April 14th
Holidays and Festivals
Pan American Day
Dia De Las Americas (Honduras)
New Year (South/Southeast Asia) * CLICK HERE
Day of Mologa (Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia)
Youth Day (Angola)
Ambedkar Jayanti (India)
Black Day (South Korea) * CLICK HERE
N'Ko Alphabet Day (Mande Speakers)
Anniversary of President Lincoln's Assassination
Dictionary Day
Reach as High as You Can Day
International Moment of Laughter Day
Look up at the Sky Day (or April 12th)
Reach as High as You Can Day
National Be Kind To Lawyers Day
Children with Alopecia Day
Ex Spouse Day
National D.A.R.E Day
National Pecan Day
Second Day of Pohela Boishakh (Bangladesh and West Bengal state, India) * CLICK HERE
Second Day of Thingyan (Burma) * CLICK HERE
Second Day of Chol Chnam Thmey (Cambodia) * CLICK HERE
Second Day of Rongali Bihu (Assam state, India) * CLICK HERE
Second Day of Bisu (Karnataka state, India) * CLICK HERE
Second Day of Vishu (Kerala state, India) * CLICK HERE
Second Day of Vaisakhi (Punjab region, India) * CLICK HERE
Second Day of Alathu Aharudhuvas (Sri Lanka, Maldives, Lakshadweep and Kerala state, India) * CLICK HERE
Second Day of Songkran (Myanmar, Thailand, Laos) * CLICK HERE
Second Day of Bikram Samwat (Nepal) * CLICK HERE
Second Day of Maha Visuba Sankranthi (Orissa state, India) * CLICK HERE
Second Day of Puthandu (Tamil Nadu state, India) * CLICK HERE
Second Day of Tết Nguyên Đán (Vietnam) * CLICK HERE
Christian Feast Day of Domnina of Terni, 3rd-century martyr in Italy
* New Year festivals in South and Southeast Asia * CLICK HERE
Toast of The Day
"I'd rather have a dinner while I'm living,
than a monument when I'm dead,
for the dinner will be on my friends,
while the monument would be on me."
- Unknown
- Alternative -
"Joy"
- Bengali / Bangla New Year's Day April 14th
Drink of The Day
Fish House Punch
1 cup sugar
3½ cups water
1½ cups fresh lemon juice (6 to 8 lemons), strained
1 (750-ml) bottle Jamaican amber rum
12 oz Cognac (1½ cups)
2 oz peach brandy (¼ cup)
Garnish with lemon slices
Wine of The Day
Sawyer Cellars 2006 Estate
Style - Merlot
Rutherford, Napa Valley
$45
Beer of The Day
Coco Jones Porter
Brewer - Black Raven Brewing Co., Redmond, Washington, USA
Style - Chocolate Beer
Joke of The Day
An unhappy wife was complaining about her husband spending all his free time in a bar, so one night he took her along with him. "What'll you have?" he asked.
"Oh, I don't know. The same as you I suppose," she replied.
So, the husband ordered a couple of Jack Daniel's and threw his down in one shot. His wife watched him, then took a sip from her glass and immediately spat it out.
"Yuck, that's TERRIBLE!" she spluttered. "I don't know how you can drink this stuff!"
"Well, there you go," cried the husband. "And you think I'm out enjoying myself every night!"
Quote of The Day
"The sum of the matter is, the people drink because they wish to drink."
- Rudolph Brand
April Observances
ASPCA Month
Alcohol Awareness Month
Amateur Radio Month
Atlanta Food & Wine Month
Brussels Sprouts and Cabbage Month
Cancer Control Month
Celebrate Diversity Month
Community Spirit Days
Confederate History Month
Couple Appreciation Month
Cranberries and Gooseberries Month
DNA, Genomics and Stem Cell Education and Awareness Month
Defeat Diabetes Month
Emotional Overeating Awareness Month
Facial Protection Month
Fair Housing Month
Financial Literacy Month
Fresh Florida Tomatoes Month
Frog Month
Get Yourself Tested Month
Global Child Nutrition Month
Grange Month
Holy Humor Month
Home Improvement Time (April-Sept.30)
Honor Society Awareness Month (Different Sponsor to March)
IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) Month
Informed Woman Month
Injury Prevention Month
International Cesarean Awareness Month
International Customer Loyalty Month
International Daffynitions Month
International Guitar Month
International Twit Award Month
Jazz Appreciation Month
Keep America Beautiful Month
Lawn and Garden Month
Learn Thai Month
Library Snapshot Month
Math Awareness Month
Month of the Military Child
Month of the Young Child
National African American Women's Fitness Month
National Autism Awareness Month
National Car Care Month
National Card and Letter Writing Month
National Child Abuse Prevention Month
National DNA & Genomics & Stem Cell Education & Awareness Month
National Decorating Month
National Donate Life Month
National Garden Month
National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Month
National Humor Month
National Kite Month
National Knuckles Down Month
National Landscape Architecture Month
National Multiple Birth Awareness Month
National Occupational Therapy Month
National Oral Health Month
National Parkinson's Awareness Month
National Pecan Month
National Pest Management Month
National Pet First Aid Awareness Month
National Pet Month
National Poetry Month
National Prepare Your Home To Be Sold Month
National Rebuilding Month
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month
National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
National Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) Education and Awareness Month
National Stress Awareness Month
National Welding Month
National Welding Month
National Youth Sports Safety Month
Patient Safety Awareness Month
Pharmacists War on Diabetes Month
Physical Wellness Month
Prematurity Awareness Month
Prevent Lyme in Dogs Month
Prevention of Animal Cruelty Month
Procrastination Awareness Month
Records and Information Management Month
Rosacea Awareness Month
School Library Media Month
Southern Belles Month
Soy Foods Month
Sports Eye Safety Month
Straw Hat Month
Testicular Cancer Awareness Month
Tomatillo and Asian Pear Month
Women's Eye Health and Safety Month
Workplace Conflict Awareness Month
World Habitat Awareness Month
Worldwide Bereaved Spouses Awareness Month
Observances this Week
American Indian Awareness Week, Second Week of AprilGarden Week, Second Week of April
Bat Appreciation Week, Second Full Week of April
National Environmental Education Week, Second full week of April
National Robotics Week, Second Full week of April
National Library Week, Second Full week of April
National Public Safety Telecommunicators (911 Operators), Second Full Week in April
Pan American Week, Second Full Week in April
Week of The Young Child, Second Full Week in April
National Crime Victims Rights Week, Second Full week of April plus 3 days
Historical Events on April 14th
(43 BC) Battle of Forum Gallorum, Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus in Mutina, defeats the forces of the consul Pansa, who is wounded.
