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Notable anniversaries in history for today: April 14
- 150th: 1874 - Birth of Count Alexander of Athlone; Governor-General (South Africa/Canada).
- 150th: 1874 - Hermanus J Abbring, Dutch author/engineer on Curaçao, dies at age 86.
- 100th: 1924 - Louis H Sullivan, architect (Wainwright building Saint Louis, Missouri, USA), dies at age 67.
- 100th: 1924 - Roland Napoleon Bonaparte, French officer/explorer (Surinam), dies at age 65.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Bruce Pairaudeau; cricket player (West Indies opening bat in 13 Tests, 115 on debut).
- 90th: 1934 - Gerald du Maurier, British actor-manager (Unmarried, Escape), dies.
- 80th: 1944 - First Jews transported from Athens arrive at Auschwitz.
- 80th: 1944 - In the harbor in Bombay, India, American cargo ship SS Fort Stikine explodes. It was carrying 1395 tons of explosives, and gold for the Indian Treasury. Ten nearby ships are destroyed, 500 people are killed, and 8000 injured.
- 80th: 1944 - US General Dwight Eisenhower becomes head commander of Allied air fleet.
- 80th: 1944 - Greek Colonel Venizelos forms government.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Bruce Sterling; American sci-fi author (Involution Ocean, Schismatrix).
- 70th: 1954 - Soviet diplomat Vladimir Petrov asks for political asylum in Canberra, Australia.
- 60th: 1964 - Bert McGirr, cricket player (two Tests for New Zealand, 51 runs), dies.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Allen James in Sacramento, California, USA; 50km walker (Olympics-24th-1992, 1996).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Greg Battle; Canadian Football League linebacker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
- 60th: 1964 - Earle Hodgins, actor (Guestward Ho!), dies at age 64.
- 60th: 1964 - Rachel L Carson, US biologist/author (Silent spring), dies at age 56.
- 60th: 1964 - Sandy Koufax throws his 9th complete game without allowing a walk.
- 50th: 1974 - 38th Golf Masters Championship: Gary Player wins, shooting a 278.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Mike Allen Lambert in Honolulu, Hawaii; volleyball opposite hitter (Olympics-1996).
- 40th: 1984 - Birth of Kyle Coetzer, Scottish cricket player.
- 30th: 1994 - Harry Touw, Dutch comic (Fred Haché Show), dies at age 70.
- 30th: 1994 - New Jersey Devils end best regular season, 47-25-12 record for 106 points.
- 30th: 1994 - Selometsi Baholo, vice-premier of Lesotho, is murdered.
- 30th: 1994 - US F-15 accidentally shoots two US helicopters down over Iraq, 26 die.
- 25th: 1999 - Death of Anthony Newley at age 67 of cancer in his home in Florida, USA; British entertainer/songwriter/singer ("Stop the World -- I Want to Get Off", "What Kind of Fool Am I?", "The Candy Man", "Goldfinger").
- 25th: 1999 - The official move of the German federal government begins as the first trucks with documents from the ministries of the interior and economics leave Bonn on the way to the new seat of government in Berlin.
- 10th: 2014 - An estimated 276 girls and women are abducted and held hostage from a school in Nigeria.
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