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1989 Lance Pierre, cricketer (Test WI v Engl 1948, DNB, 7 overs 0-28), dies on April - 14. 
1990 On this day in history martin Kessel, writer, dies on 89th birthday
1992 "Guys & Dolls" opens at Martin Beck theater on Broadway on April - 14.
1992 On April - 14 uAW ends 5 month strike against Caterpillar Inc
1992 UN imposes embargo against Libya takes effect on this day in history.
1992 David Miller, dies of cancer at 82 on April - 14.
1993 Jo Boer, Dutch painter/writer/author (Heir, dies at 85 on this day in history.
1994 On April - 14 selometsi Baholo, vice-premier of Lesotho, murdered
1995 Brian Coffey, poet, dies at 89 on this day in history.
1996 Benjamin "Zik" Azikiwe Nnamdi, politician, dies at 91 on this day in history.
2007 On this day in history retired chess champion Garry Kasparov is detained in Moscow for participating in a banned mar. United States President George W. Bush with Virginia Tech Student Government Association President James Tyger after his speech at the school's convocation.apr 16 - 32 people are killed in the Virginia Tech massacre on the premises of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia.
2010 On April - 14 volcanic ash from one of several eruptions beneath Eyjafjallajökull, an ice cap in Iceland, begins to disrupt air traffic across northern and western Europe.
2013 20 people are killed in attacks in Mogadishu, Somalia on this day in history.
2017 Meethotamulla rubbish dump collapses onto houses in Colombo, Sri Lanka killing 26 on April - 14.
2017 On April - 14 "The Fate of the Furious" directed by F. Gary Gray, starring Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson opens worldwide - highest-grossing weekend at $532 million
2018 On this day in history national Gardening Day, since 2018 and according to the National Day Calendar
2018 Beyoncé is the first black woman to headline the Coachella Music Festival, her performance on this day the most-watched performance ever on YouTube on this day in history.
2018 US, UK and French forces carry out airstrikes on sites associated with Syria's chemical weapons program, in response to Douma gas attack on April - 14.
2018 Syrian Civil War: The United States, the United Kingdom and France order the bombing of Syrian military bases in response to the sarin attack allegedly by the Bashar al-Assad regime on civilians in Ghouta on this day in history.
2019 83rd US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Tiger Woods wins his 5th Masters title by 1 stroke from Xander Schauffele, Dustin Johnson & Brooks Koepka; Woods' 15th major and first in 11 years on this day in history.
2020 On April - 14 barack Obama endorses his former Vice President Joe Biden for president
2020 PM Narendra Modi extends India's coronavirus COVID-19 lockdown until May 3 on April - 14.
2020 On April - 14 [COVID-19 pandemic] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it expects the world economy to shrink 3%, the worst contraction since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
2020 On April - 14 [COVID-19 pandemic] U.S. president Donald Trump announces that the U.S. will suspend funding towards the World Health Organization (WHO) pending an investigation of its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and its relationship with China.
2023 Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) is launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) to search for life in the Jovian system, with an expected arrival date of 2031 on April - 14.
2024 On April - 14 88th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: World #1 golfer Scottie Scheffler beats Sweden's Ludvig Åberg by 4 strokes for his second Masters win in 3 years
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