69 Vitellius, commander of the Rhine armies, defeats Emperor Otho in the Battle of Bedriacum and seizes the throne.
193 Lucius Septimus Severus crowned emperor of Rome
754 Pact of Quierzy: between Pope Stephen II, [III] & Pippin the Korte
966 Christianisation of Poland
972 Notger becomes bishop of Liege
979 Challenge to throne of King Aethelred II of England
1028 German emperor Conrad II the Sailor crowns his son Henry III, king of the Germans.
1191 85-year old Giacinto Bobo becomes Pope Coelestinus III
1205 Battle of Adrianople between Bulgarians and Crusaders.
1294 Temür, grandson of Kublai, is elected Khagan of the Mongols and Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty with the reigning titles Oljeitu and Chengzong.
1341 Sack of Saluzzo (Italy) by Italian-Angevine troops under Manfred V of Saluzzo.
1434 The foundation stone of Cathedral St. Peter and St. Paul in Nantes, France is laid.
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.
1536 English king Henry VIII expropriate minor monasteries
1544 Battle at Carignano: French troops under Earl d'Enghien beat Swiss
1570 Polish Calvinists/Lutherians/Hernhutters unify against Jesuits
1574 Battle of Mookerhei-D'Avila beats Louis of Nassau
1611 Word "telescope" is 1st used (Prince Federico Cesi)
1629 England & France sign Peace of Susa
1671 Cosaks capture Russian boer leader Stenka Razin
1699 Birth of Khalsa, the brotherhood of the Sikh religion, in Northern India in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar.
1756 Gov Glen of SC protests against 900 Acadia indians
1775 The first abolition society in North America is established. The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage is organized in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
1777 NY adopts new constitution as an independent state
1792 France declares war on Austria, starting French Revolutionary Wars
1799 Napoleon called for establishing Jerusalem for Jews
1809 Napoleon defeated Austria in the Battle of Abensberg, Bavaria
1814 Napoleon abdicated & was banished to Elba
1818 US Medical Corp forms
1828 18-gun sloop "Acorn" sinks off Halifax with 115 men aboard
1828 Noah Webster copyrights the first edition of his dictionary.
1831 Soldiers marching on a bridge in Manchester, England cause it to collapse.
1836 Congress forms Territory of Wisconsin
1841 Edgar Allen Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue," published
1846 The Donner Party of pioneers departs Springfield, Illinois, for California, on what will become a year-long journey of hardship, cannibalism, and survival.
1847 Persia & Osmaanse sign 2nd Treaty of Erzurum
1849 Hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Lajos Kossuth as its leader.
1853 Harriet Tubman began her Underground Railroad, helping slaves escape
1860 The first Pony Express rider reaches Sacramento, California from St Joseph, Mo.
1861 Formal Union surrender of Ft Sumter
1861 Robert E Lee resigns from Union army
1862 Battle of Ft Pillow TN
1863 William Bullock patents continuous-roll printing press
1864 Battle of Dybbøl, A Prussian-Austrian army defeats Denmark and gains control of Schleswig. Denmark surrenders the province in the following peace settlement.
1865 Mobile, Alabama is captured
1865 U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked in his home by Lewis Powell.
1865 US Secret Service created to fight counterfeiting
1868 SC voters approved constitution, 70,758 to 27,228
1871 Canada sets denominations of currency as dollars, cents, & mills
1872 Dominion Lands Act passed-Canada's Homestead Act
1872 San Francisco organizes Bar Association
1881 The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight erupts in El Paso, Texas.
1883 Leo Delibes' opera "Lakmé," premieres in Paris
1887 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Reigate Squires" (BG)
1890 The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
1894 Thomas Edison presents "peep show" device, The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Edison's Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films (moving pictures).
1895 1st performance of Gustav Mahler's (incomplete) 2nd Symphony
1896 John Philip Sousa's "El Capitan," premieres (NYC)
1900 President Loubet opens International Fairs in Paris
1900 Veteran's Hospital at Ft Miley forms
1902 JC Penney opens his 1st store, in Kemmerer, Wyo
1903 Dr Harry Plotz discovers vaccine against typhoid (NYC)
1904 George Bernard Shaw's "Candida," premiered in London
1906 Pres Theodore Roosevelt denounces "muckrakers" in US press
1909 Anglo-Persian Oil Company forms in London
1910 Pan American Union forms
1910 President Taft begins tradition of throwing out ball on opening day
1912 The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 11:40pm. The ship sinks the following morning with the loss of 1,517 lives.
1913 Belgium begins general strike for voting rights
1914 Stacy G Carkhuff patents non-skid tire pattern
1915 A's Herb Pennock is within 1 out of pitching 1st Opening Day no-hitter
1915 Dutch merchant navy ship Katwijk sunk by Germany torpedo
1915 The Turks invade Armenia.
1917 Chic White Sox Ed Cicotte no-hits St Louis Browns, 11-0
1918 Douglas Campbell is 1st US ace pilot (shooting down 5th German plane)
1920 Tornadoes killed 219 people in Alabama & Mississippi
1921 NHL Championship, Ottawa Senators sweep Toronto St Patricks in 2 games
1921 Prince Henry opens Rotterdam-Amsterdam-Bremen-Hamburg air route
1922 Republic rebels occupies 4 government courts in Dublin
1923 Etienne Oehmichen sets helicopter distance record of 358 meters
1925 1st regular-season Cubs game to be broadcast on radio (WGN)
1927 The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden.
1928 Maddus Airlines starts 1st regular passenger flights between SF & LA
1928 Stanley Cup, NY Rangers beat Montreal Maroons, 3 games to 2
1930 Philip Barry's "Hotel Universe," premieres in NYC
1931 Spanish Cortes depose King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the 2nd Spanish Republic.
1931 Stanley Cup, Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 3 games to 2
1932 Bizet, Massine & Mira's "Jeux d'Enfants," premieres in Monte Carlo
1935 Sandstorm ravages US midwest, "Black Sunday Storm", the worst dust storm of the U.S. Dust Bowl.
1939 "The Grapes of Wrath", by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press.
