taiwo, Nigerian lawyer and academic (b. 1910)
• 8th » The Ultimate Warrior, American wrestler (b. 1959)
• 9th » Gil Askey, American trumpet player, composer, and producer (b. 1925)
• 9th » Chris Banks (American football) called Chris Banks, American football player (b. 1973)
• 9th » Rory Ellinger, American lawyer and politician (b. 1941)
• 9th » Norman Girvan, Jamaican economist, academic, and politician (b. 1941)
• 9th » Aelay Narendra, Indian politician (b. 1946)
• 9th » A. N. R. Robinson, Trinbagonian politician, 3rd List of Presidents of Trinidad and Tobago or President of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1926)
• 9th » Svetlana Velmar-Janković, Serbian author (b. 1933)
• 10th » Dominique Baudis, French journalist and politician (b. 1947)
• 10th » Joe Dini, American politician (b. 1929)
• 10th » Bill Doolittle, American football player and coach (b. 1923)
• 10th » Jim Flaherty, Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Minister of Finance (Canada) named Canadian Minister of Finance (b. 1949)
• 10th » Phyllis Frelich, American actress (b. 1944)
• 10th » Richard Hoggart, English author and academic (b. 1918)
• 10th » Sue Townsend, English author and playwright (b. 1946)
• 11th » Alfredo Alcón, Argentinian actor (b. 1930)
• 11th » Nandu Bhende, Indian singer and actor (b. 1955)
• 11th » Rolf Brem, Swiss sculptor and illustrator (b. 1926)
• 11th » Edna Doré, English actress (b. 1921)
• 11th » Bill Henry, American baseball player (b. 1927)
• 11th » Lou Hudson, American basketball player (b. 1944)
• 11th » Myer S. Kripke, American rabbi and scholar (b. 1914)
• 11th » Sergey Nepobedimy, Russian engineer (b. 1921)
• 11th » Jesse Winchester, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1944)
• 12th » Pierre Autin-Grenier, French author (b. 1947)
• 12th » Fred Ho, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1957)
• 12th » Brita Koivunen, Finnish singer (b. 1931)
• 12th » Pierre-Henri Menthéour, French cyclist (b. 1960)
• 12th » Maurício Alves Peruchi, Brazilian footballer (b. 1990)
• 12th » Hal Smith (catcher) named Hal Smith, American baseball player and coach (b. 1931)
• 12th » Billy Standridge, American race car driver (b. 1953)
• 13th » Peter Drummond-Murray of Mastrick (b. 1929)
• 13th » Fred Enke (American football) called Fred Enke, American football player (b. 1924)
• 13th » Ernesto Laclau, Argentinian-Spanish philosopher and theorist (b. 1935)
• 13th » Michael Ruppert, American journalist and author (b. 1951)
• 13th » Rafał Sznajder, Polish fencer (b. 1972)
• 14th » Nina Cassian, Romanian poet and critic (b. 1924)
• 14th » Karl-Heinz Euling, German SS officer (b. 1919)
• 14th » Brian Harradine, Australian politician (b. 1935)
• 14th » Crad Kilodney, Canadian author (b. 1948)
• 14th » Wally Olins, English businessman and academic (b. 1930)
• 14th » Armando Peraza, Cuban-American drummer (Santana (band) e.g Santana) (b. 1924)
• 14th » Mick Staton, American soldier and politician (b. 1940)
• 15th » Júnior (Filipino singer) called Júnior, Filipino-Spanish singer and actor (b. 1943)
• 15th » Little Joe Cook, American singer-songwriter (b. 1922)
• 15th » Shane Gibson (musician) named Shane Gibson, American guitarist (stOrk and Jonathan Davis and the SFA) (b. 1979)
• 15th » John Houbolt, American engineer and academic (b. 1919)
• 15th » Eliseo Verón, Argentinian sociologist and academic (b. 1935)
• 15th » Owen Woodhouse, New Zealand commander and jurist (b. 1916)
• 16th » Gyude Bryant, Liberian businessman and politician (b. 1949)
• 16th » Stan Kelly-Bootle, English author and songwriter (b. 1929)
• 16th » Frank Kopel, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1949)
• 16th » Basil Paterson, American lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
• 16th » Aulis Rytkönen, Finnish footballer and manager (b. 1929)
• 16th » Ernst Florian Winter, Austrian-American historian and political scientist (b. 1923)
• 17th » Cheo Feliciano, Puerto Rican singer-songwriter (Fania All-Stars) (b. 1935)
• 17th » Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian journalist and author, Nobel Prize in Literature known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927)
• 17th » Bernat Klein, Serbian-Scottish fashion designer and painter (b. 1922)
• 17th » Wojciech Leśnikowski, Polish–American architect and academic (b. 1938)
• 17th » Karl Meiler, German tennis player (b. 1949)
• 17th » L. Jay Oliva, American academic (b. 1933)
• 17th » Karpal Singh, Malaysian lawyer and politician (b. 1940)
• 18th » Guru Dhanapal, Indian director and producer (b. 1959)
• 18th » Sanford Jay Frank, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1954)
• 18th » Deon Jackson, American singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
• 18th » Eduard Kosolapov, Russian footballer (b. 1976)
• 18th » David McClarty, Irish politician (b. 1951)
• 18th » Brian Priestman, English conductor and academic (b. 1927)
• 18th » Dylan Tombides, Australian footballer (b. 1994)
• 19th » Bashir Ahmad (singer) named Bashir Ahmad, Indian-Bangladeshi singer (b. 1940)
• 19th » Lindy Berry, American football player (b. 1927)
• 19th » Mimi Kok, Dutch actress and singer (b. 1934)
• 19th » Ian McIntyre, Scottish journalist and producer (b. 1930)
