About April 14

April 14, 2022 is the 104th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 261 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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Aries is the sun 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 283 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On April 14

  • 69 –
    Vitellius, commander of the Rhine armies, defeats Emperor Otho in the Battle of Bedriacum and seizes the throne.
  • 70 –
    Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, surrounds the Jewish capital, with four Roman legions.
  • 1205 –
    Battle of Adrianople between Bulgarians and Crusaders.
  • 1471 –
    In England, the Yorkists under Edward IV defeat the Lancastrians under the Earl of Warwick at the Battle of Barnet; the Earl is killed and Edward IV resumes the throne.
  • 1816 –
    Bussa, a slave in British-ruled Barbados, leads a slave rebellion and is killed. For this, he is remembered as the first national hero of Barbados.
  • 1846 –
    The Donner Party of pioneers departs Springfield, Illinois, for California, on what will become a year-long journey of hardship, cannibalism, and survival.
  • 1860 –
    The first Pony Express rider reaches Sacramento, California.
  • 1881 –
    The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight is fought in El Paso, Texas.
  • 1890 –
    The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
  • 1909 –
    A massacre is organized by Ottoman Empire against Armenian population of Cilicia.
  • 1931 –
    First edition of the Highway Code published in Great Britain.
  • 1944 –
    Bombay Explosion: A massive explosion in Bombay harbor kills 300 and causes economic damage valued then at 20 million pounds.
  • 1945 –
    Osijek, Croatia, is liberated from fascist occupation.
  • 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.
  • 1986 –
    1 kg hailstones fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92. These are the heaviest hailstones ever recorded.
  • 1986 –
    In retaliation for the April 5 bombing in West Berlin that killed two U.S. servicemen, U.S. president Ronald Reagan orders major bombing raids against Libya, killing 60 people.
  • 1988 –
    The USS Samuel B. Roberts strikes a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will.
  • 2005 –
    The Oregon Supreme Court nullifies marriage licenses issued to gay couples a year earlier by Multnomah County.
  • 2007 –
    At least 200,000 demonstrators in Ankara, Turkey protest against the possible candidacy of incumbent Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

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