1940 Allied troops land in Norway
1940 RCA demonstrated its new electron microscope in Philadelphia
1940 Royal Marines land in Namsos, Norway in preparation for a larger force to arrive two days later, World War II.
1941 1st massive German raid in Paris, 3,600 Jews rounded up
1941 King Peter leaves Yugoslavia
1941 The Ustashe, a Croatian far-right organization is put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis Powers after the Axis Operation 25 invasion. Rommel attacks Tobruk, World War II.
1942 Destroyer Roper sinks German U-85 of US east coast
1943 Gen Alexander, Eisenhower, Anderson, and Bradley discuss assault on Tunis
1943 James Gow & A d'Usseau's "Tomorrow the World," premieres in NYC
1944 1st Jews transported from Athens arrive at Auschwitz
1944 Bombay Explosion, A massive explosion in Bombay harbor kills 300 and causes economic damage valued then at 20 million pounds.
1944 Freighter "Fort Stikene" explodes in Bombay India, killing 1,376
1944 Gen Eisenhower becomes head commander of allied air fleet
1944 Greek Colonel Venizelos forms government
1945 American planes bombed Tokyo & damaged the Imperial Palace
1945 Arnhem, Zwolle freed from nazis
1945 Osijek, Croatia, is liberated from fascist occupation.
1945 US 7th Army & allies forces captured Nuremberg & Stuttgart in Germany
1945 US forces conquered Motobu peninsula on Okinawa
1945 US marines attack Yae Take on Okinawa
1946 "Day Before Spring" closes at National Theater NYC after 167 perfs
1946 Manager Mel Ott of Giants hits 511th & final HR
1948 A flash of light is observed in crater Plato on Moon
1948 NYC subway fares jump from 5 cents to 10 cents
1948 Stanley Cup, Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games
1948 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
1949 International Military Tribunal at Neurenberg's last judgment
1950 1st edition of British strip "Eagle"
1950 Doorne's Auto factory opens in Netherlands
1953 Viet-Minh offensive in Laos
1953 WHYN (now WGGB) TV channel 40 in Springfield-Holyoke, MA (ABC) begins
1954 Soviet diplomat Vladimir Petrov asks for politics asylum in Canberra
1955 Elston Howard becomes the 1st black to wear the Yankee uniform
1955 Stanley Cup, Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 3
1955 WBRZ TV channel 2 in Baton Rouge, LA (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1956 "Plain & Fancy" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 476 perfs
1956 Ampex Corp demonstrates 1st commercial videotape recorder in Chicago, Illinois
1957 Leah Neuberger wins her 8th women's singles ping pong championship
1957 Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Dallas Golf Open
1958 The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 (with dog Laika) falls from orbit, burns up in atmosphere after a mission duration of 162 days.
1959 (Robert) Taft Memorial Bell Tower dedicated in Wash DC
1959 KDIN TV channel 11 in Des Moines, IA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1960 "Bye Bye Birdie" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 607 performances
1960 1st underwater launching of Polaris missile
1960 Stanley Cup, Montreal Canadiens sweep Toronto Maple Leafs in 4 games
1961 1st live television broadcast from Soviet Union
1961 Cuban-American invasion army departs Nicaragua
1961 US element 103 (Lawrencium) discovered
1962 Demonstration for sovereign status of New-Guinea in Amsterdam
1962 Georges Pompidou becomes president of France
1963 George Harrison is impressed by unsigned group "Rolling Stones"
1964 Sandy Koufax throws his 9th complete game without allowing a walk
1965 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967 Gen Gnassingbe Eyadema becomes president of Togo
1967 In the Vietnam War, US planes bombed Haiphong for 1st time
1967 Red Sox rookie Billy Rohome comes within 1 strike of a no hitter at
1967 Yankee Stadium, Elston Howard singles on a 3-2 pitch
1968 1st NBA game at Madison Sq Garden, Knicks beat SD Clippers
1968 32nd Golf Masters Championship, Bob Goalby wins, shooting a 277
1968 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA O'Sullivan Golf Open
1968 Roberto de Vicenzo loses Masters for signing an incorrect score card
1969 1st major league baseball game outside US played (Montreal Canada)
1969 At the 41st U.S. Academy Awards there is a tie for the Academy Award for Best Actress between Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand. "Oliver," C Robertson also win.
1969 KEET TV channel 13 in Eureka, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1969 Student Afro-American Society seized at Columbia College
1969 Tornado strikes Dacca East Pakistan killing 540
1970 "Boy Friend" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 119 performances
1971 Fort Point, SF dedicated as a national historic site
1971 President Nixon ends blockade against People's Republic of China
1971 Stephen Sondheim's musical "Follies," premieres in NYC
1971 Supreme Court upheld busing as means of achieving racial desegregation
1972 "That's Entertainment" opens at Edison Theater NYC for 4 performances
1973 Acting FBI director L Patrick Gray resigns after admitting he destroyed evidence in the Watergate scandal
1974 38th Golf Masters Championship, Gary Player wins, shooting a 278
1977 Supreme Court says people may refuse to display state motto on license
1978 1978 Tbilisi Demonstrations, Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
1978 David Hare's "Plenty," premieres in London
1978 Korean Air Lines Boeing 707, fired on by Soviets, crashes in Russia
1978 WRR-AM in Dallas Texas changes call letters to KAAM
1979 Susan Horvath, of Penn, crowned America's Young Woman of the Year
1980 1st Cubans of the Mariel boatlift sail to Florida
1980 52nd Academy Awards "Kramer vs Kramer," D Hoffman & Sally Field win
1980 Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (Executioner's Song)
