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TODAY IN HISTORY

April 14

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Day 103 of 2026 | Week 16 | 256 days until Christmas 🎅

HISTORIC EVENTS

1
2024

Flooding in the Persian Gulf starts, killing 19 in Oman.

2
2023

The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) is launched by the European Space Agency.

3
2022

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: The Russian warship Moskva sinks.

4
2016

The foreshock of a major earthquake occurs in Kumamoto, Japan.

5
2014

Two bombs detonate at a bus station in Nyanya, Nigeria, killing at least 88 people and injuring hundreds. Boko Haram claims responsibility.

6
2014

Boko Haram abducts 276 girls from a school in Chibok, Nigeria.

7
2006

Twin blasts triggered by crude bombs during Asr prayer in the Jama Masjid mosque in Delhi injure 13 people.

8
2005

The Oregon Supreme Court nullifies marriage licenses issued to same-sex couples a year earlier by Multnomah County.

9
2003

The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%.

10
2003

U.S. troops in Baghdad capture Abu Abbas, leader of the Palestinian group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner MS Achille Lauro in 1985.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1963 Cynthia Cooper-Dyke

American WNBA guard (Houston Comets/Olympic gold 1988) and coach

1962 John Bell

American rock singer and guitarist (Widespread Panic - "Hope in a Hopeless World")

1960 Brian Forster

American child actor and fictional drummer (Partridge Family - "Chris" the second one)

1960 Chris Cuffaro

American portrait

1960 Gian Piero Ventrone

Italian athletic trainer (Juventus FC

1960 Pat Symcox

South African cricketer (South African off-spinner 1993- )

1958 John D'Aquino

American actor (seaQuest DSV)

1958 Mike Hulbert

American golfer

1958 Peter Capaldi

Scottish actor (12th Doctor in "Doctor Who"; 40 episodes

1957 Bobbi Brown

American make-up artist (Bobbi Brown Cosmetics)

1957 Henrik Stiesdal

Danish inventor and engineer (1st off shore wind farm)

1957 Lothaire Bluteau

Canadian actor (Jésus de Montréal)

1957 Mikhail Pletnev

Russian pianist

1957 Richard Jeni

American comedian

1955 Simone Griffeth

American actress (Death Race 2000

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