• 19th » Kevin Sharp, American singer (b. 1970)
• 19th » Sonia Silvestre, Dominican singer (b. 1952)
• 19th » Frits Thors, Dutch journalist (b. 1909)
• 20th » Mithat Bayrak, Turkish wrestler and trainer (b. 1929)
• 20th » Torrey C. Brown, American politician (b. 1937)
• 20th » Rubin Carter, American boxer (b. 1937)
• 20th » Alistair MacLeod, Canadian author and academic (b. 1936)
• 20th » Benedikt Sarnov, Russian author and critic (b. 1927)
• 20th » Peter Scoones, English photographer (b. 1937)
• 20th » Neville Wran, Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1926)
• 21st » Herb Gray, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1931)
• 21st » Janet Gray Hayes, American politician, 60th List of mayors of San Jose, California named Mayor of San Jose (b. 1926)
• 21st » Alexander Lenkov, Russian actor (b. 1943)
• 21st » Win Tin, Burmese journalist and politician, co-founded the National League for Democracy (b. 1930)
• 22nd » George Stanley Gordon, American businessman (b. 1926)
• 22nd » George H. Heilmeier, American engineer (b. 1936)
• 22nd » Allen Jacobs, American football player and coach (b. 1941)
• 22nd » Jovan Krkobabić, Serbian politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1930)
• 22nd » Mohammad Naseem, Pakistani-English activist (b. 1924)
• 22nd » Werner Potzernheim, German cyclist (b. 1927)
• 22nd » Oswaldo Vigas, Venezuelan painter (b. 1926)
• 23rd » Benjamín Brea, Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, clarinet player, and conductor (Los Cañoneros) (b. 1946)
• 23rd » Michael Glawogger, Austrian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (b. 1959)
• 23rd » Connie Marrero, Cuban baseball player and coach (b. 1911)
• 23rd » F. Michael Rogers, American general (b. 1921)
• 23rd » Mark Shand, English conservationist and author (b. 1951)
• 23rd » Patric Standford, English composer and educator (b. 1939)
• 24th » Hans Hollein, Austrian architect, designed Haas House (b. 1934)
• 24th » Sandy Jardine, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1948)
• 24th » Arturo Licata, Italian super-centenarian (b. 1902)
• 24th » Ray Musto, American soldier and politician (b. 1929)
• 24th » Sister Ping, Chinese criminal (b. 1949)
• 24th » Shobha Nagi Reddy, Indian politician (b. 1968)
• 24th » Tadeusz Różewicz, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1921)
• 25th » Barbara Fiske Calhoun, American cartoonist and painter (b. 1919)
• 25th » Dan Heap, Canadian priest and politician (b. 1925)
• 25th » William Judson Holloway, Jr., American judge (b. 1923)
• 25th » Earl Morrall, American football player (b. 1934)
• 25th » Tito Vilanova, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1968)
• 25th » Stefanie Zweig, German author (b. 1932)
• 26th » William Ash (writer) e.g William Ash, American-English pilot and author (b. 1917)
• 26th » Gerald Guralnik, American physicist and academic (b. 1936)
• 26th » Michael Heisley, American businessman (b. 1937)
• 26th » Lee Marshall (announcer) e.g Lee Marshall, American wrestling announcer and actor (b. 1946)
• 26th » Antonio Pica, Spanish actor (b. 1933)
• 26th » DJ Rashad, American DJ and producer (b. 1979)
• 26th » Paul Robeson, Jr., American historian and author (b. 1927)
• 26th » W. E. "Pete" Snelson, American soldier, journalist, and politician (b. 1923)
• 27th » Yigal Arnon, Israeli lawyer, founded Yigal Arnon & Co. (b. 1929)
• 27th » Vujadin Boškov, Serbian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1931)
• 27th » Daniel Colchico, American football player and coach (b. 1935)
• 27th » Harry Firth, Australian race car driver and manager (b. 1918)
• 27th » Andréa Parisy, French actress (b. 1935)
• 27th » Turhan Tezol, Turkish basketball player (b. 1932)
• 28th » William Honan, American journalist and author (b. 1930)
• 28th » Dennis Kamakahi, American guitarist and composer (b. 1953)
• 28th » Edgar Laprade, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1919)
• 28th » Jack Ramsay, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1925)
• 28th » Idris Sardi, Indonesian violinist and composer (b. 1938)
• 28th » Frederic Schwartz, American architect, co-designed Empty Sky (memorial) or Empty Sky (b. 1951)
• 28th » Ryan Tandy, Australian rugby player (b. 1981)
• 29th » Iveta Bartošová, Czech singer and actress (b. 1966)
• 29th » M. V. Devan, Indian painter, sculptor, and critic (b. 1928)
• 29th » Al Feldstein, American author and illustrator (b. 1925)
• 29th » Reuven Feuerstein, Romanian-Israeli psychologist and academic (b. 1921)
• 29th » Bob Hoskins, English actor, singer, and director (b. 1942)
• 29th » Michael Kadosh, Israeli footballer and manager (b. 1940)
• 29th » Clayton Lockett, American murderer (b. 1975)
• 29th » Walter Walsh, American target shooter and FBI agent (b. 1907)
• 30th » Khaled Choudhury, Indian set designer (b. 1919)
• 30th » Chris Harris (actor) known as Chris Harris, English actor and director (b. 1942)
• 30th » Julian Lewis (biologist) e.g Julian Lewis, English biologist (b. 1946)
• 30th » Carl E. Moses, American politician (b. 1929)
• 30th » Ian Ross (newsreader) or Ian Ross, Australian journalist (b. 1940)

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