1981 1st Space Shuttle-Columbia 1-returns to Earth
1981 STS-1 The first operational space shuttle, Columbia (OV-102) completes its first test flight.
1983 Isles tie own rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs Ranger
1983 Pres Reagan signs $165 billion Social Security rescue
1983 Rangers 1-Isles 4-Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 1-0 lead
1984 Farewell concert of "Doe Maar" in Den Bosch Neth
1985 "Take Me Along!" opens/closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC
1985 49th Golf Masters Championship: Bernhard Langer wins, shooting a 282
1985 Ahmed Salah wins 1st World Cup marathon (2:08:09)
1985 Alan Garcia wins elections in Peru
1985 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
1985 Bob Carpenter is unsuccessful on Wash Caps 1st playoff penalty shot
1985 Caps 4-Isles 6-Patrick Div Semifinals-Series tied at 2-2
1985 Jack C Burcham is 5th to receive "Jarvik 7" permanent artificial heart
1986 1 kilogram (2.2 lb) hailstones fall on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92. These are the heaviest hailstones ever recorded.
1986 21st Academy of Country Music Awards: G Strait, Alabama, R McEntire
1986 Desmond Tutu elected Anglican archbishop of Capetown
1986 Double-decker ferry sinks in stormy weather in Bangladesh killing 200
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 at 5 terrorist locations, killing 60 people.
1987 Turkey asks to join European market
1988 "Mail" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 36 performances
1988 Devils 6-5 over Islanders-Devils take 1st round 4-2
1988 In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
1988 The USS Samuel B. Roberts strikes a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will.
1988 USSR, US, Pakistan & Afghanistan sign Afghanistan treaty
1989 1,100,000,000th Chinese born
1989 In the Iran-Contra trial, Oliver North's case goes to the jury
1991 "Mule Bone" closes at Ethel Barrymore Theater NYC after 67 perfs
1991 "Oh, Kay!" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC
1991 55th Golf Masters Championship, Ian Woosnam wins, shooting a 277
1991 Chic Blackhawks becomes 1st NHL regular season champion in 20 years to lose in 1st round of the playoffs (To Minn North Stars)
1992 "Guys & Dolls" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 1143 performances
1992 "Les Miserables," opens at Palace Theatre, Manchester
1992 Court throws out Apple's lawsuit against Microsoft
1992 UAW ends 5 month strike against Caterpillar Inc
1992 UN imposes embargo against Libya takes effect
1994 Billy Joel & Christie Brinkley announces plans to divorce
1994 Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh promises to surrender after completion of his Seven Seals manuscript
1994 In a U.S. friendly fire incident during Operation Provide Comfort in northern Iraq, two United States Air Force aircraft mistakenly shoot-down two United States Army helicopters, killing 26 people.
1994 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis operated on for a bleeding ulcer
1994 NJ Devils end best regular season, 47-25-12 record for 106 points
1994 US F-15 accidentally shoots 2 US helicopters down over Iraq, 26 die
1995 India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah
1995 Rosie Jones wins LPGA Pinewild Women's Golf Championship
1996 "Apple Doesn't Fall" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 1 performance
1996 60th Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 276
1996 Detroit Red Wings win NHL record 62 games
1999 A severe hailstorm strikes Sydney, Australia causing A$2.3 billion in insured damages, the most costly natural disaster in Australian history.
1999 NATO mistakenly bombs a convoy of ethnic Albanian refugees Yugoslav officials say 75 people are killed.
2000 Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich files a lawsuit against P2P sharing phenomenon Napster. This law-suit eventually leads the movement against file-sharing programs.
2002 Tiger Woods becomes the third golfer to win The Masters in two consecutive years
2002 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returns to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military.
2003 The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%.
2003 U.S. troops in Baghdad capture Abu Abbas, leader of the Palestinian group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner the MS Achille Lauro in 1985.
2005 The U.S. 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
2010 Volcano Eyjafjallajökull erupts in Iceland resulting in massive disruption to air traffic in most of Europe
2012 Daryl Jacob aboard Neptune Collonges wins the 165th Grand National
2012 J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter novels, launches her website "Pottermore"
2013 11 people are killed and 50 are injured after a hotel fire in Xiangyang, China
2013 20 people are killed in attacks in Mogadishu, Somalia
2013 33 people are killed after a bus tumbled off a cliff in Trujillo, Peru
2013 Adam Scott wins the 77th Masters Golf Tournament, shooting a 279
2013 Comedian Kevin Hart is arrested on suspicion of drunk driving in California
2013 Justin Trudeau, son of long-serving Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, is elected leader of the Liberal Party of Canada
2015 The oldest stone tools, at 3.3 million-years old, are found at Lomekwi 3, Kenya
Born on April 14th
1336 Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (d. 1374)
1572 Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician (d. 1632)
1578 Philip III, King of Spain & Portugal (1598-1621) (d. 1621)
