Born on April 14
April 14 birthdays & history
If you were born on April 14, you share a birthday with B. R. Ambedkar, Christiaan Huygens and Arnold J. Toynbee. April 14 babies are Aries, with diamond as their birthstone and the daisy as their birth flower. April 14 is the 105th day of the year in leap years (104th in other years).
Famous people born on April 14
- 1891B. R. Ambedkar, Indian economist, jurist, and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Law and Justice
- 1629Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician, astronomer, and physicist
- 1889Arnold J. Toynbee, English historian and academic
- 1973Adrien Brody, American actor
- 1940Julie Christie, Indian-English actress and activist
- 1977Sarah Michelle Gellar, American actress
- 1527Abraham Ortelius, Flemish cartographer and geographer
- 1921Thomas Schelling, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1927Alan MacDiarmid, New Zealand chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1996Abigail Breslin, American actress
What happened on April 14
- 966Mieszko I, the ruler of Poland, converted to Christianity, an event considered to be the founding of the Polish state.
- 1828Lexicographer Noah Webster copyrighted the first edition of his dictionary of American English
- 1849Hungary declares itself independent of Austria with Lajos Kossuth as its leader.
- 1890The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
- 1894The first ever commercial motion picture house opens in New York City, United States. It uses ten Kinetoscopes, devices for peep-show viewing of films.
- 1900The world's fair Exposition Universelle opens in Paris.
- 1929The inaugural Monaco Grand Prix takes place in the Principality of Monaco. William Grover-Williams wins driving a Bugatti Type 35.
- 1958The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days. This was the first spacecraft to carry a living animal, a female dog named Laika, who likely lived only a few hours.
- 1981STS-1: The first operational Space Shuttle, Columbia, completes its first test flight.
- 1983Let's Dance, English musician David Bowie's best-selling album, was released.
- 1991The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President following its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
- 2003The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%.
Also observed on April 14
- Ambedkar Jayanti (India)
- Bengali New Year (Bangladesh)
- Black Day (South Korea)
- Burt Gummer Day
- Cake and Cunnilingus Day
- Day of Mologa (Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia)
Questions, answered
What star sign is April 14?
People born on April 14 are Aries. Their birthstone is diamond and their birth flower is the daisy.
Which famous people were born on April 14?
B. R. Ambedkar (1891), Christiaan Huygens (1629), Arnold J. Toynbee (1889), Adrien Brody (1973), Julie Christie (1940), Sarah Michelle Gellar (1977) were all born on April 14.
What happened on April 14 in history?
Among other things: in 1983, Let's Dance, English musician David Bowie's best-selling album, was released; in 1991, The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President following its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union; in 2003, The Human Genome Project is completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%.
Can I get a newspaper front page from April 14?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any April 14 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “April 14”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.