1592 Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher
1629 Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician (discovered Saturn's rings) (d. 1695)
1668 Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish General (d. 1741)
1676 Ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer
1710 Marie A C de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer
1714 Adam Gib, Scottish religious leader (d. 1788)
1718 Emanuele Barbella, composer
1721 William August duke of Cumberland, English army leader
1723 John Wainwright, composer
1738 Duck of Portland, (C) British PM (1783, 1807-09)
1738 William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1809)
1741 Emperor Momozono of Japan (d. 1762)
1762 Giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist
1770 George Canning, London, British PM (1827)
1773 Jean-Baptiste de Villèle, French statesman (d. 1854)
1782 Carlo Coccia, composer
1788 David G. Burnet, interim president of the Republic of Texas (d. 1870)
1797 Adolphe Thiers, 1st president of 3rd French Republic (1871-77)
1800 John George Appold, fur dyer and engineer (d. 1865)
1803 Friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter
1809 George W Vreede, Dutch lawyer/politician
1813 Junius S Morgan, US, merchant/philanthropist (Metro Museum of Art)
1818 Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, queen of Hanover (d. 1909)
1819 Charles Halle, pianist/conductor/founder (Halle Orch)
1820 Harry Thompson Hays, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1876)
1827 Augustus Pitt Rivers, English archaeologist (d. 1900)
1831 Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer/ambassador in Abyssinia
1832 James Hewett Ledlie, Brigadier General (Union volunteers) (d. 1882)
1842 Sven August Korling, composer
1843 Gustave Leon Huberti, composer
1852 Henrique Oswald, composer
1857 Edgar Stillman Kelley, Sparta Wisconsin, composer (Gulliver)
1857 Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, Youngest daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Prince Consort (d. 1944)
1861 Bion Joseph Arnold, electrical engineer/inventor
1862 Pyotr A Stolypin, premier Russia (1906-11)
1866 Anne Sullivan, Helen Keller's teacher (d. 1936)
1868 Peter Behrens, German architect (d. 1940)
1870 Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer (d. 1929)
1870 Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (d. 1905)
1872 Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-born Islamic scholar and translator (d. 1953)
1873 Viktor Joseph Keldorfer, composer
1874 Count Alexander, of Athlone, gov-gen (South-Africa/Canada)
1876 Murray Bisset, cricketer (South African wicket-keeper 1899 & 1910)
1877 Daniel Plooy, Dutch new testament scholar
1879 James Branch Cabell, American novelist/essayist (Restless Heads)
1881 Anton Wildgans, Austrian writer/director (Burg Theater)
1881 Husain Salaahuddin, Maldivian writer (d. 1948)
1882 Moritz Schlick, Austrian philosopher, (d. 1936)
1886 Edward C Tolman, US psychologist (behaviorism)
1886 Ernst R Curtius, German literature historian (d. 1956)
1889 Arnold Toynbee, England, historian (Study of History)
1889 Efim D Bogoljubov, Russian chess player
1889 James Stephenson, actor (Letter, Espionage Agent, Nancy Drew)
1891 B. R. Ambedkar, Indian jurist (d. 1956)
1892 Giorgio Cesana, Italy, coxswain, (Olympic-gold-1906)
1892 Vere Gordon Childe, Australian philologist (d. 1957)
1895 Mary Marquet, St Petersburg Russia, actress (Matter of Resistance)
1895 Wiktor Labunski, composer
1897 Barbara baroness Wootton of Abinger, English Lower house leader
1897 Claire Windsor, American actress (d. 1972)
1898 Lee Tracy, Atlanta Ga, actor (Martin Kane-Martin Kane Private Eye)
1900 Salvatore Baccaloni, Rome, actor (Merry Andrew, Rock-a-Bye Baby)
1901 Alfred West, champion cyclist/record hair splitter (17 splits)
1901 Martin Kessel, writer
1902 Menachem A Schneerson, rebee (head of Lubavitcher Jews)
1902 Sylvio Mantha, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1974)
1903 Henry Corbin, french philosopher and iranologist (d. 1978)
1904 John Gielgud, London England, actor (Arthur, Ages of Man)
1904 Lionel Birkett, cricketer (WI vice-capt on Australian tour 1930-31)
1904 Reinout W van Bemmelen, Dutch geologist
1904 Sir John Gielgud, English actor (d. 2000)
1904 Sonia Gaskell, Russian/Neth choreographer
1905 Elizabeth Huckaby, American educator (d. 1999)
1905 Frits Philips, Dutch engineer/CEO (Philips)
1905 Holmesdale Charles "Slinger" Nitschke, cricket batsman (S Aus & Test)
1906 Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, King Saudi-Arabia (1964-75)
1906 Hunter Johnson, composer
1907 Francois "Doc" Duvalier, dictator of Haiti (d. 1971)
1907 Otto F A H van Nispen, Dutch mayor (Pannerden)/MP (KVP)
1907 Phyllis Konstam, London England, actress (Murder, Skin Game)
1910 Werner Wolf Glaser, composer
1912 Belinda Quirey, dance historian/teacher
1912 Piet van Egmond, Dutch organist/conductor (Neth Chamber Orch)
1912 Robert Doisneau, photographer
1913 Everhard van Royen, Dutch flautist/founder (Alma musica)
1913 Jean Fournet, French conductor
1913 John Howard, Cleve Ohio, actor (Dave-My Three Sons)
1916 Commandur Rajagopalachari Rangachari, cricketer (India 1947-48)
1916 Denis ApIvor, composer
1916 Emerson Buckley, composer
1917 Marvin Miller, American labor activist
1917 Valerie Hobson, North Irish actress (Great Expectations) (d. 1998)
1918 Mary Healy, American actress (2nd Fiddle, He Married his Wife)
1920 Eduardo Maturana, composer
1920 John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court Justice
1921 Thomas Schelling, American economist, Nobel laureate
1922 David Alexandrovich Toradze, composer
1922 Maria Luisa Bemberg, film maker
1923 Roberto DeVicenzo, Argentine golfer
1923 William Darling, journalist
1924 Shorty Rogers (Milton M Rajonsky), American jazz musician and composer (d. 1994)
1925 Abel Muzorewa, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) (d. 2010)
1925 Bill Harris, US guitarist (Clovers-Good Lovin')
1925 Gene Ammons, American jazz saxophonist (d. 1974)
1925 H G Kischenchand, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1947-52)
1925 Rod Steiger, American actor (Illustrated Man, Pawnbroker) (d. 2002)
1926 Frank Daniel, Czech-born writer, director and teacher (d. 1996)
1926 Jan Carl Christian Maegaard, composer
1926 Liz Renay, American actress (d. 2007)
1927 Alan MacDiarmid, New Zealand chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2007)
1927 Dany Robin, French actress (Follow the Boys, Topaz, Jupiter, Julietta) (d. 1995)
1927 Gloria Jean, Buffalo NY, actress (Never Give a Sucker an Even Break)
1928 Ezra Fleischer, Romanian dissident, later Israeli writer (d. 2006)
1929 Gerry Anderson, English television producer
1929 William Edgar Thornton, Faison NC, MD/astronaut (STS-8, 51-B, sk:49)
1930 Bradford Dillman, American actor (Piranha, Sudden Impact, Enforcer)
1930 George W Gekas, (Rep-R-PA, 1983)
1930 Jay Robinson, NYC, actor (Born Again, Malibu Bikini Shop)
1930 René Desmaison, French mountaineer (d. 2007)
1931 Paul Masnick, Canadian ice hockey player
1932 Bob Grant, English actor (d. 2003)
1933 Buddy Knox, Happy Tx, rock vocalist (Party Doll, Lovey Dovey)
1933 Morton Subotnick, LA California, composer (Wild Bull)
1934 Bruce Pairaudeau, cricketer (WI opening bat in 13 Tests, 115 on debut)
1934 Fredric Jameson, American philosopher, cultural theorist
1934 Loretta Lynn, American singer and songwriter (Coal Miner's Daughter)
1935 Erich von Däniken, Swiss writer
1935 Joan Darling, Boston, actress (Frieda-Owen Marshall)
1936 Frank Serpico, American policeman
1936 Kenneth Mars, American actor
1936 Robert Herman (Bobby) Nichols, American professional golfer, PGA tour (1986 Showdown)
1938 Gloria Dean Randle Scott, educator/pres (Beaumont College)
1939 Jennifer Fowler, composer
1940 Patricia Bruder, Bkln NY, actress (Ellen-As the World Turns)
1941 Anatoli Pavlocich Fyodorov, cosmonaut
1941 Julie Christie, Indian actress (Dr Zhivago)
1941 Pete Rose, American baseball player, Cincinnati Reds (most hits in majors)
1941 Ryan O'Neal, actor (Love Story, Paper Moon)
1942 Björn Rosengren, Swedish politician
1942 Valentin Lebedev, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz 13, 35, T-5)
1943 Clarice Elaine Gaylord, director of research grants (EPA)
1943 Yvonne Vriens-Auerbach, Dutch MP (CDA)
1944 John Sergeant, British journalist
1945 Derek Leckenby, rocker/actor (Mrs Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter)
1945 Ritchie Blackmore, English guitarist (Rainbow, Deep Purple)
1945 Steve Martin, Waco TX, writer/actor (Jerk, Housesitter)
1945 Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, 8th Prime Minister of Samoa
1945 Uwe Beyer, German DR, shot-putter (Olympic-gold-1976)
1946 Patrick Fairley, guitarist (Marmalade-Oh La Di Oh La Do)
1946 Tom Monteleone, US writer (Dark Star & Illumination)
1947 Bob Massie, cricketer (Aust swing bowler, 16 wkts on debut v Eng 1972)
1948 Anastasios Papaligouras, Greek lawyer and politician
1948 Chester G Atkins, (Rep-D-MA)
1948 Larry Ferguson, Nassau, keyboardist (Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing)
1948 Ty Grimes, rocker (Capt Beefheart Band Drums
1949 Chris Langham, British actor, writer, producer, director
1949 DeAnne Julius, American/English economist
1949 John Shea, American actor (Honeymoon, New Life, Lois & Clark)
1949 Michael Shea, American actor (LucasNew Dick Van Dyke Show)
1950 Anna M "Ansje" Beentjes, actress (Blindgangers)
1950 Francis Collins, American scientist
1950 Randolph Powell, Iowa City Iowa, actor (Alan-Dallas, Logan's Run)
1951 Julian Lloyd Webber, English cellist
1951 Matima Kinuani Mpiosso, musician
1952 Kenny Aaronson, rocker
1952 Mickey O'Sullivan, Irish sportsman
1953 David Buss, Evolutionary psychologist
1953 Irina Rudolfovna Pronina, Russian cosmonaut
1954 Bruce Sterling, American science fiction author (Involution Ocean, Schismatrix)
1955 Simone Griffeth, Savannah Georgia, actress (Death Race 2000, Amanda's)
1957 Lothaire Bluteau, Canadian actor
1957 Mikhail Pletnev, Russian pianist, conductor and composer
1957 Richard Jeni, American comedian (d. 2007)
1958 John D'Aquino, American actor
1958 Michael Patrick Hulbert, Elmira NY, PGA golfer (1989 BC Open)
1960 Brad Garrett, American actor (Partridge Family Drums)
1960 Pat Symcox, cricketer (South African off-spinner 1993)
1961 John Clarke, actor (Mickey-Days of Our Life)
1961 Robert Carlyle, British actor (Trainspotting, The Full Monty)
1962 James Carpenter, Canton Conn, fencer-epee (Olympics-96)
1962 Scott Boman, Michigan politician
1963 Cynthia Cooper, WNBA guard (Houston Comets/Olympic-gold-1988)
1963 Meg Mallon, Natick MA, LPGA golfer (1991 US Women's Open)
1964 Allen James, Sacramento California, 50K walker (Olympics-24th-92, 96)
1964 Gina McKee, British actress
1964 Greg Battle, Canadian football player, CFL linebacker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1964 Jim Grabb, Tucson AZ, tennis star
1965 Craig McDermott, cricket pace bowler (tireless Austr since 1984)
1965 Kirk Windstein, American guitarist (Crowbar, Down)
1965 Stan Humphries, NFL quarterback (San Diego Chargers)
1965 Tom Dey, American film director
1966 André Boisclair, Quebec politician (Parti Québécois)
1966 David Justice, American baseball player (Atlanta Braves), husband of Halle Barry
1966 Greg Maddux, San Angelo TX, pitcher (Atlanta Braves)
1966 Greg Myers, Riverside CA, catcher (Minnesota Twins)
1966 Ricky Andrews, WLAF linebacker (Rhein Fire)
1967 Alain Côté, French Canadian ice hockey player
1967 Barrett Martin, American drummer and composer (Screaming Trees)
1967 Jeff Finley, Edmonton, NHL defenseman (Winnipeg Jets)
1967 Marla Wynne, Easton Penn, Miss Penn-America (1991) (top 10)
1967 Nicola Berti, Italian International footballer
1967 Steve Chiasson, Barrie, NHL defenseman (Calgary Flames)
1968 Andrew Trim, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
1968 Anthony Michael Hall, American actor (SNL, Breakfast Club)
1968 Jesse Levis, Philadephia PA, catcher (Milwaukee Brewers)
1969 Brad Ausmus, American baseball player, catcher (Detroit Tigers)
1969 Brad Pennington, Salem IN, pitcher (California Angels)
1969 David Archibald, Chilliwack, NHL center (Ottawa Senators)
1969 Mark Macon, American basketball player, NBA guard (Detroit Pistons)
1969 Martyn LeNoble, Dutch musician
1969 Tim Roberts, NFL defensive end (NE Patriots)
1969 Vebjørn Selbekk, Norwegian journalist
1970 Brian Stablein, NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts)
1970 Emre Altug, Turkish singer
1970 Jan Siemerink, Neth, tennis star
1970 Shizuka Kudo, Japanese singer
1970 Steve Avery, Trenton MI, pitcher (Atlanta Braves)
1971 Antonio London, NFL linebacker (Detroit Lions)
1971 Gregg Zaun, American baseball player, catcher (Baltimore Orioles)
1971 Miguel Calero, Colombian footballer
1971 Peter Gibson, American writer
1972 Jason Mallett, CFL safety (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1972 Paul Devlin, England-born Scottish footballer
1972 Roberto Mejia, Dominican baseball player
1972 Zev Lumelski, WLAF guard (Amsterdam Admirals)
1973 Adrien Brody, American actor
1973 David Miller, American tenor (Il Divo)
1973 Roberto Ayala, Argentine footballer
1974 Mike Allen Lambert, Honolulu HI, volleyball opposite hitter (Oly-96)
1974 Shawntae Harris, American rapper
1975 Amy Dumas, American professional wrestler
1975 Anderson Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist (UFC -Middleweght Champion)
1975 Avner Dorman, Israeli composer
1975 Konstantinos Nebegleras, Greek footballer
1975 Petra Begerow, Germany, tennis star (1996 quarter Hilton Head)
1975 Rajeshwari Sachdev, Indian Hindi film actress
1975 Veronika Zemanová, Czech model
1976 Anna DeForge, American basketball player
1976 Baedon Choppy, Australian field hockey forward (Olympics-96)
1976 Christian Älvestam, Swedish musician (Scar Symmetry)
1976 Jason Wiemer, Canadian ice hockey player, NHL left wing (Tampa Bay Lightning)
1976 Kyle Farnsworth, American baseball player
1977 Chandra Levy, American intern (d. 2001)
1977 Sarah Michelle Gellar, American actress (Kendall-All My Children, Buffy)
1978 Paul O'Brien, Australian actor
1979 Noé Pamarot, French footballer
1979 Randal McCloy, Survivor of the Sago Mine Disaster
1979 Rebecca DiPietro, American model
1980 Ben Wells, American actor
1980 Kieran Mahon, British musician (The Cooper Temple Clause)
1980 Win Butler, American/Canadian musician (Arcade Fire)
1983 James McFadden, Scottish footballer
1983 Nikoloz Tskitishvili, American basketball player
1983 William Yaw Obeng, Arena Football League lineman
1984 Adán Sánchez, Mexican-American singer (d. 2004)
1984 Charles Hamelin, Canadian short track speed skater
1984 Tyler Thigpen, American football player
1986 Anne Watanabe, Japanese model
1986 Matt Derbyshire, English footballer
1986 Todd Gilles, American ice dancer
1987 Erwin Hoffer, Austrian footballer
1988 Vasileios Pliatsikas, Greek footballer
1993 Graham Phillips, American actor
1993 Vivien Cardone, American actress
1996 Abigail Breslin, American actress
Died on April 14th
711 Childebert III, king of French
911 Sergius III, Italian Pope (904-11)
1099 Conrad, bishop of Utrecht, stabbed to death
1132 Mstislav I of Kiev (b. 1076)
1240 Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of Wales
1279 Boleslaus of Greater Poland
1322 Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Lord Badlesmere, English soldier (b. 1275)
1345 Richard Aungerville, English bishop and writer (b. 1287)
1427 John IV, duke of Brabant
1433 Liduina van Schiedam, Dutch mystic (Christ's Bride)/saint
1471 Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, English kingmaker (b. 1428)
1552 Laurentius Andreae (Lars Andersson), Swedish church reformer
1574 Christoffel Palts, German general strategist, dies in battle
1574 Hendrik, count of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies in battle
1574 Louis of Nassau, Dutch general, killed in battle (b. 1538)
1578 James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, consort of Mary, Queen of Scots
1599 Henry Wallop, English statesman
1655 Johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer
1662 William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (b. 1582)
1682 Avvakum, Russian priest and writer (b. 1621)
1692 Carlos de Gurrea, Spanish viceroy (Spanish Netherlands)
1695 Jean de la Fontaine, French poet (Fables)
1716 Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington, British admiral
1721 Michel Chamillart, French statesman (b. 1652)
1759 George Frideric Handel, German composer (Watermusic) (b. 1685)
1764 Peder (Nielsen) Horrebow, Danish astronomer
1785 William Whitehead, English writer (b. 1715)
1792 Maximilian Hell, Hungarian astronomer (b. 1720)
1813 Joachim Nicolas Eggert, composer
1843 Joseph Franz Karl Lanner, Austria, composer/violist
1864 Charles Lot Church, Nova Scotia politician (b. 1777)
1874 Hermanus J Abbring, Dutch author/engineer on Curacao
1888 William Fisk Sherwin, composer
1910 Mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter (b. 1856)
1911 Addie Joss, American baseball player (b. 1880)
1911 Henri Elzéar Taschereau, French Canadian jurist and Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1836)
1912 Henri Brisson, French statesman (b. 1835)
1913 Karl Hagenbeck, German animal trainer (Von Tieren)
1914 Hubert Bland, English co-founder of the Fabian Society (b. 1855)
1914 Paul Ehrenreich, German etnologist/mythologist
1915 James Hutton Brew, Pioneer of West African Journalism
1917 Ludovich Lazarus Zamenhof, Polish creator of Esperanto (b. 1859)
1924 Louis H Sullivan, architect (Wainwright building St Louis)
1924 Roland Napoleon Bonaparte, Fr officer/explorer (Surinam)
1925 John Singer Sargent, American artist (b. 1856)
1925 Pieter D van Essen, Dutch artillery officer
1930 Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian writer (b. 1893)
1930 W Majakowski, writer
1934 Gerald du Maurier, British actor-manager (Unmarried, Escape)
1934 Karl Dane, dies at 57
1935 Amalie Emmy Noether, German mathematician (b. 1882)
1941 Guillermo Kahlo, father of Frida Kahlo (b. 1871)
1941 Jack Edmonson, Australian corporal in Tobruk (Victoria Cross)
1943 Asser B Kleerekoper, SDAP-Second-Member of parliament
1943 Geoffrey Turton Shaw, composer
1948 Walter P Reuther, Pres (United Auto Workers), shot
1949 Joseph A Cushman, US paleontologist
1950 Sri Ramana Maharshi, Indian philosopher (b. 1879)
1953 Emmanuel K de Bom, Flemish writer (Scheldelucht)
1960 Archibald McIndoe, plastic surgeon
1963 Rahul Sankrityayan, Indian historian, (b. 1893)
1964 Bert McGirr, cricketer (2 Tests for NZ, 51 runs)
1964 Earle Hodgins, actor (Guestward Ho!)
1964 Rachel Carson, American author and environmentalist (Silent spring) (b. 1907)
1964 Tatyana Alexeyevna Afanasyeva, Russian/Dutch mathematician (b. 1876)
1965 Dick Hickock (b. 1933) and Perry Smith (b. 1928) American murderers
1965 Leonard Mudie
1965 Perry E Smith, US murderer, hanged
1965 Robert E Hickok, US murderer, hanged
1968 Al Benton, American baseball player (b. 1911)
1971 Armand Spitz, developer of small educational planetarium
1973 Magda Janssens, Flemish actress (Nederlands in 7 Lessons)
1973 Minna Gombell, dies in Santa Monica CA
1975 Fredric March, American actor (Inherit the Wind) (b. 1897)
1975 Günther Dyhrenfurth, Swiss mountaineer, geologist and Himalayan explorer (b. 1886)
1976 José Revueltas, Mexican writer (b. 1914)
1976 Maude Prickett, actress (Rosie-Hazel)
1977 Riekus Waskowsky, Dutch poet
1980 Tom Fadden, actor (Duffeild-Broken Arrow, Cimarron City)
1983 Nina Dumbadze, Russian discus thrower (Oly-bronze-1952)
1983 Pete Farndon, English bassist (The Pretenders) (b. 1952)
1983 Willem F Bon, Dutch composer
1984 Dionisis Papagiannopoulos, Greek actor (b. 1912)
1985 Enver Hoxha, Albanian leader (1944-85)
1985 Noele Gordon, English actress (b. 1919)
1985 Reginald Beane, pianist (Starlit Time, Once Upon a Tune), dies at 63
1986 Simone de Beauvoir, French feminist writer (b. 1908)
1987 Karl Holler, composer
1988 Herbert Reynolds Inch, composer
1988 Johan Franco, composer
1988 John Stonehouse, British politician (b. 1925)
1989 Lance Pierre, cricketer (Test WI v Engl 1948, DNB, 7 overs 0-28)
1990 Martin Kessel, writer, dies on his 89th birthday
1990 Peter Dunn, actor (Invaders from Mars)
1990 Thurston Harris, American singer (b. 1931)
1992 David Miller
1992 Sammy Price, US boogie-woogie pianist
1993 Jo Boer, Dutch painter, writer, and author
1993 Sam Ntombani, ANC-secretary in Soweto South-Africa, shot to death
1994 Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, Pakistani scientist and scholar (b. 1897)
1994 Selometsi Baholo, vice-premier of Lesotho, murdered
1995 Brian Coffey, poet
1995 Burl Ives, American singer and actor (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) (b. 1909)
1995 Donald Keech, entrepreneur
1995 James Daniel "Danny" Turner, saxophonist
1995 Michael Scott Montague Fordham, jungian analyst educato
1996 Benjamin "Zik" Azikiwe Nnamdi, politician
1996 Gaylord Birch, drummer (Pointer Sisters, Herbie Hancock)
1996 Manuel A "Manny" Greenhill, record producer
1996 Mervyn Levy, artist/critic
1996 William K Everson, film historian
1999 Anthony Newley, British actor and singer (b. 1931)
1999 Ellen Corby, American actress (b. 1911)
2000 Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball player (b. 1910)
2000 Phil Katz, American computer programmer (b. 1962)
2000 Wilf Mannion, English footballer (b. 1918)
2001 Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japanese director (b. 1927)
2001 Jim Baxter, Scottish footballer (b. 1939)
2004 Micheline Charest, French Canadian television producer (b. 1953)
2006 Mahmut Bakalli, Kosovo politician (b. 1936)
2007 Don Ho, American musician (b. 1930)
2007 June Callwood, Canadian journalist, author and social activist (b. 1924)
2008 Miguel Galvan, Mexican actor/comedian. (b. 1957)
2008 Ollie Johnston, the last living member of Disney's Nine Old Men. (b. 1912)
2008 Tommy Holmes, American baseball player (b. 1918)
2010 Peter Steele, American musician. (b. 1968)
2011 Walter Breuning, American supercentenarian (b. 1896)
2012 Émile Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player
2013 Colin Davis, British conductor (b. 1927)